The one game where Ryu is bottom tier 

"I know I've been spamming the feed with a lot of MvC2 lately" It's not spam, it's _zoning_ and I greatly appreciate it

I don’t think Ryu’s ever meant to be bad most of the time. It’s just that in here he’s an honest karate boi stuck in a cast of broken characters.

What’s even more shocking is how Akuma’s bottom tier too, dude’s almost always high/top tier lol

I'd love to see a breakdown of the whole cast, what their playstyles are etc.

Back in college, at the student union, I used to play as a team of Ken, Ryu and Akuma and I managed to do pretty well. I would pick all white gis for them and constantly use assists. It would sometimes confuse my opponent on which character was the "legal" fighter and which was doing the assist. And I would often do fun combos of Ken's hurricane kick assist into Ryu's hadouken super while the opponent was still in the air. Got a lot of compliments from that. If I really wanted to show off, I'd do a triple hurricane kick super: Ken's into Ryu's into Akuma's. Probably not the best use of supers but it was pretty to look at. Got a lot of oohs and aahs from that one. I'm sure I would have gotten wrecked from anyone competent (and I did lose sometimes to others on that particular machine), but it was fun times regardless.

The answer to why alot of characters are bad inthis game is just "Sentinel"

Don't care. Still put Ryu on my A team, I grew up with the guy. I know him...intimately. I lose a lot.

It seems like Ryu thrives a little bit more in this ratio setting because of his cost. It allows you to pick a better overall team because you can have a low point character with decent assist and good meter burn for cheap.

It’s so funny how Ryu pretty good in the versus game no one remembers man I miss TvC

Would love to see you and Justin continue to do these types of videos on every character in the game along with some really viable team compositions for beginner and intermediate players. We need more video knowledge of this game to help newer players, keep doing what you're doing!

Man, me and my brothers used to play this nonstop on Dreamcast and we thought we were pretty good. I used to clean house at the local mall arcade playing the Ryu, Akuma, Iron Man. I might sub Akuma for Ken against players rocking large characters. Watching your channel has taught me that I was utter garbage in the games I thought I was good at lol.

Keep the tutorials for mvc2 coming please i really liked the one with the 5 tips i would really appreciate some tips for a beginner who keeps losing to cpu in arcade :)

I have always loved the Ryu design in this game, he’s far less of a beef cake and the loose brown hair looks proper.

JM: Ryu is bad JustinW: Challenge accepted!

Ryu has been considered a low tier character multiple times. It’s Akuma that’s surprising IMO

God I'm so happy about all the new MVC2 videos. I adore this game so much

Dude I am loving the MVC2 content lately, I don't usually catch a lot of your streams but I caught this one yesterday and it was a blast! Looking forward to more

I always felt that Ryu was still stuck in his Alpha gameplay while His fellow Street, Fighters adapted more to the MVC style. Starting with TVC, he began to play more like he’s in a versus game as opposed to a Street Fighter game.

That last win was all just basic street fighter!! Haha Soo sick!! 🔥🔥 Love that you're making better MVC2 VIDEOS than back in the day.. I'm still always looking for modern tutorials bod the game on resets, combos, and the main basics of proper combos.. a little beyond the magic series if this makes sense... Anyways... Love the content!!

Fun Ryu tech: Reverse-side shinshoryuken on opponent's incoming, dhc into tatsu super to punish a punish, and the swaggy just-above-the-ground roundhouse throw into shinkuhado. plus he looks the least silly wavedashing

Thing is though, in TvC, he got a lot of boons. *Better footspeed/walkspeed than expected *Universal air dash mechanics (can air dash from one jump/super jump, then air dash again from the double jump) which gave him far better mobility for approach *Because of using his Street Fighter 4 version as a base, he now has effective poking range for hit confirms via being grown-up from his Alpha/Zero incarnation *Roster was a bit tamed down despite still existing clear top tiers *As a result his assist was an amazing combo extender *The whole cast having linear-yet-solid-zig-zag magic series chain combos for their normals gave them great hit confirms Then MvC3 made him the way he used to be: no air dash, no double jump, slapped back in the broken Marvel characters and even nerfed his footspeed and made his magic series no longer zig-zag. Yeah, he's been through shit again, arguably low tier in those games once more. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom was the one game in both versions where he was even high-to-mid tier.

Loving these mvc2 vids right now! Keep’em coming!

One other note about Shinku Hadoken: using it in the air causes it to have instant startup, like AHVB. This does help for some punishes here and there that you normally can't get, even if it's not nearly as potent. There are two reasons why this isn't as useful as AHVB: the first is that the beam has a travel time, so if the enemy isn't in your grill, they still have time to block. And B: unlike AHVB, this has a bunch of end lag, so you can't do any obscene follow-ups. Still, it's a nice little extra thing to note about this guy, who can use all the help he can get.

I would love to see a video about wolverine

“I’m so salty I’m done with this game… No I’m not done yet.” That’s my daily battle cry, lol 😂

The gameplay wasnt actually in Ryu's favor, more like Iron Gief and Omega red

Strike while the iron is hot homie. Keep these detailed mvc2 videos coming

This is so fun to watch. Makes me wanna come back and learn to play again.

my favorite fight was at 9:22, i love the 'i'm ready" lol hype all around

Wouldn’t mind seeing more character breakdowns of the bottom half of the roster, particularly characters like Chun Li, Guile, Hayato, etc.

Gotta say I'm LOVING these MvC2 vids... I want to learn more about how to play it!

I like all this content because it's like updated tutorials/guides for 2021

LMAO seeing that Justin Wong tierlist cracked me up. My brother brought me to tears with Spiderman and he was D tier? Oh memories.

I think I might have just seen you on null about a half hour ago? Challenged but no dice : p. Great ryu vid, I wish he was better but I still play him all the time x D

Can't get enough of these mvc2 videos keep em coming man

Those animations still look so beautiful! It would probably look great as an upres'd 4K game. Which I'm sure we'd all be fine spending $20 or $25 on for the modern systems.

That last match tho - shades of 3rd strike with that poke + throw

Ryu has his flaws but you can make it work. One thing I discovered was that if you get tatsu super in the corner, you can do down short and up fierce for a otg combo

even more marvel please!!! i'm brand new to vs games and i'm having trouble figuring out how to approach them and your content is always helpful!!

Don't apologize for filling my feed with quality content jm

For a couple of seasons in SFV he was low tier... but they fixed him up a bit.

I'd love to see you cover Hayato. I think he's pretty cool but i don't see much on him and I wanna see some cool new stuff w him.

Plz don’t apologize about mvc2 content keep it coming!! I’m waiting for my hitbox to come in to start playing!!

People dragging Ryu kinda of makes me happy as a big Ken and Akuma fan. It’s seem like ryu is goku and Ken is vegta and Akuma is Beerus 🤣

Ryu may be classified as bad, but when I play him as part of a zoner team(usually with cable and either cyclops or iron man) I often use him as a point character and do well. He kinda a speedy boi, and shinku hadoken is pretty good.

This is the type of stuff that needs to be balanced and fixed in a HDR remake I’ve already said leave the top tiers alone and just fix the bottom tiers Even the mids are pretty good The most broken thing about this game is the assists that could have been fixed

One game?! He was bottom tier for most of sf5. And he’s STILL bottom tier in mvc3.

I loved playing Ryu as a low tier character but yes, he needs a lot of help from assist and usually has to be up close for his most damaging combos. Ken's tatsu assistant is a good link for Ryu Shinkuu Hado, as well as Cyclops Gene Splice, there's more but that's was what I like to do when I played MVC2 in the arcades.

That Ryu vs akuma/ken at the end 👌🏼

I would really enjoy seeing more on other characters, like Tron, Psylocke and Servbot, there seems to be a lot of info you can get from a character in this game to newcomers and stuff Most of them don't seem bad/good from a look and stuffs

The fact that Cyclops is S tier but WOLVERINE is D tier infuriates me

One weird thing I realized when messing around with low tier teams is that if you throw Ryu's hurricane kick in the middle of an air combo and all the kicks land, it will do MASSIVE damage for some reason. You can 100% a Strider or Bonerine with it. At least, this was true in the arcades. Not sure if they fixed it in the DC/emulator versions.

Thanks for the hard to swallow advice on Mvc2 Ryu. Do Ken and Akuma too please and Dan.

Ryu is a rather fun character to play. He's a main when I play lower tier team (Ryu, Doom, C. America). He's not as combo oriented as Ken or Akuma, but he seems to get a boost in defense after falling below 25%...or it could be just me... Something you should know about Shinku Hadoken: it's best at mid-range, as it's pitiful up-close and only decent full screen. You can also "Cable-style" super (air HVB but without recovery for repeat) for a near-instant, surprise activation (great against whiffed assists). As for combos: a dash-in standing jab, jab, fierce, hadoken into shinku hadoken is a standard ground combo that does great damage. Only do 1 jab for non dash-ins or at start-of-round. Just be careful is you have 3 levels of super as you probably will trigger shin-shoryuken instead of shinku hadoken. For air combo: the standard 4 hit, hadoken into (this is hard) shinku hadoken. The timing has to be spot on because the normal hadoken causes knockdown, although it is easily done against an assist. It can do fairly good damage and looks cool as a bonus.

Keep the mvc2 content coming you glorious bastard!

Ryu in MVC2: I'm in a hole. I just need to dig myself out. Ryu in SFV: Alright. I'm still digging. Ryu in SSBU: Now I can't climb out.

Will there be a chance of you doing tutorial on Marvel vs Capcom 2? As I've just picked up the game by the way videos are awesome

Ryu out here doing the turtle house special. Master Roshi would be proud

That match up was fun to watch. More ratio type battles man!

I was really hoping to get a breakdown on his dark hado form 🥺

I remember being able to set up his spinning kick super with a light jump kick and launching it. Same with the dragon punch super and light punch.

Buh-ROW! That second match was so hype!

JM, as a young lad, I knew nothing of FG’s but when one day I saw and MvC1 cabinet on a weekend trip to California and recognized Mega Man on the demo screen, I knew there was only one character for me. Please, show us the Mega Man

I never noticed Ryu's range was so short.

Like to see a breakdown on sonson!!

my local card shop use to have this on free play, use to play all the time. I still have trauma from cable. Loved the game though, this and Street fighter 3 made me come back to fighting games.

Just started playing mvc2 last night for the first time ever I need all these videos

Do not worry about "spamming" your channel with Marvel 2. As a Skullgirls player, I'm looking forward to getting into it, but I think I'll wait until rollback MvC2 is in Fightcade. By all means, please put out an all-points bulletin when that happens so I don't miss it, lol.

Ryu's not bad, everyone else is just really good

Gosh I miss this game. I hope for an official release because I'm not sure how to emulate it.

epic rounds!!!

Also, spin the stick during to make Giefs SPDs crazy.

I don't know man. I've seen guys like Tenderloin, Luis Marvel or Skitz taking down top tier teams with this character. I mean you may not like it but this character is very versatile.

when mashing what buttons do you press? ive never understood mashing

i originally subbed because of mvc2 content so this is right up my alley :)

remember when i played this game when i was 5 i picked him, wolverine, and spiderman but the more recent times ive tried it i think just spamming projectiles with cable, cyclops, and mega man is more fun

A lot of people don't know this, but Ryu can combo the Shinkuu Hadouken off of the standing heavy punch. His main combo for damage is this: Jumping HP, Standing LK, Standing HP --> Shinkuu Hadouken. Also, Venom's Venom Fang assist helps him like crazy because it is both a projectile and an anti air at the same time and hits at the same angle as Ryu's jump in. But yes, his air combos are garbage.

So I just started playing mvc2 on the emulator and I'm just playing the árcade cause I'm very scared on going against people. I know almost nothing about the game and I don't know who to choose for my team, I don't understand the assists and how to use them on combos and stuff, what would you guys recommend for me as a new player?

This video was in the search results when I looked up "Ryu is Strong" looking that Ryu combo video from 2009. Lol

Hate to ask dumb questions but I got this working but idk how to reach training mode it just jumps straight into character select. Any ideas how to get to training mode?

JM: apologizing for constant my making content for one of the best fight game Me: MORE CONTENT

There's a ratio mod now. You can patch the DC version with it. It's actually pretty sick. I'm diggin on it. Hopefully more folks patch it in and we can have rollback ratio matches very easily.

As a suggestion. I’d like to see more details on Characters like Colossus, Omega Red, Silver Samurai, Anakaris and Sabretooth.

Please keep making MvC2 videos!

KEEP GOING!!!!! we love MvC2!!

11:55 that was a nice save

Also, wish Ryu could still do Ken-style and Akuma-style from MVC. That was dope and you don't gotta put em all in the game. I kinda like install supers.

How did you start with the last character you choose at 15:05

This is hype AF, specially with the rumors of a New remastered MvC2

As someone who is dedicated to playing Hayato in some manner, can you make a video on him? Thanks :)

Ryu can beat everyone except Sentinel. But you have to train with him extensively to make full use of him. His combos are meant to be less hits, Jab, HP, Hadouken into Shinkuu Hadouken is devastating. Ryu forces you to understand damage scaling. His tatsu hits harder than the other shotos too, if you have an assist that grabs the opponent (Akuma tatsu assist) hit them with a Hardkick tatsu for three hits and look at the damage count. Don't like your positioning after an attack do a tatsu into super jump (same as air hyper viper beam only backwards with one kick) Watch him take off at a 45 degree angle backwards, great for escapes and positioning against storm/doom and can be canceled into shinkuu hadouken for a little extra surprise (practice the timing). Ryu's ground to air fireball (Air hyper viper motion with one punch) is an annoying wide projectile, throw multiple jab versions when appropriate. It also goes through/over storm's wind projectile and simultaneous blocking her from air dashing forward for rush down forcing her to go high making her predictable. Same deal with magneto till the player realizes magneto has a fireball too (Some players never do). Ryu has an answer for everyone but sentinel if you really think about it.

Here after the collection got announced, my teams gonna be captian america, ryu, and cyclops, its gonna be so awsome

Please don’t stop making these videos, I love hearing you talk about mvc2

Id love to see more coverage on power rangers battle for the grid

Marvel 2 on the Dreamcast was the first fighting game I had significant time in as a kid. Even then I knew Ryu did not feel like he wass as strong as his personality let on. I used to play mostly Iron man (big laser makes kids happy), Spiderman, and Blackheart because he was big and big means good lol

You should make a video on Ken in this game.

You can DHC Final Atomic Buster's full damage. If you do that into Shin Shoryuken the damage is immense. If you put a small linker in the middle that can be 100%

7:43 the hardest combo to pull off

If anyone reading this is a MVC2 Nooby and is interested in playing, please respond! I'm not new to fighting games but I'm new to MVC2 but I'm having trouble finding reliable matches.

I’d love to see you go over Ken, people say he’s low tier but I think he’s way better than Ryu