[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by dCon

Cool I was just curious if it was before. I guess if you got burned already a few times then it makes sense. I know the feeling (like movie characters alot of the time only get some of the characters. Unrelated to SF of course)

No worries...I wasn't trying to bag on anyone who might be a Ryu fan, I just don't find him to be all that interesting or deep, and the fact that his design doesn't change all that much (if at all) doesn't really help things. Perhaps if he changed up a bit lookwise to show some growth over the years, I might be interested, but he's had basically the same look for nearly 30 years now. All he did was change his headband and remove his shoes.

A great example of what a reboot of look could do for Ryu's popularity lies in Scorpion and Sub-Zero from the MK series. I will be the first to admit, that I do not care all that much for these characters (Reptile, Quan Chi, and Jax are my faves from the series,) but their looks have changed considerably over the years, and as a result, I've picked them up time and time again, despite them not being favorites. Every character in SF has changed somewhat in design...even Ken...but Ryu just comes off as stale bread to me at this point.

He'll still be a fantastic pick up if you're a fan of the guy. I'm holding out for that Bison though for sure. Hydra will be taken over by Shadowloo for sure once he comes along.