Ryu or Ken? Who do you like more?

[PhoenixAKG]

Ryu and Ken are basically the main characters of Street Fighter and among the most iconic characters from it. Between the two of them in terms of their character, story, gameplay, etc who do you like more?

Ryu:

Ken:

 

[KamenSenshi]

Ken. Flowcharts will never be the same, lol. Ryu is like a poor man's Ken.

 

[BloodRayne]

I vote Ken

 

[score01]

Flaming dragon punch made me a convert

 

[JaseMath]

I've always viewed Ken as a poor man's Ryu 😭

 

[cw_sasuke]

Ryu ofc.

 

[nachum00]

I hate Ken

Ken and Cammy are the only SF2 characters I don't like.

 

[JusDoIt]

Ryu got it out the mud and Ken the rich white dude who blew up off of biting his style.

 

[Giga Man]

Ryu. It's like single-strike style versus rapid-strike style. I prefer strong decisive hits.

 

[shadowhaxor]

Ken has always been my Street Fighter main. He doesn't get the attention that Ryu gets, his story was put on hold a while ago, and Capcom has since moved on from him being right there with Ryu. But it doesn't matter to me. Ken for life.

Ken always had the better uppercut, even went flaming. But Ryu, he had to copy Ken's uppercut ;) Ken didn't try and style on Ryu's hadoken XD

Also, I like Violent Ken's design more than Evil Ryu's design. But that's just me.

 

[SEATLiens]

vanilla ken over vanilla ryu. But id take Evil Ryu over both.

 

[Nama]

Hot Ryu > "normal" Ken > "normal" Ryu > Alpha Ken > Alpha Ryu > SF V Ken

 

[Platy]

ken is more interesting. I like shoryukens and that Shippu Jinraikyaku is one of the most usefull supers of the shoto family

 

[Noctis]

Ken was the first character I picked at the arcades as a kid so that's my guy forever. Ryu is a good lad but he's no Ken.

 

[MinerArcaniner]

Ken, all the way.

 

[Pyro]

Ryu

 

[Amnixia]

Dhalsim

 

[GlamPrime]

Sagat.

Don't @ me either!

 

[Diablos]

Ken.

 

[Wyndstryker]

Sorry, Ken got my vote since 3rd strike

 

[JusDoIt]

Sagat.

Don't @ me either!

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Sagat the best fighting game character ever made.

 

[Indelible]

Ken is more fun to play as.

 

[Zetta]

Ken will always be my main followed by Cammy. Ken being slightly faster than Ryu plus his uppers always gave him to edge in my eyes.

 

[GlamPrime]

Sagat the best fighting game character ever made.

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Prepare!!!

If you know you know.

 

[Transistor]

Bearded Ryu > Most Kens > Ryu > Banana Hair Ken

 

[Dougieflesh]

Ken is a way less boring Ryu. Ryu is 😴

 

[Dale Copper]

Ken is less boring.

 

[L Thammy]

Ken Masters got his own spinoff game. Ryu didn't get that.

 

[JusDoIt]

"Ryu is boring." — Person very impressed by juggling a shoryuken into another shoryuken

 

[Legacy]

Ken seems to be more likeable to me and I've always preferred his specials over Ryu's.

Ken for me.

 

[sixteen-bit]

the answer lies in the heart of battle

Ryu got it out the mud and Ken the rich white dude who blew up off of biting his style.

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this is hapa erasure

 

[emperor bohe]

Depends on the game, but typically I prefer Ryu's playstyle in most games. Design wise... probably Ryu as well.

 

[JustinH]

Ryu is the choice for me. I never liked playing Ken.

Real answer: Sakura

 

[m_shortpants]

Depends on the game, but typically I prefer Ryu's playstyle in most games. Design wise... probably Ryu as well.

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I prefer playing Ryu in most entries past 3, but Ken is cooler 100%

 

[Nocturnowl]

The answer lies in the heart of battle

 

[JusDoIt]

this is hapa erasure

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You right.

Ryu got it out the mud and Ken is the rich blonde dude who blew up off of biting his style.

 

[TheBaldwin]

Ryu is so boring, Ken all the way

 

[astro]

Ryu is much cooler than Ken and everyone knows it.

 

[dDASTARDLY]

Ken without a doubt after the Alpha games

 

[sixteen-bit]

this was a good look i remember drawing Ken from this reference like 70 times after seeing it in a GameFAN

 

[Mr.Vic20]

Ken has always been a little more fun, Ryu is plain old business.

 

[TwntyOneTwlv]

Went with my instincts and picked Ken

 

[Giga Man]

Ryu is the choice for me. I never liked playing Ken.

Real answer: Sakura

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Why doesn't she do this anymore?

 

[Rubblatus]

I can't quit Ken in SFV. I keep trying, but he's got such wonderful visual flair, great key frames, and giving him a flexible command run gives him a nice niche to keep him distinct and uniquely fun from the rest of the Shoryuken Army.

I appreciate Ryu a whole lot (Especially on the tail end of D.E.), but I miss Ken's explosive momentum too much when I'm not playing him to make the change permanent. Things can definitely change when SF6 comes around, but with how stable Ken's been from patch-to-patch and how happy they seem to be with Ken in SFV, I don't expect them to stray too far from this direction.

/the real dread here is seeing if they're going to go with Langdon again, since SF6 will be their first opportunity to break free from using him for voice work in a major character since Langdon started really showing his ass on Twitter.

 

[J_Macgrady]

They're both really cool, but in terms of play style I prefer Ken. Appearance wise though Bearded Ryu > all Ken's

 

[valuv]

akuma

 

[G-X]

Despite what they tried to do to my main Ken in street fighter 5, it's ken

 

[kimbo99]

Ken Masters was always cooler in my opinion, even in the animated movie

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Ryu is boring as hell.
I hate playing against Ken.
I prefer playing as Ken.

Only answer is Chun-Li.

 

[Mesoian]

Donkey Kick all day.