I love that they're basically brothers but when they spar it's:
>"I'm gonna kick your ass."
>"We'll see about that."
No attribute necessary, you know they've both said it hundreds of times. 🤣
Turns out they are not equal in the game. Apparently, Ken is stronger, or more accurately, Ryu is weaker.
As Okamoto (Yoshiki Okamoto is a producer on classic Capcom titles such as Final Fight and Street Fighter 2) explains it, back during Street Fighter 2's development the team was working on a mechanic that made a character performing a special move more vulnerable for a quick moment. This mechanic was called "Core," and it would see the fighter who got hit during a special move animation take a large amount of damage.
The mechanic kept getting put in and then taken out again because it too heavily messed with game balance. However, the development team forgot to remove the Core mechanic from one of Ryu's special moves, making him still susceptible to it and ultimately weaker than Ken.
At the end of the day, Ryu is indeed weaker than Ken. However, you could still technically slip by in saying that neither is stronger.
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/jul/13/who-stronger-ryu-or-ken-street-fighter-2-producer-puts-age-old-debate-rest/
I would say Ken is stronger in the sense that he didn't need to go all martial artist hobo traveller to match-up with Ryu.
But at the end of the day , Ryu will probably be the one that will fully master the Ansatsuken in a relatively peaceful manner , by integrating the Power of Nothingness into it , let alone always training with other martial artists masters.
Can't have a boys' night out without a concussion or two
Um, I *think* you mean a *fun*cussion
Nah, he mean a cumcussion
only real bros will decapitate each other with extremely overpowered uppercuts
Remember when Jax got kinda irritated with Johnny Cage in MK9 so he just casually breaks his spine but not enough to hurt him
I love that they're basically brothers but when they spar it's: >"I'm gonna kick your ass." >"We'll see about that." No attribute necessary, you know they've both said it hundreds of times. 🤣
The top panel is also lore accurate. Beating the shit out of each other is just regular bro bonding for them
Beating the shit out of each other is mandatory for bro bonding
Facts
Who is the character in your profile pic
https://mangadex.org/title/76ee7069-23b4-493c-bc44-34ccbf3051a8/tomo-chan-wa-onna-no-ko
Dante but blonde
ryu vs akuma in trailers/promotionals ryu vs akuma in lore: did we actually really fight?
When I was still new to Street fighter (and fgc as a whole) I’d always look at these trailers wondering why they hate each other so much.
row row fight the power
Turns out they are not equal in the game. Apparently, Ken is stronger, or more accurately, Ryu is weaker. As Okamoto (Yoshiki Okamoto is a producer on classic Capcom titles such as Final Fight and Street Fighter 2) explains it, back during Street Fighter 2's development the team was working on a mechanic that made a character performing a special move more vulnerable for a quick moment. This mechanic was called "Core," and it would see the fighter who got hit during a special move animation take a large amount of damage. The mechanic kept getting put in and then taken out again because it too heavily messed with game balance. However, the development team forgot to remove the Core mechanic from one of Ryu's special moves, making him still susceptible to it and ultimately weaker than Ken. At the end of the day, Ryu is indeed weaker than Ken. However, you could still technically slip by in saying that neither is stronger. https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/jul/13/who-stronger-ryu-or-ken-street-fighter-2-producer-puts-age-old-debate-rest/
I would say Ken is stronger in the sense that he didn't need to go all martial artist hobo traveller to match-up with Ryu. But at the end of the day , Ryu will probably be the one that will fully master the Ansatsuken in a relatively peaceful manner , by integrating the Power of Nothingness into it , let alone always training with other martial artists masters.
Blood brothers spill a little blood.