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 ones in the game, in direct contrast with 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 to all of his moves have some sort of use in his core kit, such as down-tilt canceling, Down-Special can create a paralyzed effect and is especially good when punishing unsafe moves. Neutral-Special can gimp opponents with bad horizontal recoveries, due to its horizontal-only hitbox.

Ryu also has an amazing combo game, with many of his tilts cancelling into one another, and then into his specials at kill percents. His back throw can create tech chase scenarios at low percents, turning into a kill throw at later percents. His forward throw can lead into aerial combos, due to having low base knockback and low knockback growth. Last, his down throw can create tech chase scenarios and aerial combos.

Ryu does have some weaknesses, as he can struggle to land tilts and/or throws, which are a big part of his combo game, due to his slow speed. He also has a very poor vertical recovery, and can struggle against characters with great edge-guards or zoners, however he has a great horizontal recovery.

Trivia

 * Steven had showed some of Ryu's sprites on his DeviantArt page years ago. The animation was removed weeks after, however.
 * His trailer which included Goku and Lucario was a reference to their fighting origins. Goku, like Ryu, is a martial artist while Lucario is a "fighting" type Pokemon who can learn fighting type attacks and various martial arts.
 * In the Super Smash Bros. Brawl mod, Project M, 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.