Street Fighter’s Ryu Just Keeps Getting Wider and Wider

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You know, I’m something of a Street Fighter fan myself. Thus when Capcom announced Street Fighter 6 with a tantalising trailer that reveals very little other than the rippling muscles, bulging veins, and wiggling toes of its fighters, Luke and Ryu, I was elated. Ryu has fortunately retained his glorious ‘Hot Ryu’ look from Street Fighter 5, his face full of bearded goodness, but this delightful news has been overshadowed by how unnaturally wide and broad the fighter has become. His torso now spans the width of a flat-screen television, while his head resembles a delicately placed pellet on his broad, herculean shoulders.

But Ryu hasn’t always looked this, well, brawny. His first appearance in the original Street Fighter, released in 1987, was small, soft and squishy in comparison. This could be down to the fact the graphics at that time were unable to render the refined tendons that hold onto Ryu’s huge pectoral muscles, but Ryu was also street fighting thugs who were significantly larger than him.

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Here’s a look at our beefy boy Ryu over the years, as he evolves from a soft, fledgling fighter into buff world warrior.

In the original Street Fighter, Ryu has none of those well-defined muscles yet, nor is he as expansive as he is in his latest iteration. He’s roughly human-sized, and looks like a young but malnourished lad. Yet some of the trademark attire can be found here, such as his white gi and red gloves. Curiously, his hair is also red, and his headband is white. We also do not have the luxury of seeing his toes, because he wore red sparring shoes.

Here’s the most quintessential look of Ryu yet: his appearance in the Street Fighter 2 is one that would largely remain