Daigo (Ryu) vs. Kindevu (Rufus)

[@zeromk5]

My God, that cornering from 3:14 onwards is ruthless. Daigo is very good at adapting, like he figures out the opponents' strategies at first and then turns the whole match around. Incredible.

[@yoshido]

awwsome comeback. Wooot the king is back.

[@KnightFrame45]

I loved how Daigo took it slow and steady at the first 2 rounds then came back with a vengeance to end the match in his favor XD :)) It was very entertaining

[@redxmaverick]

Arcade version was released like in September 08. All four new characters Rufus, Viper, Abel and El Fuerte were included.

[@RSONE32]

I was just about to type that. His adapt playing is really scary. Saw those dive,tick strings Kindevu had and said "Shoyuken!" Amazing play.

[@Massacretalitor]

From what some people have been saying, they suggest Daigo fights in 'regular way' to know how his opponent reacts to specific situations, and tries to notice where the openings are, and how to execute counters to them. In other words, he analyzes his opponent. That's could be the reason why he is able to pull those matches so well after losing a few times. This isn't my theory, but from watching his matches, that would appear to be the case.

[@youngPC]

i couldn't appreciate daigo's skills until i actually bought the game and tried playing with ryu. those combos are so hard to pull off, its amazing how he does them so consistently. the last round is insane.

[@seb6leal]

hes fucking brilliant, you can just tell that he is in 100% control his movements are so cordinated

[@Kyuubi424]

Daigo makes you think you have a chance, and then he crushes your dreams painfully.

[@UnicornPow3r]

What really amazes me is how incredibly fast these matches are, they fight at lightning speed, it's almost like it's a different game than mine, which seems to progress much slower.

[@jeezulz]

god damn this is great, just taught me how to do one of rufus combos. Couldn't figure out how to combo light tornado into heavy.

[@rediance]

they had it in japan way before December.. in America it came out in February. If Im wrong someone correct me, because that's exactly what I noticed.

[@voINNOCENTov]

look at the date it was posted,im sure Daigo's play style has changed since then

[@aza4444]

@ShenOmega yes u can tell the first 2 rounds are his "learning round" he is very defencive, he has a few oppurtunities to get out of the corner and pwn some, but he stays and learns what he does. e.g in the 3rd round, rufus tries to roll kick, ryu quickly counters witha throw and uses shyrukens to counter rufus' jumpdown kick. great match, but bit sad cuz, seeing diago play many times, i could tell he was just playing with him a bit =X.

[@passionkev01]

daigo is really a good street fighter player. I like the way he uses different speed of hadoken and combos of his sholuken and fireball.

[@RoadKamelot2nd]

@KobraKrimson 'Bout time they did. If it comes out for PC, I might... but after playing exclusively Guilty Gear for a few years I anticipate a hard time to get used to SF again. Jam Kuradoberi might be mu favorite now, but I will never forget Makoto.

[@fuzzcentralage]

good lord, hell of a comeback.

[@Vietnaflip]

It definitely didn't look like him, seeing as how I've seen that video of him dominating Justin Wong's Rufus... shoryuken against almost every dive kick. Like the other guy said though, his play style might've changed or something. Not sure if this accounts for anything, but you can read his name in the video (Umehara) in Japanese.

[@Gelgo0g]

hey i havent played the new sf yet but i rlly like the look of rufus. Can anyone tell me how he plays is he any good?

[@ocping]

Wow nice. I actually learnt you can do a LP Shoryuken -> Shinkuu from the ground up!

[@lilamar12]

sigh no street fighter 4 cabinets in connecticut, and do you have to pay 25 cents per match?

[@arla61]

That last match just goes to show how intuitive a top level player can be with their wake-up game. That entire last fight was won based on Daigo guessing right and Kindevu going for what works most often but is most predictable.

[@123eldest]

Doesn't take long for Daigo to learn the other guys tactics. Good comeback.

[@SindarinElealar]

It's the fact that you can't lead into Ken's Ultra; you'll have to rawdog it, while e.g. Ryu or Rufus has no trouble making it an autohit.

[@wontontonton]

Wow that cross up at 1:59 was godly.

[@stuntmasta305]

That was a comeback, he dominated that last 2 rounds.

[@daddyshere1]

@Damarasz Seems like you dont know Diago. He's an adapt and punish player, just like most Ryu's, and most turtles period. Thats how SF works. Kindevu's using Rufus, an offense oriented character. His job is to make Diago guess wrong and punish. Diagos job is to guess Kindevu right and punish, so he waits to see trends in his fighting to predict what hell do next

[@ynnguyen]

That was a nice come back. I thought he was done for sure.

[@SBNnamz]

Daigo ate him up as soon as he figured him out.

[@ScruffsX]

Lol, thanks for the laugh!

[@CloudcoleVII]

Is he not HUMAN!??!?! He's like some kind of MONSTER! That's insanely good. If I ever found myself on the screen with him, I think I'd just hand him my controller then and there. Hell I'd ask him to sign it!

[@Jayn0o]

DAMN !!! Am I wrong or did Daigo (Ryu) lost on purpose the 2 first rounds just to show off his true skill after?

[@DDisciple]

Probably talking about Daigo when he almost lost a round to the Balrog player with his Ryu, or when he was Balrog and beat Alex Valle's? Sagat.

[@OLDYOUTH]

I just found out if you take a close look at rufus most of his moves he needs a spinning start for

[@ClumzyRice]

@passionkev01 sholuken? u mean shoryuken

[@xRisingForcex]

yeah just depends on how a game inherently rewards mindgames verses combos/character advantages

[@rmnhn]

i wonder. is daigo on the PSN or the 360 live? i wanna see these japanese players (specifically daigo) against america's finest: valle, wong, killian, DSP, etc. and speaking of DSP, has anyone ever thought about what his reaction might be when he finds daigo's name in either networks? that oughta be interesting.

[@FoofyTV_]

I'd say he's one of the better characters. He's definitely fast haha, you would think otherwise based on his appearance. His dive kick is pretty useful though, same pressure game as the twins in SF3, though slightly different of course. His spin move is pretty useful, has pretty good priority over most pokes that I've thrown at him. I'm a zangief player personally, but Rufus's rushdown game definitely puts me in a corner.

[@ilovesmashbros]

Even Though the Rufus won the first two matches, I JUST KNEW SOMEHOW Daigo was still gonna win. By the time Rufus won his second match, I wasn't thinking, "Oh no! Daigo is gonna lose". I was thinking "I wonder how hes going to make his comeback"

[@shinuza]

Hm, see the related section? You should probably check it out see if you didn't confused "all" and "almost none of"

[@cb8673]

I swear Daigo just plays with people sometimes. Then unleashes the fury.

[@yndarjabelo]

This is Daigo, and it does say Umehara in katakana.

[@d3f1anc3]

hah. Daigo was like "Fuck this, I'm not losing."

[@Chickensandvvich]

Daigo is still just as sick as ever...

[@RoadKamelot2nd]

@FIxt00l Glad that you agree. However, its not the players I directed my comment against, its the game developers who didn't balance the characters well. Not saying that there is a prefectly ballanced fighting game, but SF has really bad mis-matches. Especially SF 4 gives too much credit to ANY character with a projectile. My main in 3rd strike was Makoto. Now that she's been nerfed I quit the series.

[@HotaruZoku]

@touyang06 He hadn't absorbed enough pwnage-chakra until it was 0 and 2.

[@Daigo787]

I, too, admire Daigo when it comes to playing Street Fighter (hence my screen name.) I'm more of a Ken player than a Ryu one, though. My dream is to someday face Daigo's Ryu with my Ken. It'll probably never happen, but I can dream. :-P

[@TrafalgarWakka]

@heitschibumbeitschi no not only @ arcade. but its strict timing

[@zatransis]

I think Rufus is just such an obnoxious character that people naturally get pissed off, hehe. His rage is one shared by many.

[@RJackson808]

Sometimes I dont think it's even to learn their patterns but just to put himself in difficult spots.. I think he enjoys having to really fight to win..

[@Mechadyne_0]

I'm pretty sure Daigo has a Morpher under his belt, after some time, he busts it out and says "It's MORPHIN' TIME!! RYU!" Then he's a street fighting Power Ranger.

[@Ancientgunz]

Pretty good match there..Daigo has to be one of the most entertaining SF players in history. His tactics mixed, with his 90 out 100 chance of perfect input for combo's is ridicolous... He landed those links almost/if not everytime he attempted one.Rufus was good, but since he's so high tiered i was kinda cheering against him. good game though, for both players.

[@Bhavyo]

I didnt know Ryu can cross up with a j HP. Is that only possible @ Arcade?

[@FirEner]

@Jayn0o Daigo hold himself back to study his enemy. Look at the first 2 Rounds. Daigo turtles himself and only strikes if he knows that kindevu can't do anything and then turn back to defend. The last 2 rounds, Daigo knows what to do and punches his opponent bruce-lee-like in his face.

[@Shinobi388]

As usual he uses the first few rounds to read his opponents and then destroys them in the end. Patented Daigo.

[@youkube4308]

BEAST MODE ON!

[@hellothere1]

this is an old video... this daigo and the one today is a different player

[@xRisingForcex]

unreal corner pressure from daigo. this is as legit as rape gets.

[@shinuza]

Just search "justin wong daigo". The clip has almost as many views as the old SF3.3 one :D

[@sanpit]

after daigo figures you out, then things get pretty bad

[@Ultrabuu85]

@skellta oh rly? who is better?

[@Dpacpro]

daigo is a beast!! nice comeback

[@MrJohnnyPetey]

Unleash the Beast

[@magicalpoop]

I can't find the video anywhere though...and yah i know the outcome lol

[@funkytheyayoo25]

Truth is this is all speculation, it was a helluva comeback at any rate.

[@exitar33]

I'm glad Daigo realized his opponent doesn't like to block too much, as with a lot of Rufus users. Put him on the defensive and make him counter.

[@redxmaverick]

That is why they are pros. They learn as they play in the arcade. I'm sure they have been playing at the arcade for hours on end when it came out. But ask yourself how can someone skillfully play ANY character with the new fighting engine before the console release? They all have put in considerable time to learn what the characters can and cannot do.

[@BulletKing009]

wow I've never seen that cross up before ..nasty

[@OrganOwner]

Daigo's a real Comeback-Kid.

[@merumon012]

kindeve knows good timing of dive kick. he use it when Ryu can't shouryu. juastin's dive kicks are all get shoryu by daigo.

[@Kyubi888Naruto]

How did Daigo win that?

[@elptorq]

f*ck..thats why this guy is top in the world...just freakin awsome

[@alneri7]

this rufus really enjoyed himself in the first two rounds until the game really started..

[@Jankenpop]

If we're going by how well people can pull off combos=skill, then Poongko should be best in the world right now. Daigo didn't win because he used a "precise timing hard trial combo". He won because he was patient, punished mistakes smartly, knew his matchup well, and kicked some very nice ass as a result.

[@SikeNawGaming]

@touyang06 Normally when people think they are going to "actually beat DAIGO YAY" they get reckless and Daigo 1. Knows they just might get reckless and lose concentration 2. Step it up a bit and show them how its done

[@Ruiner667]

It seems SFIV rewards good judgement more than knowing the right combos.

[@Gelgo0g]

It's scary how he analyses people for the first one or two rounds then obliterates them.

[@syuninja]

OMG can't believe Daigo won 3 straight rounds after being 0-2.

[@2fnez]

@shadowninja202 the only character with a overpowered fireball is guile and his bullshit instant recovery sonic booms all others you can punish on reaction with virtually every character in one way or another

[@WMB6022]

I started to see that myself too. He'll sacrifice a round or 2 if need be to learn, and more than likely beat the crap out of, his opponent.

[@JC209]

3:23 nice combo

[@ocping]

I honestly do not believe Daigo gave Kin a chance. He might've just switched to a different style and found it ineffective.

[@boertush]

that wasn't a comeback, in a comeback you bearly win, you don't get almost 2 perfect matches.

[@Lucastic]

Aahaha, I'm going to call it a helicopter kick from now on.

[@henrytse]

okay, you've had your two rounds. now its time for me to destroy you!

[@kofman23]

man does daigo have a target on his back or what, being #1 ranked

[@ocping]

Huh? Akuma doesn't have shinkuu hadoken...

[@Lumpus64]

Even if Daigo loses a round or two, he will screw you backwards right after

[@DerT0d]

Daigo is a sick man!!! (by positive meaning)

[@mercturq]

yeah I agree, I was like "wtf is this dude talking about it's hard.."

[@Littleengland222]

Made Kindevu look like a noob with those EX Messiahs at the end haha

[@YeayvVTRIVvYooh]

nice Fight...

[@OhNoTheFace]

Not a bad idea when there are like 7 of them (I include sagat)

[@daddyshere1]

@ShenOmega Lol Diago fanboy? Diago definitely isn't good enough to sandbag two rounds against Kindevu, not trying at all, and comeback all of a sudden. Kindevu is a beast, and Diago knows that. He definitely adapted to Kindevu's style, and punished. Thats why I don't like 5 rounders, these give turtle chars more time to adapt and punish than normal.

[@Lucastic]

Is misnaming a VIDEO GAME fighting move really that big of a deal? I mean seriously.

[@FoofyTV_]

Oh yeah, and as you can tell in this vid, the spin punch move is pretty abusable haha

[@i.told.you.so.]

hooo...! my god....

[@freshANDhesh]

I think I still give the win to Rufus. I didn't even think he was a pro class character. that dude played him well tho.

[@CodyDickson]

for the xbox360 on gamebattles... hes still undeated at 171-0 or reallly close.

[@gkundo]

ken's ultra CAN be linked.