Talk:Jin Kazama vs. Ryu/@comment-27582488-20160201131154/@comment-5035900-20160218021203

For me personally, I wouldn't include Evil Ryu for three reasons:

1. I firmly believe that form was included in Ryu VS Scorpion due to it being the only possible means for Ryu to permanently end Scorpion.

2. The actual Evil Ryu character is a non-canon What-If? character, essentially Ryu if he was consumed by the Satsui no Hado. Otherwise his moments of using the Dark Hado were very few in the series.

3. The Power of Nothingness is the better form, both power and control-wise. Whereas the Satsui no Hado was high in power, but still measurable, PON quite literally could not be measured... and this is a power Ryu has complete control over.

I would include how it seemed to be believed as fact that Gouken sealed away the Satsui no Hado within Ryu in Street Fighter IV, but as of V's intro... that might have been changed. But Power Of Nothingness Ryu > Evil Ryu, so IMO he might as well use his best form, not his second best (even if close second because of its soul-killing move). Just me, though.