Month: June 2015

Early, early, early this morning (seriously, it was like 2 AM where I live), dataminers were able to pull a variety of surprises from the latest Super Smash Bros. 4 patch due to its early arrival on servers in Japan, the most notable being playable versions of Street Fighter mainstay Ryu and Fire Emblem’s Roy. Over the past several hours, folks have continued to dig into the update, feverishly uncovering a number of new items that give us a closer look at what these two characters bring to the table.

While Roy appears rather similar to his Super Smash Bros. Melee incarnation (apart from some aesthetic improvements to set him apart from Marth), Ryu is an entirely different story. As depicted in the gallery below, the world warrior comes equipped with a number of obvious attacks, including his Hadoken, Shoryuken, and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku, as well as a flinch-resistant Focus Attack straight out of Street Fighter IV.

And, while it won’t ever be seen during competitive play, Ryu’s Final Smashes allow him to pull out the devastating Metsu Hadoken and Metsu Shoryuken on his opponents, demonstrated below.

A streamer by the name of crediar was recently able to implement data for Ryu, Roy, and Lucas into their game, so be sure to check out their ongoing broadcast and archived footage for a more detailed look at their respective movesets. And, if you’re still thirsty after all that, r/SmashBros has put together a fantastic thread compiling all of their findings thus far.

Sources: RandomTBush, crediar via r/SmashBros, special thanks to Pssych for their contributions to this article.