Super Mario Bros. Crossover/Characters/Ryu Hayabusa

Ryu Hayabusa

Original Game	Ninja Gaiden
Features	Wall Climb; Small Shuriken; Windmill Shuriken; Sword Extender
Advantage	Cling to / Climb walls; Is a flippin' ninja
Disadvantage	Low damage; Lowest jump peak (ex. double jumpers)

Ryu Hayabusa was the first new character to be added to Super Mario Bros. Crossover since its first release. He was added in Version 1.1 of the game. He is originally from the Ninja Gaiden series, and retains his wall climbing abilities, as well as shuriken and sword weapons from the series.

Controls

Pressing the Left or Right buttons will cause Ryu to move left or right.
Pressing the Jump button will cause Ryu to jump.
Pressing the Down button will cause Ryu to crouch.
When against a wall, pressing the direction toward it in mid-air make Ryu climbs on it.
- While on a wall, pressing the direction opposite to the wall and the Jump button will cause Ryu to jump off the wall.
- While on a wall, pressing the Down button will cause Ryu to climb down the wall.
  - While on a wall, pressing Down+Jump will cause Ryu to drop off of the wall.
While on a wall, pressing the Up button will cause Ryu to climb up the wall.
- While at the top of a wall, pressing Up+Jump will cause Ryu to jump up onto the ledge.
Pressing the Attack button will cause Ryu to swing his katana.
- While on a wall, pressing Attack will cause Ryu to use his equipped sub-weapon.
Pressing either Up + Attack or the Special button will cause Ryu to use the equipped sub-weapon.

Power-Ups

	Mushroom	Provides Ryu with one extra hit Restores most items lost from getting hit
	Sword	Allows Ryu to attack enemies Damage: 300 Ryu begins with this
	Sword Extension	Extends the reach of Ryu's sword
	Scroll	Increases the amount of ninpo Ryu can hold from 50 to 99
	Shuriken	Throws a small shuriken straight ahead Cost: 3 Damage: 300
	Windmill Shuriken	Throws a large shuriken that whirls back and forth on the screen and only disappears when it touches Ryu Cost: 5 Damage: 300
	Jump Slash	Allows Ryu to do a spin attack in the air Cost: 5 Damage: 600
	Fire Ring Toss	Throws three small rotating balls of fire up at an angle Cost: 5 Damage: 300
	Fireball Ninpo	Throws a fireball down at an angle Pierces armor Cost: 5 Damage: 300
	Ninpo	Restores ninpo Blue: 5 Red: 10
	Starman	Ryu becomes invincible for a limited time, enabling him to defeat enemies by touching them Grants Ryu unlimited ninpo for the duration of the invincibility

Skins Currently in the Game

Ryu Hayabusa (NES, from the Ninja Gaiden series)
Ryu Hayabusa (SNES, from Ninja Gaiden Trilogy)
Ryu Hayabusa (GB, from Ninja Gaiden Shadow)
Shadow (SNES, from Final Fantasy VI)
Haggle Man (NES, from Retro Game Challenge)
Haggle Man (SNES, recolor of Haggle Man from Retro Game Challenge)

Upcoming

Ryu Hayabusa (NES, Sharp X1-style edit of Ryu from the Ninja Gaiden series)
Ryu Hayabusa (NES, Atari-style edit of Ryu from the Ninja Gaiden series)

Skin Differences

Haggle Man (NES), Haggle Man (SNES)
- Sword slashes and hits one frame sooner

Ryu Hayabusa Specific Tips

Use your ninja abilties at the best!
Use your sub-weapons wisely!
- The Shuriken is weak, but its long range make it a good weapon anyway.
- The Jump Slash is useful to pass through regular enemies or bricks.
- The Fire Ring Toss is a very effective weapon. It's quite powerful and it's excellent against airborne enemies thanks to its diagonal-upward motion.
- The Windmill Shuriken is fast-paced, and thanks to its boomerang motion, it can deal multiple hits. You can also hit enemies behind by dodging it when it comes back.
- The Fire Ball Ninpo is Ryu's armor-piercing weapon. It's the most powerful weapon and its diagonal-downward motion is very useful in all sort of situations, especially when you're high-placed.

Original Game

Ryu Hayabusa is from Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden II, and Ninja Gaiden III for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Differences From the Original Game

Ryu can climb up and down walls without having to jump repeatedly.
In the original game, Ryu could walljump between two walls just by holding down the jump button and pressing in the opposite direction of the wall you are clinged to. In SMBC you must press the jump button each time you jump of a wall.