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Hadoken, sometimes spelled as "Hadouken" and colloquially called a "fireball", is a special move available to several characters such as Ryu and Ken in the {{uv|Street Fighter}} series. It involves the user thrusting their palms forward to fire a blue surge (yellow in the original ''Street Fighter'') of spirit energy, or Ki. It is most commonly performed with ↓ ↘ → + light/medium/heavy punch. The projectile's speed, distance traveled, and recovery time increases the more powerful button is pressed. In a majority of games, users of this technique will have an image of their palms grafted onto the projectile itself when one looks at the projectile itself closely. The creator of ''Street Fighter'', Takashi Nishiyama, credits the 1970s anime ''{{s|wikipedia|Space Battleship Yamato}}'' as the inspiration of Hadoken, based off of a weapon called ''Hadōhō'' (波動砲, lit. ''Wave Motion Gun/Surge Cannon''). An oddity involving the Hadoken in early versions of ''Street Fighter II'' is that there was a 1/512 chance a regular input would perform a Hadoken instead. This was done to slowly introduce beginners to more advanced mechanics. However, it perplexed those that witnessed it, who believed it was a glitch for many years until dataminers discovered it was an intentional mechanic. | Hadoken, sometimes spelled as "Hadouken" and colloquially called a "fireball", is a special move available to several characters such as Ryu and Ken in the {{uv|Street Fighter}} series. It involves the user thrusting their palms forward to fire a blue surge (yellow in the original ''Street Fighter'') of spirit energy, or Ki. It is most commonly performed with ↓ ↘ → + light/medium/heavy punch. The projectile's speed, distance traveled, and recovery time increases the more powerful button is pressed. In a majority of games, users of this technique will have an image of their palms grafted onto the projectile itself when one looks at the projectile itself closely. The creator of ''Street Fighter'', Takashi Nishiyama, credits the 1970s anime ''{{s|wikipedia|Space Battleship Yamato}}'' as the inspiration of Hadoken, based off of a weapon called ''Hadōhō'' (波動砲, lit. ''Wave Motion Gun/Surge Cannon''). An oddity involving the Hadoken in early versions of ''Street Fighter II'' is that there was a 1/512 chance a regular input would perform a Hadoken instead. This was done to slowly introduce beginners to more advanced mechanics. However, it perplexed those that witnessed it, who believed it was a glitch for many years until dataminers discovered it was an intentional mechanic. | ||
In the main ''Street Fighter'' series, | In the main ''Street Fighter'' series, Ryu as well as other Hadoken practitioners cannot perform a Hadoken in midair, but they can in some crossover games like ''{{s|wikipedia|Marvel Vs. Capcom}}'', where it is known as the '''Kuchu Hadoken/Kuuchuu Hadouken''' ({{ja|空中波動拳|Kūchū Hadōken}}, ''Midair Surge Fist'') in Ryu's case mainly. | ||
The Shakunetsu Hadoken was formally introduced in ''{{s|wikipedia|Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers}}'' as a new move for Ryu, a special red fireball that could burn the opponent. In the original ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter II}}'', the regular Hadoken occasionally turns red as an {{iw|wikipedia|easter egg|media}} (originally thought to be a glitch). While the easter egg is purely an aesthetic change, rumors eventually circulated that this "red Hadoken" was stronger; [[Capcom]] thus decided to make the "red Hadoken" a separate move with actual differences in properties (such as knocking down up-close in the ''Street Fighter Alpha/Zero'' games). The main reason for this decision was to differentiate Ryu and Ken, who were functionally identical except for some minor moveset characteristics beforehand. In the ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter III}}'' (excluding ''Street Fighter III: New Generation'') and ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter IV}}'' games, Shakunetsu Hadoken serves as Ryu's EX version of the move; Akuma being one practitioner of this attack still keeps it as a separate normal special move to this day, as he performs his signature focus stance as a delay before unleashing the move (Akuma's also has always done multiple hits prior to the EX move version). | The Shakunetsu Hadoken was formally introduced in ''{{s|wikipedia|Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers}}'' as a new move for Ryu, a special red fireball that could burn the opponent. In the original ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter II}}'', the regular Hadoken occasionally turns red as an {{iw|wikipedia|easter egg|media}} (originally thought to be a glitch). While the easter egg is purely an aesthetic change, rumors eventually circulated that this "red Hadoken" was stronger; [[Capcom]] thus decided to make the "red Hadoken" a separate move with actual differences in properties (such as knocking down up-close in the ''Street Fighter Alpha/Zero'' games). The main reason for this decision was to differentiate Ryu and Ken, who were functionally identical except for some minor moveset characteristics beforehand. In the ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter III}}'' (excluding ''Street Fighter III: New Generation'') and ''{{s|wikipedia|Street Fighter IV}}'' games, Shakunetsu Hadoken serves as Ryu's EX version of the move; Akuma being one practitioner of this attack still keeps it as a separate normal special move to this day, as he performs his signature focus stance as a delay before unleashing the move (Akuma's also has always done multiple hits prior to the EX move version). | ||
