In Video Games
The term is also used in reference to fighting games, although it can also be applied to recurring characters in platformers or adventure games. Certain moves such as the Kamehameha are quite powerful. Sometimes these moves are used as a last resort or finishing move, while other characters have a weak signature move that they retain from game to game in addition to new abilities.
Since the original Street Fighter, Ryu and Ken have three special techniques that serve as their signature moves: the Hadouken (the Fireball or "Surge Fist"), Shoryuken (the Rising Dragon Punch), and the Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku (Hurricane Whirlwind Kick). As the Street Fighter series progressed, more powerful versions and variations of these techniques were introduced as Ryu's and Ken's respective fighting styles began to diverge from each other, while new characters such as Akuma, Dan, and Sakura were introduced who used their personal versions of these techniques.
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