Editing Hadoken

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Ryu brings his palms back beside himself to cup them together, then thrusts them forward in an instant to shoot out a large energy [[projectile]] while announcing the technique's name. Only one Hadoken per player can be in play at any given time; attempting a second Hadoken if the first one is still active will result in them performing the animation with only a puff of harmless smoke appearing from their hands.

As with most of Ryu's special moves, performing specific direction inputs changes the properties of the Hadoken (this does not apply to Ken's variant). Each version has low speed and variable damage, and travels half of [[Final Destination]]'s length; because of these properties, all variations of the Hadoken are ineffective at KOing, but good for racking up damage at range, useful in Ryu's tapped tilt combos, and can be used as a option to wall off opponent's approaches, albeit being less effective than other projectiles like [[Megavitamins]] due to the limit of one active Hadoken per player. Shooting the projectile midair gives Ryu a tiny amount of lift, like Mario's [[Cape]]; this does not occur if Ryu fails to produce a projectile due to another one being in play.

All versions of Hadoken have extremely low [[priority]] and can be blocked by almost any attack, including extremely weak projectiles, which makes Hadokens easy to counter at a distance. Additionally, the projectile can miss certain [[crouch]]ing or prone characters due to its traveling height, while a select few can even [[run]] directly under one (such as {{SSB4|Little Mac}}).

Ken, who is Ryu's [[Echo Fighter]], shares this move. Aesthetically, his version has a slightly different shape and contains an image of his hands. Compared to Ryu, Ken's Hadoken is weaker, and its speed is less controllable; additionally, he does not have access to the Shakunetsu Hadoken.

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Pressing only the special button performs the standard '''Hadoken''', a small blue energy projectile, while Ryu voices out "Hadoken!" in a slightly stern voice. The damage and speed at which the projectile moves can be altered based on how long the button is held. It deals 5-6%, with low enough knockback that it can [[jab reset]] opponents.

Inputting the original arcade input for the move (↓ ↘ → + attack/special) makes Ryu perform a stronger '''Input Hadoken''', with him voicing out the attack with a fiercer voice. The projectile becomes slightly larger and minutely stronger in the process, doing 6-7% damage, but still travels slowly with similar range as the original. The attack emits a tiny spark if the player successfully inputs it correctly, similar to the spark seen by [[fastfall]]ing fighters. Ryu can also perform this while in standby after breaking the [[Smash Ball]].

Performing the move while moving the control stick in a semicircle towards the direction Ryu is facing (← ↙ ↓ ↘ → + attack/special) will unleash a '''Shakunetsu Hadoken''' ({{ja|灼熱波動拳|Shakunetsu Hadōken}}, ''Scorching Heat Surge Fist''). Ryu voices out "Shakunetsu!" as this Hadoken is unleashed. This variation is colored bright orange, deals multiple hits and [[flame]] damage before exploding upon hitting an opponent. The projectile deals a total of 7-8%; like other versions of the move, however, its knockback is weak and distance unchanged. The first hit doesn't make the opponent [[flinch]], making it possible for them to shield the rest of the attack.

Both Ryu and Ken can perform a Hadoken out of some normal attacks, a mechanic known in their home series as special-cancelling. By pressing the special button or doing the command input after connecting with a normal attack, Ryu and Ken will cancel the endlag of the normal attack and perform a Hadoken. The normal attacks that can be canceled include the first two hits of neutral attack, tapped and held down-tilt, tapped up-tilt, and proximity forward-tilt and held neutral attack (in ''Ultimate''), to name a few. This allows them to deal extra damage in combos, improving their punish game.

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Hadoken, sometimes spelled as "Hadouken" and colloquially called a "fireball", is a special move available to several characters such as Ryu and Ken in the {{uv|Street Fighter}} series. It involves the user thrusting their palms forward to fire a blue surge (yellow in the original ''Street Fighter'') of spirit energy, or Ki. It is most commonly performed by the player moving the joystick or D-pad a quarter circle forward towards the opponent from the down position, then pressing a punch button, with the projectile's speed and distance varying depending on the specific button pressed. In a majority of games, users of this technique will have an image of their palms grafted onto the projectile itself when one looks at the projectile itself closely. The creator of ''Street Fighter'', Takashi Nishiyama, credits the 1970s anime ''{{s|wikipedia|Space Battleship Yamato}}'' as the inspiration of Hadoken, based off of a weapon called ''Hadōhō'' (波動砲, lit. ''Wave Motion Gun/Surge Cannon''). An oddity involving the Hadoken in early versions of ''Street Fighter II'' is that there was a 1/512 chance a regular input would perform a Hadoken instead. This was done to slowly introduce beginners to more advanced mechanics. However, it perplexed those that witnessed it, who believed it was a glitch for many years until dataminers discovered it was an intentional mechanic.

[[File:SF2 Ken's Hadoken animated sprite.gif|200px|thumb|right|Gif of Ken firing a Hadoken.]]