noun Gaming Slang

Shoto

· noun · gaming

A Ryu/Ken-style character with a fireball, an anti-air uppercut and a forward-moving kick.

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Definitions

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The archetypal fundamentals character. Fireball to control space, a jumping uppercut (DP) for anti-air, and a gap-closing kick. Ryu and Ken are the blueprint, and any character cloning that kit is a shoto.

“Pick a shoto if you're learning, the fireball and DP teach you the basics of the game.”
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Shoto is shorthand for well-rounded and honest. No gimmicks, just strong neutral tools, which is why so many newcomers and tournament mains gravitate to them.

“He's a shoto loyalist, give him a fireball and a Dragon Punch and he's happy.”
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Shoto In A Sentence

Pick a shoto if you're learning, the fireball and DP teach you the basics of the game.
He's a shoto loyalist, give him a fireball and a Dragon Punch and he's happy.

Origin & Usage

Short for 'shotoclone', from the Street Fighter II SNES manual mislabelling Ryu and Ken's fighting style as Shotokan karate. The name stuck and now describes any character built on that fireball / uppercut / spin-kick template.

Variants shotocloneshoto-cloneshotos
Tags #street fighter#archetype#fundamentals#fgc

People Also Ask

Why are they called shotos if they don't do Shotokan?

It's a fossilised mistake. The old Street Fighter II manual wrongly called Ryu and Ken's style Shotokan, and the term stuck across the whole genre.

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