Shinku Hadoken

(Super combo)

(Ultra combo)

(Ultra combo)

Shinkuu Hadouken is the name of a Super Combo used by Ryu, Sakura and Ken (only in crossover games). Ryu has had the Shinkuu Hadouken ever since Street Fighter Alpha, but there it was referred to as "Burst Fireball". There are also a few variants, such as Sakura's, which have similar name. Akuma possess a similar attack called the Messatsu Gou Hado. Dan has a parodied version of this attack called the Shinku Gadouken.

The Shinkuu Hadouken, as with most Super Combos, are simply a bigger and more powerful version of a special attack, in This case, his Hadouken, only with one extra Quarter-Circle-Forward movement before pressing punch. The move itself is a large, multi-hitting Hadoken which transverses the whole stage, but it is also easily jumped over. The Shinku has a unique property to break through any projectile, such as a regular Hadouken or a Tiger Shot, and keep traveling to the foe. This usually catches foes by surprise, and the move is quite powerful.

It makes it's return in Super Street Fighter 4 as Sakura's 2nd Ultra combo and Ryu's Super Combo. She has two version of it which are a standard ground and an anti-air version. The ground version is done using the 3 punch button, whereas the anti-air version is done using the 3 kick buttons.

In the crossover games, the Shinkuu is actually a large laser resembling the "Kamehameha" wave from the Dragon Ball series (an attack upon which the Hadoken itself was based), though the attack strength and dodging it remains unchanged. In Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the move returns as one of Ryu's Super Combos and he can also fire it in multiple directions in the game.

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