Is he iconic enough for Smash?

I like Ryu more than Dante so for me yes

>>376250424
Ryu has games on Nintendo console so he's probably more likely (disregard Cloud)

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@376250424
Dante > Ryu
Eat shit

My first 3D game.

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>>376250637
>@

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Ryu is, but it would make more sense for them to use his NES design. Granted, Dragon Sword and 3RE were on ninty systems, they aren't as iconic as the NES trilogy.

>>376250221
I recognised him!

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>>376250221
Yes but not mainstream enough

>>376250221
He is the most popular Ninja in video games history, still alive (despite latest games being mediocre) to this day, so yeah Ryu Hayabusa is iconic enough.

>>376250959
his reboot design is way more iconic tho

>>376251105
>Yes but not mainstream enough
In 2004 when the Ninja Gaiden series was ressurected in Xbox he was everywhere, Ryu is mainstream, more than Kasumi that's for sure.

Post yfw The Dragonborn will be in the next Smash.

>>376250959
>they aren't as iconic as the NES trilogy.
Modern Ryu has completely surpassed Classic Ryu in terms of being immediately recognizable.

>>376250959
That's like saying they should've used Solid Snake's Metal Gear 1 design (essentially Iroquois Plisskin) instead of his MGS2 design in Brawl.

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>>376250221
I believe he is. He's a pretty big character and iconic in his own right, plus he has actual history with Nintendo, so I'm hoping he's in Smash 5.

I always wonder how he'd play though. In my mind, he'd play like a mish-mash of his DOA moveset, with some abilities from NG. I wonder how they'd pull of Ultimate Techniques, though.

>>376250424
I fucking hope both of them are in, so I can finally pit the two of them together, plus throwing Bayonetta in there as well. And Wonder Red too.

>yfw Smash 5 is ABSOLUTELY CUHRAYZEE

>>376250221
He would lose to bayonetta

>>376251561
that's irrelevant tho

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>>376251230
>2004
>literally 13 years ago

>more than Kasumi that's for sure.

That's so delusional it's not even funny. Kasumi is one of the most recognizable characters in vidya.

>>376251126
>despite latest games being mediocre

It's funny because there's two games you could be talking about and they both make your opinion shit for opposite reasons.

>>376251734
>That's so delusional it's not even funny. Kasumi is one of the most recognizable characters in vidya.
Are you 12 years old?

Ryu Hayabusa is about to turn 30 years old, he is an icon, Kasumi is a sexy Ninja that trailed off the image Mai Shiranui set for sexy kunoichi, meanwhile Ryu Hayabusa is the singular most popular ninja in video games, he set the standard.

Really, Kasumi these days isn't even the most iconic character in her own series, Ayane keeps guest appearing in many video games, Marie and Honoka raped the popularity polls and are this close to become face of DOA; Kasumi is just the dangling because she still hasn't robbed of her protagonist spot, yet.

>>376250959
>>376251149
>>376251407
>>376251476
I feel like this classic design would just be a costume just like it was in Ninja Gaiden Black.

>>376251734
>Kasumi is one of the most recognizable characters in vidya.
Holy shit kid, I can't believe you just placed Kasumi, a Mai Shiranui inspired character, above the character that is THE ninja in video games.

>>376251674
he would lose the place to bayonetta
Smash 5 will have no clones

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>>376252257
I don't think he would have to be a clone, but I just hope she's in it

>>376250221

He's more iconic than Bayonetta, so the answer is yes.

>>376252257
Why the fuck would Ryu Hayabusa be a clone to Bayo? They're completely different.

>>376252365
lol, not anymore hes not

>>376251105
Man I hate Irene. She was kinda okay before they made her all cute-sy in DOA/ NG3 instead of sexy and womanly like she was in NG2.

>>376252365
No dude, Ryu is an icon of his own, but really he hasn't been in great things lately, meanwhile Bayonetta is fresh of being in the eyes of many people through Nintendo's deal with Bayonetta, she is more popular than him as of now.

What you should have said is that Ryu is more of a classic character than Bayonetta, that he is, no question about it.

>>376252051
>>376252229

>Are you 12 years old?

No but you obviously are.

No one gave a fuck about Ryu but Xbots back then, even so it was a niche game in a niche genre. Dante barely breaks into mainstream status and Ryu never got anywhere near as popular as Dante. Fucking Kratos has more notoriety than Ryu.

Meanwhile Kasumi as a sex symbol was plastered all over the place and continued to be for several years. DOA stirred up headlines and "controversy", NG stirred fuck all. In fact i am 100% certain that the majority of people that recognize Ryu would recognize him as DOA character instead of NG

Curb your autism before it flares up again.

>>376252607
>She was kinda okay before they made her all cute-sy
Huh? Her face did look somewhat weird in DOA Dimensions, but she does look "womanly" in her NG3 appearance.

>>376252448

He's not? Okay, post evidence to back that up. The fact Ryu has been well-known since the 80's, has more merchandise, been in shitty movies and has been in more video games than Bayonetta is all the evidence needed. She's not as iconic as Ryu.

>>376252768
>No one gave a fuck about Ryu but Xbots back then
Yeah, you weren't born yet in 2004, thanks for sharing.

i wish he was iconic enough for remakes and good sequels

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>>376252815
She looks too much Maria rose. Or Maria Rose looks too much like Irene. Team Ninja sameface too much now and that's why I liked NG1 and 2 because the girls look less samey.

>>376252607
>Irene
>sexy and womanly like she was in NG2.

You can just say that you hate Irene period, everyone does. Classic animu worst girl cock blocker. She was neither of those things in NG2, she is quite generic and too fucking yellow for her own good. She's not cute-sy in RE either, in fact she's literally portrayed as how you described for NG2.

>>376252882
>post evidence to back that up.
she was in smash, and through a popularity poll. easy.

>>376252768
>NG stirred fuck all.
Hahahaha, what? Dozens of magazines with insane readership like EGM, IGN, EDGE were masturbating to Ninja Gaide Black, calling it THE perfect game.

>>376253106

She won out of all the "negotiable" characters.

>>376253093
>Classic animu worst girl cock blocker.
What the fuck is this, are you a shipper? In fucking Ninja Gaiden? Irene has been Ryu's girl since day one, whoever came after had no place being with Ryu, isn't that good for the average /v/irgin? Momiji, or Ayane, or Rachel, or whatever can be yours fantasy instead.

>>376253294
ok

>>376253501
>Not shipping Sanji with Momiji
>Not shipping Hayate with Ayane
>Implying Rachel can be all mine when she's covered in somebody else's slime

>>376250221
He has a pretty sweet moveset in Warriors Orochi 3.

>>376252992
>>376253217

>look at how old i am
>Hahahaha

Are you the fountain of youth? Because you're practically concentrated underage.

>>376252437
fair enough. he would be a gre ninja clone

>>376253681
>Not shipping Sanji with Momiji
Fucking /ss/fags
>Not shipping Hayate with Ayane
Hayate is gay, Eliot has more chances and more scenes with Ayane.
>Implying Rachel can be all mine when she's covered in somebody else's slime
Can't complain, she still is in great condition.

>>376251149
he doesn't have a reboot design. He's had a different design between NG, NG2 and NG3.

His only iconic 'nintendo' design would be the blue ninja outfit - and that's questionable given how many fucking ninja characters wearing blue there are. There's like at least a dozen, many in games.

anyway this thread is retarded.

>>376253501
>Irene has been Ryu's girl since day one

have you even played these games?

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>>376253946
>Not shipping Sanji with Momiji
>Fucking /ss/fags

1- You're as gay as it is humanly possible
2- Literally canon

>>376254005
Have you? Irene Lew is literally the first character Ryu meets in Ninja Gaiden for the NES, and the game ends with both kissing.

>>376254197
>NES Games
>Mattering

ehl oh ehl

>>376254005
- Ninja Gaiden I = Irene and Ryu meet, they kiss at the end.
- Ninja Gaiden II = they are reffered to as boyfriend and girlfriend in the manual.
- Ninja Gaiden III = happens before NGII, both already together.
- Ninja Gaiden OVA = Ryu and Irene open an Antique Shop together.
- Dead or Alive = Ryu's profession is listed as an Antique Shop owner, meaning OVA is canon
- Ninja Gaiden II (revival) = The character named Sonia literally plays the same role Irene did in the NES series.
- DOA Dimensions = Reveals Sonia is Irene Lew and Ayane asks Irene if she and Ryu are something else.
- Ninja Gaiden III (modern) = Irene Lew boasts on Ayane's face she knows Ryu more than she or anyone else does.

Get fucked.

>>376254380
Get educated son. >>376254621

>>376254380
/v/ is undoubtely THE place where people discuss about things they don't even know about.

>>376250221
Most current gen gamers don't remember the NES Ninja Gaiden games, and his current iteration looks nothing like the guy in blue pajamas from back then.

>>376255018
Most current gen people don't know much about Ike from Fire Emblem either, yet he is there because he is classic character status within the series.

Strider? Capcom has mega man already.

>>376255213
Actually, I want to see Strider Hiryuu in a Ninja Gaiden game.

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>>376250221
Him, Simon Belmont and possibly Bomberman are the only retro, third party characters I can think of that actually have a chance of getting in a smash game.

>>376250930
>being a newfag
>meme site file name

kys yourself

>>376255172
Ike was put into Brawl to draw attention and help sell Radiant Dawn, much like how Marth/Roy were put into Melee to advertise the GBA games. The Smash series has been half nostalgia and half advertising for new games.

>>376256083
Marth wasn't put in Melee to advertise the GBA FE. Marth has nothing to do with GBA FE. He's just the iconic protagonist of FE1 & 3.

It was solely Roy.

>>376256284
Marth and Roy were put in to advertise the Fire Emblem series, at a time when new games were coming out. Marth, because he was a popular fan favorite of the series, and Roy, because it was his game coming out at the time (in Japan). It is not a coincidence that they put the best known and most liked FE character into Smash right when they were trying to reboot the series; it was certainly intended to draw attention to the game release.

>>376254621
>>376254701
>>376254796

Why are NG autists so easy to trigger? It's more fun to discuss these games with the DMC fans then with you faggots.

The fact that the game puts them together doesn't stop her from being a bland and less attractive character then all the others wishing for the Dragon Cock. And she isn't Ryu's first and only girl love at first sight spiel, that would be Momiji's sister, you know the one the games keep fucking emphasizing meant a lot to him?

>reboot
The previous game came out in 2000. It's not like the FE IP was dormant until FE6 came out.

>>376257225
This was in reply to >>376256560

>>376257224
what's funnier is how they hang on to the irene ship. bitch was forgotten just like most of the older nes ng games. hell ryu would've been forgotten if they didn't put him in doa1