KEN Speedrun NEW World Record Normal Difficulty  

Excelent!!!! Very good

I knew about the original names, but not about the gameplay differences. thanks

That one time, he filled the streets full of uppercuts

Excellent!! And the best is that you still can do it better.

Q: why does Ken have a fire dragon punch and Ryu doesn’t. Because the dark hado

Much appreciated, thank you for watching! Edit: didn't get that initially, good one 🤣🤣🤣

I’m assuming you meant jump in and being sarcastic??? 😅

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I know. I think 4 times a round is appropriate

It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@deviouxFGC Fantastic job! Ken has always been my favorite.

@@ThunderHorsePyroThanks! I'm a Ryu guy myself, but I do prefer Ken when playing vs the CPU.

That is correct, good eye man, good eye!! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

That's what I saw in the second fight

Yeah... I admit. I never would have caught that & I still don't know what you're talking about.

I was wondering if it was on purpose

Mine too. Thanks for watching and commenting!

I loved that too😂😂never saw him so scared

Yea, same here, only awesome memories related to this game.

i remember when i was 10 or 11 and lived next door to gas station that had the arcade, everytime i saw something shiny on the ground and saw it was big enough to be a quarter my eyes lit up. i knew where i was gonna spend that quarter to this day if i see a quarter on the ground i think of Street Fighter

Thanks for watching and commenting, Samurai. GL&HF !!

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Thank you very much, I appreciate it! I've put a lot of time and effort into getting this run, about 4 months to be more specific. Thank you for watching and commenting!

I love Ken as well, his dragon punch combos are awesome ;) Thank you for watching and commenting!

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Lmao, wish I knew what they were thinking, too. You can always count on the Japanese folks to come up with the weirdest stuff. Thanks for watching and commenting!

lmao, I guess it would be all worth it if you're winning 😉

It's a bit easier to get 9x rounds on the Japanese version, cause the damage is higher (see pinned comment), but yeah, thanks for watching and commenting, much apreciated. 😉

I don't know if there are any resources/documentation available, not to my knowledge, but I could be wrong. For me this was a massive grind, it took me almost 5 months and at least 30 thousand attempts to get this run, but that's mostly just because I was very picky about what time I wanted to get. The vast majority of attempts died to the CPU doing bullshit and ending up wasting too much time for my liking. A few attempts died because of me (failed inputs or missed combos). The jump-in combos which end a round aren't that hard to do if the CPU is already stunned, but yes, you do need to nail them. What's harder are the setups to get the stuns, there are different scenarios, timings and distancings depending on which character you're fighting, but it's all learnable. The main obstacle is that even if you know what you need to do, most of the times the CPU won't wanna cooperate and will find a way to bullshit you and end up wasting time. Overall, I'd say it is a grind, for sure, but where there's a will, there's a way ;) Try watching more runs which were posted, maybe you can pick up some other useful strats and the strats from my posted runs are public knowledge at this point. If you can get some top 3 or top 5 times, that's a great starting point to improve on. If you do manage to beat my time, massive congrats and respect! Hopefully that helps a bit. Thank you for watching and commenting and feel free to ask anything else if you'd like.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think it would save some time to finish with a throw instead of a fierce punch DP, it would probably save 1 second, maybe even 2. I was just thinking about that recently, I should have ended more rounds with a low punch DP instead of the fierce punch DP, the run could have been at least 4-5 seconds faster, maybe even more. Oh well, you live, you learn. Thanks for watching and commenting!

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Hehe, no secret bonus, just a little time save ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

Why did he evaded all the barrells except the last 3?

​@@santiagocabrerabecause when you hit a barrel (or any opponent) there is a short pause / slowdown for a few frames... which will slightly increase the total time for the speed run. Destroying the last 3 makes the stage end quicker, otherwise you'd have to wait for all barrels to leave the screen before the stage ends. Clever tactics!

Oh yeah! Thanks for watching and commenting ;)

Hell yeah bro! Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@deviouxFGC No doubt... When you get a chance, check out my SF6 Ken reveal on my page... KEN Main all day 🙏🏽🤝🏽

@@TheYOUNGHokage Nice man, good shit! I will be playing SF6 for sure! Subbed to your channel.

@@deviouxFGC Hell yeah... Appreciate the love... I did the same... FGC Fo' Life 🙏🏽

His AI is very flawed in response to a small and medium dragon punch, easily bait him into a missed flashkick

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Yes, on Blanka it's very hard to do the triple combo from the front, you need a very clean jump-in which is almost impossible to get. You can do a crossup jump, of course, but I specifically went for the damage trade 91-timer strat, which I've practiced a fair bit. With a crossup jump, you can get like an 87-88-89 perfect round. Thank you for watching and commenting!

Thank you very much! I respect and appreciate how relevant this game remained in Brazil. I'm still learning new techniques, tips or tricks by watching Brazilian high level players.

@@deviouxFGC The Street Fighter fever was very high here. Nowadays I prefer to watch good players like you. Good Job!

@@lucianomoreira9644 Thank you man, much appreciated, respect!

Thank you very much, I appreciate it!

I am using a fightstick, yes. I have the Qanba Obsidian and the MadCatz EGO, I switch between them depending how I feel or how angry I get :) This run was done on the MadCatz stick, but I like the Qanba stick more, it just feels nicer on the left hand. I have practiced the last 4 fights A LOT, so that I know every possible scenario and be prepared for it, but I'm quite dissapointed in the last round vs Bison, I could have beaten him at 85-86 with another strategy I have practiced, but I got greedy and cocky and it cost me a bit :) Thank you for watching and commenting!

Thank you mate, I really appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've put a ridiculous amount of time into getting this run, but I'm quite proud of it ;) Thank you for watching and commenting!

No he didn't. Heck, even I have done better. Man, who have you been watching playing SF2 back in the 90s? No way in heck these are next level Dragon punches and I've seen faster completion times int he arcade. TRUE next level (or final level) dragon punches are ones that are done SUPER DEEP from a ger up, from behind, from the middle of receiving a hurricane kick, 100 slaps and 100 kicks. Ridiculously deep ones countering a deep overhead cross flying kick and so on. This performance was ok but the player can do much better. Faster even. Good luck to the player if they want to try.

@@EAprima What are you talking about? The goal here is efficiency and not wasting time or taking risks that could result in a whiff. You just need it to hit deep enough to continue the combo. There are plenty of cross-ups here which are good and he knows when to do a fierce DP to get the extra hit and finish the round.

@@EAprima Wow, you have done better? That's awesome, you should record the video then, I'd love to watch your run. GLHF! edit: forgot to say, it would also be really really cool if you include in your speedrun all those things you've listed, that would really make it amazing!!

@@rsmith02 Sounds like he's seen some things in 1v1, some things he said don't make sense, some are just 1v1 plays. Maybe he's just trying to troll, dunno. I hope he will try to do "much better".

Ah good ol' arcade days. I've had that done to me a lot of times while I was still learning, so I know what you mean. But I kept grinding and slowly I've started paying them back and doing it to others ;) Thanks for watching and commenting.

What is the quad?

@@davidbielsa5188 It's Ken's 4 hit combo. When you jump behind the opponent (that's called a crossup) and then do the 3-hit uppercut combo, so it's 1-hit from the jump kick and 3-hits from the uppercut combo, 4-hits in total (on some opponents it works from the front as well, like Zangief, Dhalsim, Boxer, Sagat)

I was actually quaded from the front with a fierce punch to start it. Round starts: i throw a fireball: player jumps at me and quads me: dizzy: quads again and im out. Round 2 rinse and repeat the same sequence. It was crazy. Fastest.50 cents i spent in my life....

I thought it was called the 3 hitter quitter lol

Smashing those barrels gives you points and points take time to get counted at the end of the bonus stage. Especially if you get a "perfect" on that stage, that's not good, the score count for "perfect" takes at least 5 seconds or more, so it would take those 20 seconds + another 5-7 seconds if you get a perfect. So the fastest way on that bonus stage is to smash only the last 3-5 barrels at most, just to get them off the screen as quickly as possible and have the bonus stage end with a very short barrel count which lasts about 1 or 2 seconds at most. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@@deviouxFGC very smart move

@@asifnazir7783 Thank you!

Yes, I prefer this ladder, with Zangief first. I think it's ideal for speedrunning this game when you play as Ken. You can get rid very fast of most of the problematic characters in the first 6 fights, which are usually "easier". Blanka is one of the problematic ones, he has the most random patterns out of the entire cast and he ruined so many attempts. The fight itself is not hard, but trying to win as fast as possible makes it more difficult, because a lot of times he will do random things which stop you in your tracks or make you lose too much time. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you very much man, I appreciate it!

GG! Thanks for watching and commenting, much appreciated!

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@@deviouxFGC no worries. As a player of the game since the world warrior was in the arcades, this was very very impressive

Thank you very much, I appreciate it!!

Well, the more you play the game, the easier it gets, and I have over 15k hours on this game. However, I did fail the DP 2 times in this run, first time was right at the end of the flaming barrels bonus stage, I failed to execute the last combo on the flaming barrels (6:32), and second time was vs Sagat on the second round, I didn't execute correctly the finishing 3 hit combo (7:47). I was starting the get nervous towards the end of the run, cause I knew the pace was very very good :) Thank you for watching and commenting.

No, it's usually jump heavy kick (or heavy punch) -> heavy punch -> dragon punch. It can also be done with jumping medium kick or medium punch, but it does a bit less damage. It can also be done with jumping low kick or low punch, but that does even less damage. Other variations can be done as well, like jump heavy kick (or heavy punch) -> medium punch or medium kick (crouching or standing) -> dragon punch, or, jump heavy kick (or heavy punch) -> low punch or low kick (crouching or standing) -> dragon punch.

@@deviouxFGC cool thanks dude! I’ll try tonight

@@cafedelmario No problem, you're welcome. I've also edited my comment and included a few more variations.

You just press fierce punch (or any other punch button, but fierce punch does most damage) and then you quickly input the dragon punch. There are many tutorials out there on how to do the dragon punch. If you're playing on console, one video I can recommend is this one - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IfS02WjRU8g.html - that shows how to input the combo on console with Ken. It's going to take some practice to pull it off, just stick to it, keep trying over and over and you'll get it eventually. You know how the old saying goes, practice makes perfect. Hope that helps a bit, feel free to ask anything else. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@deviouxFGC yeeeees many thanks !

Yes, the CPU does have moments when it cheats. Gotta grab those coins somehow ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

It mostly just comes down to practice. Back in the day when I've started playing I also struggled to do it at first. But I practiced on the shitty arcade cabinets where I could play alone (World Warrior and Rainbow Edition). I would put in coins and try do only Shouryukens for as long as I could. Sometimes I would put in 2 coins to start a versus match and I would do only Shoryukens for 3 rounds from both sides. Hundreds of them, thousands, tens of thousands, etc. Eventually it will become pretty easy and you will naturally move on to doing combos, where it's just a matter of understanding the timing between button presses. There is no special secret or magic, just practice doing Shoryukens over and over. These days you don't have to spend any money on coins, so the practice is free, you just gotta put in the time and be willing to do the same thing over and over thousands of times :) Thank you for watching and commenting.

Daigo doesn't play this version from what I know, he played only Super Turbo and I don't have many hours on that game, so he would probabably destroy me on Super Turbo, but on this version I might put up a decent fight :) Thank you for watching and commenting!

Everyone on RU-vid is “feeling” something all the time

@@daytonasayswhat9333 LOL Whoooooooooosh !!

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Thanks! The more you play the easier it gets ;) Cheers for watching and commenting.

Aw snap, sorry about that, I pinky promise I won't do it again 😉

That is correct, he was conceived as a parody of Mike Tyson. Please check Wikipedia link in the pinned comment, it covers the story and the name differences.

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Grazie mille ;)

Indeed, fun times, awesome memories!

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It is quicker to not smash the wooden barrels. I would lose 5-7 seconds by getting a "perfect" on that bonus stage, because of the score tally at the end. If you don't get a "perfect", then there is no score tally. Thank you for watching and commenting!

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Thanks ;)

Naaahh, our boy Ryu would never do something like that. Would he? :)

@@deviouxFGC Can't blame Ryu - Eliza got that irresistible drip. Look at what she got Ken to go through.

Most of the times it's just heavy punch, but I also use medium and low punch, depending on the situation. For the combos, it's mostly just heavy buttons, cause they do most damage. Thanks for watching and commenting!

This is the original Japanese version and it just has higher damage by design, that's why it's preferred for speedruns. Please check pinned comment for more details. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I use fightstick. I have the Qanba Obsidian and MadCatz EGO, I switch between them depending how I feel, but I do like the Qanba Obsidian more, the stick lever feels nicer to me. This run was done using the MadCatz stick :) Thank you for watching and commenting.

Yea, Dhalsim matches are usually like that, I don't have the patience to play him, so kudos to you :)

Nice, do you mean ending the round at 94? or something else?

@@deviouxFGC yeah SF2 The World Warrior on the SNES had a time trial mode that displayed the used time to finish. It was pretty much like in the video, jump in dp combo, repeat. Not really a feat, but thanks for the eventual acknowledgement^^

Very nice! Only good memories related to this game! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Here's a video you can watch which shows how to do combos with all the characters - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IfS02WjRU8g.html

@@deviouxFGC thank you

Back then, games also only had chiptunes and 16-bit low-number-of-frames sprites. ... Why do we need all that extra fluff nowadays anyways? It's almost like, gasp, gameplay matters more than graphics? :)

Haha yes well that and them working 80hr weeks without complaining

It's still the case, you just have to play indie games rather than AAA stuff

This kind of time would be pretty hard to get in my opinion, it took me about 4 months to get it :) A more "consistent" time would be around 8:50 or so. I don't know how GDQ or ESA marathons work, I think you have an hour of gametime or something like that. So, the kind of time that could be achieved in about an hour would probably be around 8:50ish maybe 8:40ish. To get below that you'd need a bit of rng luck as well and that doesn't happen often.

Hell yeah! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks! ;)

@@deviouxFGC I think you can still improve to around 8.10nish

@@megasyxx Technically, yes, but I'd rather not go through that ordeal again ;) It took me like 4 months and around 20K attempts to get this run :)

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

That move is called a CPS-1 chain. You actually have to press two buttons at the same time to get it, that's what makes the move a bit harder to do and also the distance between buttons can make it a bit harder to input, but it gets easier the more you practice it. So you do: crouching weak kick -> standing weak kick + fierce punch -> dragon punch. I have done that in this run both rounds vs Guile and second round vs Ken (I did fail the move vs Ken on the first attempt, you can see I got 2 weak kicks, but then I got it on the second attempt). Thank you for watching and commenting.

@@deviouxFGC Good job on that, it's something I haven't done yet though I have done everything else. If you do a CPS-1 chain combo video that will be the one that could make people shout out "omg" for it's a difficult feat. Doing that in a versus game will get people chanting even more. That is one to see. No. Thank YOU for spending the time making videos that people appreciate. :)

Not sure what you mean, sorry. Which one? What's the timestamp for it?