Shin Shoryuken

The Shin Shoryuken (真・昇龍拳, "True Rising Dragon Fist") is a special attack that made its debut in the Street Fighter Alpha series as one of Ryu's Super Combos. The move was taught to him by Gouken, who uses it as an Ultra Combo in the Street Fighter IV series, though it was previously implied in the Street Fighter Alpha series to have been discovered by Ryu on his own.

Appearance	Function	Character	Input
Street Fighter Alpha 3	Super Combo	Ryu	+ (far range)
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom	Hyper Combo	Ryu	+
Street Fighter EX series	Meteor Combo	Ryu	+
Street Fighter III series	Super Art II	Ryu	+
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom	Hyper Combo	Ryu	+
Capcom vs. SNK Capcom vs. SNK 2	Hyper Combo	Ryu	+
SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom	EXCEED	Ryu	+
Capcom Fighting Evolution	Hyper Combo	Ryu	+
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Simple Mode)	Hyper Combo	Ryu	+ +
Street Fighter IV series	Ultra Combo I	Gouken	+
Street Fighter X Tekken	EX Shoryuken	Ryu	+

Description

The Shin Shoryuken in Street Fighter Alpha 3 (click here for full animation).

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The attack itself is the manifestation of its namesake, the "true" technique of the Shoryuken. The user strikes the opponent very hard in the midsection (via elbow or punch), and then performs a high-damage Shoryuken. This requires the utmost focus and temperament to perform correctly. If the user misses the initial mid-section attack, however, they will just perform a Kinjite Shoryuken, a Shoryuken which has multiple hits and acts as a failsafe; it is capable of hitting the opponent should they jump away to avoid the attack.

Main Series AppearancesEdit

Street Fighter Alpha 3

Ryu strikes the foe's midsection with his closer elbow, uppercut the foe with his other hand, and then perform a powerful Shoryuken with the closer hand.

The move has the same command as the Metsu Shoryuken; the difference between the two is the distance from the opponent, with the Shin Shoryuken requiring Ryu to be a bit further away from the target at a certain distance.

Street Fighter III series

Ryu punches the foe in the midsection instead with a Shoryuken, and if that connects without Ryu leaving the ground, he then uses his other hand to perform a 3-hit finishing Shoryuken.

Street Fighter IV

Gouken's Shin Shoryuken in Street Fighter IV

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Gouken's version is the same as Ryu's from the previous series, indicating that he taught Ryu the move. When performing the move, Gouken says "Got you!" upon landing the initial attack, "Shin!" upon delivering a powerful alternate-handed uppercut to the opponent's jaw, and "Shoryuken!" as he performs that very move, sending them skyward.

Crossover Appearances

Marvel vs. Capcom series

Ryu elbows the foe with his left arm, and performs a multi-hitting Shoryuken with the other arm.

Street Fighter X Tekken

The move appears in the game as Ryu's EX Shoryuken, and is performed the same exact way as it was in the Street Fighter III series.

In Fanfiction 

In the fanfiction crossover with Street Fighter and Mai-HiME by TheEternalRival in fanfiction.net, in the third chapter of the story, Natsuki was defeated by Ryu with the Shin Shoryuken. In the chapter 9of the said story, Natsuki is later revealed to learn this move, despite she has signs of weakness against it. Natsuki's version of the Shin Shoryuken alludes to Ryu's version seen in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Natsuki's fist is shown to be surrounded with ice before performing the move.

Tactics

In the Street Fighter IV games, Gouken is able to fully use this Ultra flexibly, as it has armor breaking properties, a very good horizontal range, a good anti-air and in terms of damage, and - with a full Revenge Gauge - does around half a health bar's worth of damage. As a boss, Gouken's Shin Shoryuken has a quicker startup and much greater priority.

Generally, if timed incorrectly and/or the opponent blocks/avoids the attack completely, the opponent can easily punish the user; the after-lag for the Kinjite Shoryuken is higher than that of the fierce Shoryuken used by Ryu, Ken, and Akuma.

Sprites

Screenshots

The Shin Shoryuken in Street Fighter Alpha 3

Shin Shoryuken in Marvel vs. Capcom

Another screenshot from the same game. (PSX)

Shin Shoryuken in Capcom vs. SNK

The Shin Shoryuken in Street Fighter EX 2 Plus

The Shin Shoryuken in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds

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Trivia

• Asura from Asura's Wrath uses this move in his fight against Augus.
• Yuri Sakazaki of the Art of Fighting and King of Fighters series parodies this technique in the form of her Shin! Chou Uppaa! (True! Super Upper!) move. 

source: http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Shin_Shoryuken