Welcome to Part I of the Labor Day Special. To start, we face off against the original palette swap character, Street Fighter's own Ken Masters, one of the last characters revealed before the launch of Smash Ultimate. So let's not waste a moment, here we go!
Spyro: Well, if it isn't Ken Masters.
Ignitus: You don't sound as enthusiastic about this fight as you did with Ryu. What's up?
Spyro: No offense to Ken here, but once a palette swap, always a palette swap. Sure in later Street Fighter games he became more of a polar opposite to Ryu, being louder, more boisterous, and definitely more arrogant, but nobody's ever going to let him live down being a red-clad Ryu clone. Even this game knows it, with him being an Echo Fighter and all that.
Ignitus: Huh. We haven't had a rant in a while.
Spyro: Honestly wasn't intending for one. That's just how it came out. I honestly do respect Ken for trying to actually earn the fame he has, rather than just relying on being the son of a wealthy family.
Ignitus: There's the respect I had a feeling was there.
Spyro: So how do I kick blondie's tail?
Ignitus: Being a fellow student of Gouken, Ken has a very similar fighting style to Ryu. So most of my advice for Ryu transfers over.
Spyro: Good to know. Let's see if he's really earned that respect after all.