Walter Smith, but Ryu encounters Bloody Malth, who had defeated Ken in battle and then subjected him to a brainwashing that causes him to attack his own son, a spell that Ryu manages to break. Ken had instructed Ryu in a letter beforehand to travel to the United States to find his friend Dr. In the Nintendo Entertainment System home edition released the same year, he is given a backstory of searching for his missing father who had disappeared to partake in a life-or-death fight.
Ryu Hayabusa makes his official debut in the original Ninja Gaiden arcade game released in 1988. In the Dead or Alive series, Ryu has befriended fellow ninja Hayate, and joins forces with him along with Kasumi and Ayane, with whom he works to take down the corrupt tournament organizer Victor Donovan.Īppearances Ninja Gaiden series (1988-1992) Ĭomparison of Ryu's design in the original (top) and current (bottom) Ninja Gaiden series Although he appears as a normal human, he is actually a demon-human hybrid whose ancestors drew their blood from the same evil deities such as the Holy Vigoor Emperor, the first game's main antagonist. Many critics have considered him as gaming's number 1 ninja.Īs the son of renowned ninja Joe Hayabusa, Ryu Hayabusa (whose first and last names, respectively, translate literally to "dragon" and "peregrine falcon") is the wielder of the legendary Dragon Sword. He has received public and critical reception as one of the most iconic ninjas in video games. One of Tecmo's most enduring characters, Ryu has appeared on official series merchandise as well as in the feature film DOA: Dead or Alive, and has made many crossover appearances in other games. He is a human-dragon hybrid who wields an ancestral weapon called the Dragon Sword, and is the leader of the Hayabusa Ninja Clan. Ryu Hayabusa ( Japanese: リュウ・ハヤブサ/隼 龍, Hepburn: Hayabusa Ryū) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden action-adventure video game series, in addition to featuring as a player character in the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise by Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja where he serves as the protagonist in Dead or Alive 2.
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