Ken's Remade Stage Theme - Street Fighter Tribute Album

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Ken made his first appearance in the original Street Fighter released in 1987. The character's name was originally spelled in Japanese as 拳 (Ken), which is the kanji character for fist, although Capcom dropped this in subsequent games, spelling his name in katakana instead (ケン). Ken is described as a former sparring partner, rival and best friend of the main character, Ryu, who trained under the same master (a character whose identity would later be fleshed out as Gouken). Within the actual game, Ken is for all intents and purpose a clone of Ryu controlled by the second player during competitive matches, with the only distinguishing aspects being that Ken wears a red keikogi, has blond hair and fights barefoot (in the original game, Ryu wears red slippers). The single-player tournament can only be played with Ken after the second player defeats the first player in a two-player match. Ken later goes to train in the wilderness of Japan to develop his moves further.

Ken and Ryu, along with former final boss Sagat, would be the only characters from the original Street Fighter to return in the game's true sequel, Street Fighter II, first released in 1991. In Street Fighter II, Ken is invited to participate in the World Warrior tournament by Ryu, with Ken having already moved away from Japan to live in America. In Ken's ending, he ends up marrying his girlfriend Eliza, who is Guile's sister. Street Fighter II was a breakaway hit for Capcom, leading to the production of revised editions of the same game which included Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting in 1992, Super Street Fighter II in 1993 and Super Turbo in 1994, which all follow the same plot. Numerous spinoff products were made as well during the game's popularity: when Capcom licensed Hasbro to produced a line of action figures, Capcom were forced to give Ken the surname "Masters" to distinguish the character from Mattel's Ken Carson character from the Barbie toyline. The full name Ken Masters would be used in the animated Street Fighter II movie and in the Street Fighter II V series before being canonized in the games.

An all-new Street Fighter game would not be released until 1995, Street Fighter Alpha was released. Plotwise, the game is a prequel to the Street Fighter II games which fleshed out the established Street Fighter II characters, as well as reintroduced characters from the original Street Fighter and the beat-em-up Final Fight. Alpha features a younger Ken, who is searching for Ryu, having recently won the first "World Warrior" tournament in the events of the original Street Fighter. In Ken's ending in the original Street Fighter Alpha, he defeats Ryu and heads back to America, where he meets his future girlfriend and wife Eliza. Street Fighter Alpha would be followed by its own line of sequels: Street Fighter Alpha 2, which follows the same plot as in the original Alpha (with a revised ending for Ken); and Street Fighter Alpha 3, which takes place after the events in the first two games. In Alpha 3, Ken is featured in the numerous characters' storylines within the game.

Street Fighter III (released in 1997), features an older Ken, who is now married to Eliza and has a son with her named Mel. He also takes a young student named Sean under his wing. Street Fighter III was followed by 2nd Impact released during the same year and 3rd Strike in 1999.

Ken, along with Ryu, are seen sparring with each other in the trailer to the upcoming Street Fighter IV.[2] Ken was confirmed as a playable character for Street Fighter IV on December 6, 2007.[3] The story of IV will be set between Street Fighter II and III.

In Ken's ending of Street Fighter IV, it is shown that Ken and Eliza are expecting their first child who they would eventually name Mel as this installment is an actual prequel to the third game.

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[IICrazyFoxII]

Well I would have to say that Ken's Theme is the best of them all.

[stephenson99]

attack me if you dare I will crush you!

[Saiken3027]

This should be Ken's ssf4 theme instead of the..... techno pop whatever theme I currently have to hear.

[RandomAHOL]

NINE-HEADED DRAGON RENDING BREAKER!!!!

[kevinluryaj]

one of my top character's! but sadly he's not in M vs C 3

[frankman20]

Where can i download this?

[DFTheNightmare]

@LiangHuBBB I think you mean a level 3- SHORYUREPPA!

[nintagacom]

Nice song.

[frankman20]

Get up! I'm not through with you yet!

[LiangHuBBB]

SHORYUKEN is the most awesome move in SF.

[oSENSEIo]

SHORYUKEN