Street Fighter’s Ryu, Chun-Li, and Akuma join Ubisoft’s Brawlhalla

Street Fighter veterans Ryu Chun-Li and Chun Li are relatively recent cameos in Fortnite and two Power Rangers fighting games, are coming to Ubisoft’s take on the Super Smash Bros. formula, the free-to-play platform fighter Brawlhalla. Akuma’s coming to Brawlhalla as a playable fighter too, but the real news comes in the mass reduction of the “Ryu Number” of dozens of video game characters and painter Bob Ross. (I’ll explain.)

The Ryu Number is video gaming’s closest equivalent to the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon challenge. This number shows how far Ryu is away from other characters in video games. It determines if Ryu punched any character in a game, and whether that character has ever punched another person (or made other contact) in a different game. Given Ryu’s wide array of video game appearances, particularly in crossover fare like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Fortnite, Project X ZoneRyu can be connected to almost anyone with the Marvel vs. Capcom video games.

Ryu Number mathematicians linked Ryu to this extreme example. Disco Elysium’s Kim Kitsuragi, thanks to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario’s Time MachinePlease see the following: Civilization 5.

Ryu has a Ryu number of 0. Chun-Li, on the other hand, has a Ryu number of 1. And thanks to Ryu, Chun-Li, and Akuma’s appearance in BrawlhallaYou will find a new universe of Low-Integer Ryu Numbering Opportunities.

See, Brawlhalla is effectively Ubisoft’s take on Super Smash Bros. Officially released in 2017, the platform fighter features dozens of original characters (and Ubisoft’s own Rayman), as well as crossover appearances for its roster of Legends, including the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, Shovel Knight, and WWE’s The Rock and John Cena. It’s that TMNT connection that brings Ryu closer to Bob Ross, because the Turtles have also appeared in Hi-Rez Studios’ MOBA SmiteAlongside the famedly gentle painter.

BrawlhallaCrossover skins can also be found at Adventure TimeAnd Steven Universe, some of whom will also appear in next year’s Warner Bros. crossover brawler MultiVersus. This means Arya Stark is now Game of ThronesSoon, you will be able to have only 2 Ryu numbers.

Pân then, BrawlhallaRyu and Chun-Li can be seen fighting their favorite video game. The street fighters’ arrival coincides with an in-game event featuring a new mode called Street Brawl, which adopts Street Fighter’s health bars and adds other aesthetic effects inspired by Capcom’s fighting game franchise. BrawlhallaAvailable on Android, iOS Mac, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 Windows PC.