BIO:

At the end of the first World Warrior tournament, Ryu was losing his battle against Sagat. For a second, he embraced the Satsui no Hadou (also known as "killing intent" or "evil intent") and used a Metsu Shoryuken on Sagat, scarring and defeating him with rage and hate. After this, Ryu's killing side never reappeared. Evil Ryu is "what if" version of Ryu, not a separate entity. Despite the brief temptation from the Satsui no Hadou, Ryu rejected it and once again studied under Master Gouken to attempt to become as powerful as he once did as Evil Ryu.

       
 

ORIGIN: Street Fighter Alpha 2

       

         
 

Updated: December 12th, 2011
Evil Ryu was originally just a palette swap of Ryu and/or Akuma, but his design has developed immensely over the years. The idea of the design itself is quite inspiring, actually.... There is evil in us all, even deep inside Street Fighter's #1 good guy, Ryu. ;) Whether we "act upon" our evil side is our choice, and a battle we all face. Deep stuff. ;) Evil Ryu has always been a fun-to-use alternate version of Ryu, especially for those of us who never get tired of using shoto characters. Capcom progressively fleshed out Evil Ryu each sequel he appeared in. My personal favorite is easily his appearance in Capcom VS SNK 1 & 2. He looks so "silently" pissed off and badass in that game... which is how his design should be, in my opinion. His return in SSF4: AE rendition is halfway decent for the most part, more notably his moveset. However, I'm definitely not a fan of his stupidly spiky hair (DBZ much?). :/ So are those little red pyramids on his head, or what? . . . "Classic" Evil Ryu FTW.
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