Ryu (Super Smash Flash 2)

Ryu is a veteran unlockable character in Super Smash Flash 2. He was revealed during the Day 2 livestream at Super Smash Con 2019. His moveset and voiceclips are taken from and Street Fighter IV. His sprite design is based on his appearances in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Attributes
Ryu's ground mobility is around average. Oddly, his air acceleration is one of the highest in the game, in direct contrast to his extremely low acceleration in the official games.

Ryu has very good frame data, with most of his neutral and special moves falling under that category. Most of his moves have some use in his core kit. His down special move can paralyze opponents and is especially good when punishing unsafe moves or baiting commits. His neutral special move can gimp opponents with bad horizontal recoveries, due to its horizontal-only hitbox. His forward aerial is quick and does a good amount of damage, and thanks to its low base knockback it can lead into grab at many percentage ranges.

He also has strong KO potential. Input Shoryuken is a powerful vertical KO move with low start-up time, KOing most of the cast under 100%, making it an effective combo finisher. His back air is very powerful and has a large hitbox. His forward smash, down smash, and back throw are his other main KO options.

Ryu's grab game is fairly decent. His grab comes out on frame 3 (tied with as the fastest in the game) and has decent range for its speed. His back throw can create tech chase scenarios at low percents, turning into a kill throw at later percents, and his up throw can start combos against fast-fallers and large characters.

Ryu does have some weaknesses, as he has a very poor vertical recovery. His horizontal recovery methods are also easily exploitable and laggy, thus, Ryu can struggle a lot against characters with great edgeguarding games or zoners. He also has little to no approach options, considering all his Hadoken variations can be easily cancelled by any attack. His large size and above-average falling speed makes him susceptible to combos, further weakening his disadvantage state.

Trivia

 * Steven had showed some of Ryu's sprites on his DeviantArt page years ago. The animation was removed weeks after, however.
 * Ryu's trailer, which included and, is a reference to their fighting origins. Goku, like Ryu, is a martial artist while Lucario is a "fighting" type Pokémon who can learn fighting type attacks and various martial arts.
 * In the ' mod, ', Lucario received some of Ryu's moves in the Street Fighter games for its moveset, like the Shoryuken for its up smash, and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku for its neutral aerial.