Garuda is a demonic entity that gets stronger when he faces an enemy that seeks power (Satsui no Hadou, Psycho Drive), and gets more evil when the enemy is vile (Akuma, Bison, Evil Ryu, even Oni). He is basically built to be always one tier above any villain potentially making him the strongest (as music theme indicates). Take all those intentions away and he can be easily beatable (Ryu with the Power of Nothingness).
Damn bro. That's a nice deep interpretation you got there and I agree. Ryu doesn't seek power. He just fights because. What he seeks lies beyond power.
@@terrysummerville9092They fought at some point between EX1 and EX2. The fight seemed even at first, But as Akuma tapped deeper into the Satsui no Hadou, Garuda's Strength doubled in size. He is a being fueled by his opponents strength, after all. The battle is one of...if not THE most brutal defeats Akuma has ever suffered. Edit: This is also why Akuma never appears in Ex2 or Ex3. His defeat at the hands of Garuda left him so badly wounded he had to hide away and wait for someone else to defeat the creature.
IMO Garuda is the strongest character in Street Fighter universe (followed by Oro probably). The guy is literally the demonic embodiment of all the souls lost to Satsui no Hado. Akuma fought him and ended up running away, Garuda just keeps getting stronger with seemingly no limit.
One of the best themes in any fighting game (no, make that any game!) ever! The part where it cuts into the drum solo, and then the twin guitar solos is just beyond awesome! Fighting Garuda was always made a lot more intense because of his theme, I love it! Street Fighter EX had some totally badass tunes on it. \m/
I feel like Garuda and his musical themes are commentary on obsessions with fate and the static villain vs good guy dynamic. People who try to find comfort in power will only keep finding stronger opponents than themselves and the ritual to gain more power continues onward and onward. The force that stops you from becoming the best is immortal and unstoppable, yet a stagnant, repeating image.
Would love to see Garuda and Kairi in the mainline SF universe. Man they would do so much damage story wise. They would be among the strongest characters.
The power it wields...it should be impossible! I've never come across such a Deadly Opponent, especially one that feeds on my own strength to grow tougher!
In my childhood I don't remember this theme sounding so good. Maybe because I was focused on trying to kill him fast because he and it scared the shit out of me. LMAO
The guy who created Sodom was high on meth. There is no other way to explain the idea behind a guy in footballer outfit with a samurai helmet, slow like a snail with two puny sais and a pathetic fighting style.
my favorite theme song out of all three SFEX games here it is over a decade later and its still hot, this song is so hot that a few years ago i recorded it onto a phone that i had at the time and used it as ringtone
Garuda isn't a capcom character, he was actually created by Arika so capcom doesn't have the right to use him in their street fighter games unless they get the rights.
Thanks, captain. The thing is, Arika is just sitting on them doing absolutely nothing. They should've just given the rights to Capcom. There's also a few Alpha characters that aren't usable due to the same bullshit. :/
I m suprised no one mentioned ; Garuda is some kind of entity seeks power by absorbing it's victims/enemies. He was succesfully defeated by Hayate (referring SFex2 Lore). But problem is to prevent this entity you gotta prison it to the body. After defeated by Hayate this one became one with him ( That's why you are seeing Hayate Meteor Combo + His Sword in SFex3 if you play with Garuda). Still don't know if this entity can be removed existance by somehow.
Garuda: Tatakaimashou! Me (Violent headbanging and air guitar) Garuda: Ehhh, Me (Even MORE headbanging and air guitar) Garuda: FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, STOP IT, YOU IDIOT! Audience: (several Boo and mumbling)
SFIII and the SFAlpha series (especially Alpha 3) were and still are great series and the gameplay in these series is so addictive that i still play my Alpha 3 from time to time.
Loved playing EX3....His theme was the best. And if you can use him well....BAD MAN! This should be used in a movie fight scene for real...drummer went ham...
My godbrother forced me to love this song pushing me to do the training session with Garuda, his C stuff was pretty tough....found myself pounding their heads on the ground a lot. & to this song, really gets to you.
[stares intently at the trailer for Fighting EX Layer while the universe expands at an accelerated rate behind me] Wait a minute... It's April 1st in Japan... NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Yeaaaah baby!! Blasting this through the sound system while gunning at 140 mph on the highway... sharpenned my senses, and took meto a place no 1 could imagine! Sooo bad ass, but I got pulled over twice! Lol!
The very top-notch of modern metal. Seriously? I can't stand 90% of heavy metal bands, but this soundtrack... Did more to it. Added a lot more. Flutes, sitars, heart-stopping guitar solos, emotionally appealing songs that really get to you, inside your brain and make things shake. Capcom... Be proud of your past and realize you can do masterpieces.
"Garuda fights harder against those who utilize Satsui no Hado." "Garuda is the demonic embodiment of all that is Satsui no Hado." "But to Akuma's surprise, the harder he fought, and the more he tapped into Satsui no Hado, the stronger and more forceful Garuda's strikes became." Source:streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Garuda
Ben Merrick Not that it's a big deal or anything Akuma being possessed by a demon isn't considered canon. The Satsui no Hado created mostly by a desire to survive or win but it can overtake you and change you into a demon if you let it consume you.
"Kairi did possess some form of Satsui no Hado, but Garuda was unable to draw upon its power to the same degree as he could when he fought against Akuma. Something prevented him, and he didn't know what it was. The fight ended in a draw when, furious with the interruption, M. Bison performed the Psycho Crusher on Garuda. Garuda attempted to fight back and destroy this nuisance by unleashing the Soukon Dan attack. But to Garuda's surprise, the souls launched at Bison did not burn him, they merged with him and made his power stronger. Unsure of how that was possible, he fled the arena to continue his search for Kairi."
I can imagine a wrestler by the name of Bushido Billy running to the ring and wreck everybody in there. The lights go out for a moment then everyone here’s that “yoooooooo” sound. The light go back on and this theme starts playing.
Damn, I listened this song again, and I remember the nightmares that Garuda causes me when i was a kid and i used to play EX series a lot of time. Most of them relationated with his 2 gauge chained super combo attack xD. Jesus, i need to buy a PSX1 again lol.
No even then, how can someone dislike an awesome tune for an awesome character? I always wished for capcom to re-use worthy SfEx characters like Garuda or Kairi so they could finally appear into 2D games like SFIII, IV, or the crossover series, but I guess it's too much to ask ^^
According to Capcom Garuda was the first student of Gousetsu,Akuma and Gouken Master/father. He then left and somehow got transformed into a devil. He came back when AKuma and Gouken was training and tried to bring them over to the dark side,so to speak but Gousetsu fought him and defeated him with a Hadoken,Garuda left and then Akuma sought him out in order to unlock the seal to releasing the Raging Demon. Garuda's body contains souls trapped within him and he is ultimately the master of Akuma
The one guy to make Akuma say "Nuh uh son fuck that I'm outta here!"
Garuda is a demonic entity that gets stronger when he faces an enemy that seeks power (Satsui no Hadou, Psycho Drive), and gets more evil when the enemy is vile (Akuma, Bison, Evil Ryu, even Oni). He is basically built to be always one tier above any villain potentially making him the strongest (as music theme indicates). Take all those intentions away and he can be easily beatable (Ryu with the Power of Nothingness).
is that he wants kairi!?
Did he and Akuma fought ?
Damn bro. That's a nice deep interpretation you got there and I agree. Ryu doesn't seek power. He just fights because. What he seeks lies beyond power.
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@@terrysummerville9092They fought at some point between EX1 and EX2. The fight seemed even at first, But as Akuma tapped deeper into the Satsui no Hadou, Garuda's Strength doubled in size. He is a being fueled by his opponents strength, after all. The battle is one of...if not THE most brutal defeats Akuma has ever suffered.
Edit: This is also why Akuma never appears in Ex2 or Ex3. His defeat at the hands of Garuda left him so badly wounded he had to hide away and wait for someone else to defeat the creature.
Garuda was such an amazing character, from design to attacks. Easily my favorite character, wish they did more with him.
I wish he could be in SF 5
chaexyhg wish granted
Y'all haven't hear of Street Fighter EX4 yet???? Look it up
yung Meheecan if you're talking about that video arika posted that was an April fools joke
chaexyhg Actually no, but it is instead a game called EX Fighting Layer, that contains SFEX exclusive characters.
The one "person" in the whole joint series that akuma can never beat no matter how hard he tries.
1:21 and the start of that drum riff...so EPIC and still sounds good, after all these years.
Kairi: He just came in and fucking crushed Akuma to pieces and left!
Hokuto: Uh-huh, so he's just as strong as you?
Kairi: No, he's stronger.
I saw what you did there. ;)
+franco1297 It took me a while to figure it out... but nice one. That's smart lol
Evil Ryu: Hmph... you guys are so funny ! Garuda is Stronger than Akuma !
Garuda: Bison 2, This time I'll kill you to get your Flesh !
When this song plays you only have two options: 1) Get hype. 2) Prepare to get DESTROYED!
Agreed. This is a theme of a massive brawl. I mean, like Streets of Rage/Final Fight kind of thing.
Ayanda Nxumalo: Very true..haha!
third option 3) Get stronger
Fourth option 4) air guitaring
Stfu ratkid
That breakdown gives me goosebumps everytime
IMO Garuda is the strongest character in Street Fighter universe (followed by Oro probably). The guy is literally the demonic embodiment of all the souls lost to Satsui no Hado. Akuma fought him and ended up running away, Garuda just keeps getting stronger with seemingly no limit.
True true, but would he be able to beat Oni providing the satsui no hado was at its full potential
+Mikaail28 If he's as strong as everybody says, then Oni doesn't stand a chance.
Oni gets stomped. The stronger the satsui no hadou user is the the more powerful Garuda will be.
+motuboyz He needs to be included in a death battle
Mikaail28 hell yeah! Who wouldn't want this monstrosity in a death battle? Question is though, who would he fight against?
When that track drops so heavy.... This was everything plus my fav character in the SF cannon
One of the best themes in any fighting game (no, make that any game!) ever! The part where it cuts into the drum solo, and then the twin guitar solos is just beyond awesome! Fighting Garuda was always made a lot more intense because of his theme, I love it! Street Fighter EX had some totally badass tunes on it. \m/
I honestly can't argue if you believe this. Entire soundtrack is amazing and just hearing Sf4 now makes me sad.
My man!
John Roeung I'm actually a woman, or were you referring to Garuda? lol
***** well I apologize cause you were referring to the parts that I absolutely loved in the song too
The dueling guitar solos is like Swigly vs Wigly!
Imagine how frantic this person was in making this track with all the layers it encompasses......,#boss
Epic design, epic fighting style, and epic music. This is why I chose such a username. Long live Garuda.
I agree, now reminisce on this 14 year old comment you made, when you made this comment I was about 3 years old.
by far my favorite character in the Street Fighter Universe!!
SUCH A BADASS SONG!!! Every song fits each character like a glove.
I feel like Garuda and his musical themes are commentary on obsessions with fate and the static villain vs good guy dynamic. People who try to find comfort in power will only keep finding stronger opponents than themselves and the ritual to gain more power continues onward and onward. The force that stops you from becoming the best is immortal and unstoppable, yet a stagnant, repeating image.
I like this interpretation. The journey for power never ends until you die.
Akuma: "You know I actually kill people in SSFIV as Oni, right??"
Garuda: "So what I've been killing people since 1997, poser."
He killed his master before he officially became Akuma
@@scourge8143 Don't forget before fighting Adon in Alpha 2 ending of Adon
Akuma killed a fighter that Adon was going to face
Akuma started killing before Garuda was even a thing, not to mention that he (Garuda) is non-canon storywise btw.
We miss u Garuda
i find weird that this isn't in the millions!
Would love to see Garuda and Kairi in the mainline SF universe. Man they would do so much damage story wise. They would be among the strongest characters.
This song gets me so hype for a fight lol 🔥🔥
So true
EX3>>>SFV
For as long as I live, I will never take that statement back.
Dang you are mystic Draculahuntet
Holy shit the drums from 1:20 onward...
The fucking solo at 1:30 was also pretty dope.
First I have to air-drum that snare at 1:10
Kozo Suganuma is legendary! You should see him playing a single bass pedal with both feet.
Bring
Garuda
Back
栞のテーマraiolo
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Arika brought him back!
He's in Fighting EX Layer.
The power it wields...it should be impossible! I've never come across such a Deadly Opponent, especially one that feeds on my own strength to grow tougher!
EVERYONE LOOK AT STREET FIGHTER EX4 RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!! Let's support this game & make it happen
In my childhood I don't remember this theme sounding so good. Maybe because I was focused on trying to kill him fast because he and it scared the shit out of me. LMAO
Ikr lol
@@weirdbarneystatue209 lol
This is the best theme period
for me this was the most serious and best Street fighter ever! maybe better than SFV!
Not maybe. It IS better than SFV
Most serious was the sf3 storyline
Akuma: *"SHUN GOKU SATSU!"*
Garuda: _"That tickled..."_
Akuma "...N-Nandato?"
You don't get character themes like this anymore , just amazing to listen to.
Sodom wishes he could be this cool. Or vicious.
SaviourV Sodom's fighting style definitely seems to imply that he wants some kind of monstrous combat ability.
sigurdtheblue Indeed so. I'd like to think that Garuda would be an advanced evolution of Sodom, assuming that Sodom becomes a more vicious combatant.
But he can't.
@@marclewis5505 Which is quite a pity, honestly.
The guy who created Sodom was high on meth. There is no other way to explain the idea behind a guy in footballer outfit with a samurai helmet, slow like a snail with two puny sais and a pathetic fighting style.
Today is street fighter appreciation day ! In honor of the newly released SF6 I will be listening to some of my favorite tunes from the franchise ❤
This Garuda guy is pretty much the worst nightmare of Ryu and Akuma and Kairi huh
my favorite theme song out of all three SFEX games here it is over a decade later and its still hot, this song is so hot that a few years ago i recorded it onto a phone that i had at the time and used it as ringtone
HE IS COMING BACK
Such a badass theme!
Easily my brother's CPU rival. Beating the game on hardest wasn't enough. He had to fight Garuda and win. CPU wise, he was his only rival.
There's a new EX series game coming out, Yessssss!!!! I cant believe it!!!
He DESERVES to came back for Street Fighter V!!
If only it was possible... Hokuto and Skullo also deserve a comeback. God damn it, Arika. :/
Garuda isn't a capcom character, he was actually created by Arika so capcom doesn't have the right to use him in their street fighter games unless they get the rights.
Thanks, captain. The thing is, Arika is just sitting on them doing absolutely nothing. They should've just given the rights to Capcom. There's also a few Alpha characters that aren't usable due to the same bullshit. :/
Agreed 100%
***** Apart from Karin, which other Alpha characters are not usable ?
Bring Garuda back!!!!! I MISS HIM!!!!!!!! T_T
It's not about bringing Garuda back.
It's about getting a new EX game.
Capcom was a dick with Akira, so i dont think we see something bout these cool characters any soon ):
I m suprised no one mentioned ; Garuda is some kind of entity seeks power by absorbing it's victims/enemies. He was succesfully defeated by Hayate (referring SFex2 Lore). But problem is to prevent this entity you gotta prison it to the body. After defeated by Hayate this one became one with him ( That's why you are seeing Hayate Meteor Combo + His Sword in SFex3 if you play with Garuda). Still don't know if this entity can be removed existance by somehow.
Garuda: Tatakaimashou!
Me (Violent headbanging and air guitar)
Garuda: Ehhh,
Me (Even MORE headbanging and air guitar)
Garuda: FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, STOP IT, YOU IDIOT!
Audience: (several Boo and mumbling)
This theme hell the whole OST is amazing in the EX/Fighting Layer series., also that middle part is mind blowing.
Came here after Arika's April Fools reveal. Please tell me I'm not the only one. I NEED THAT GAME IN MY LIFE.
The breakdown at 1:21!!! 🔥🔥🔥
So...how bout that April 1st 2017 trailer?
Okay.
Wait.....what about that trailer?
ua-cam.com/video/o2x8c-RFGnA/v-deo.html
It’s now out :)
They brought this track back
By far the best song of the SF EX series. Definitely gets my blood pumping.
Garuda is the best character, and the most awesome and powerful! superior \m/
superb kickass song btw! \m/
Easily the best tea SF EX song ever.
HE'S BACK.
MORE STRONGERER THAN EVER.
SFIII and the SFAlpha series (especially Alpha 3) were and still are great series and the gameplay in these series is so addictive that i still play my Alpha 3 from time to time.
Este tema es brutal! Shin Garuda es el puto amo!
1:22-1:32 those drums man!!!!!!
Garuda... my all time favorite street fighter character even though he didn't appear all that often...
Garuda was hard as nails!
Loved playing EX3....His theme was the best. And if you can use him well....BAD MAN! This should be used in a movie fight scene for real...drummer went ham...
HE'S BACK!
His Awesome GARUDA is and so is The Video Game:-) :-).
My godbrother forced me to love this song pushing me to do the training session with Garuda, his C stuff was pretty tough....found myself pounding their heads on the ground a lot. & to this song, really gets to you.
Who did he defeat to claim this theme as his own?
Akuma of course😊
naruto
anybody can defeat naruto
Guess who's back on Arika's new game... (along Hokuto and Kairi BTW)
Better keep that theme Arika !
HE IS BACK
This guy was op as fuck in this game
I hope they really do make a ex game soon
One of the best CHAR. of All Street Fighter!!
Great Style,Very Fast,Agile,Big Damage,Making this char so AWESOME!Plus he does have a BADASS BGM!!!
Born 1993 here brings back memories
I'd welcome the fuck back a new EX game. And the return of my favorite character, which you have probably guessed, is Darun Mister.
BEST THEME EVER !!
[stares intently at the trailer for Fighting EX Layer while the universe expands at an accelerated rate behind me]
Wait a minute... It's April 1st in Japan...
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Patrick Chaney Well good news, that cruel joke has now become a reality! Arika's "Fighting EX Layer" coming next year, 2018!
Barry: IM BARRY THE CHOPPE-
Garuda: -destroyed him- you can chop in hell.
Yeaaaah baby!! Blasting this through the sound system while gunning at 140 mph on the highway... sharpenned my senses, and took meto a place no 1 could imagine! Sooo bad ass, but I got pulled over twice! Lol!
BEST "GARUDA" THEME EVER, YEAH!
Thanks to ARIKA, that made this soundtrack/theme really good!
MY BOI IS BACK!
The very top-notch of modern metal. Seriously? I can't stand 90% of heavy metal bands, but this soundtrack... Did more to it. Added a lot more. Flutes, sitars, heart-stopping guitar solos, emotionally appealing songs that really get to you, inside your brain and make things shake. Capcom... Be proud of your past and realize you can do masterpieces.
The theme you use when you're about exterminate a whole horde of cockroaches!
Imma gone head workout to this tomorrow
first of all he needs to be remade in the new streetfighters, I was crazy nice with him in the good ole ps2 days
Thank you for this!
I feel that Garuda is much stronger than Baison
In the lore he's just as strong as the demon that possesses Akuma
how did you know
"Garuda fights harder against those who utilize Satsui no Hado." "Garuda is the demonic embodiment of all that is Satsui no Hado." "But to Akuma's surprise, the harder he fought, and the more he tapped into Satsui no Hado, the stronger and more forceful Garuda's strikes became."
Source:streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Garuda
Ben Merrick Not that it's a big deal or anything Akuma being possessed by a demon isn't considered canon. The Satsui no Hado created mostly by a desire to survive or win but it can overtake you and change you into a demon if you let it consume you.
"Kairi did possess some form of Satsui no Hado, but Garuda was unable to draw upon its power to the same degree as he could when he fought against Akuma. Something prevented him, and he didn't know what it was. The fight ended in a draw when, furious with the interruption, M. Bison performed the Psycho Crusher on Garuda. Garuda attempted to fight back and destroy this nuisance by unleashing the Soukon Dan attack. But to Garuda's surprise, the souls launched at Bison did not burn him, they merged with him and made his power stronger. Unsure of how that was possible, he fled the arena to continue his search for Kairi."
I can imagine a wrestler by the name of Bushido Billy running to the ring and wreck everybody in there.
The lights go out for a moment then everyone here’s that “yoooooooo” sound. The light go back on and this theme starts playing.
best music in this game
oh yes the skin
Evil ryu: violence is who i am. One:I shall grind beneath my heels,all that exist. Round one,FIGHT!!!
Perfect theme for both evil ryu and oni.
its berry the chopper!!
I can play Garuda with my eyes closed no disrespect he has the best range and projectiles in the game it was a kill confirmed with him
Goku vs Garuda would be epic!
There will never be anyone like Garuda, ever. Sharp, lethal spikes and the epitome of hax.
I still have this game and my PS1 (EX + alpha version)
I play it almost every day
Praise the almighty Garuda , I love the EX series so much
This song better be in EX fighting layer
If it is, they'll troll us by using the arcade version.
Damn, I listened this song again, and I remember the nightmares that Garuda causes me when i was a kid and i used to play EX series a lot of time.
Most of them relationated with his 2 gauge chained super combo attack xD.
Jesus, i need to buy a PSX1 again lol.
My brother's headache, love and admiration all into one. Yes. He did cuss a lot in those fights. Lol
This is a song of Chaos! Its awesome! Garuda is legendary.
I just imagined Garuda having a wrestling style video package. "Strong Style Returns"
Reminds me so much of Eyeshield 21!
No even then, how can someone dislike an awesome tune for an awesome character?
I always wished for capcom to re-use worthy SfEx characters like Garuda or Kairi so they could finally appear into 2D games like SFIII, IV, or the crossover series, but I guess it's too much to ask ^^
this song is hardcore!!!!
According to Capcom Garuda was the first student of Gousetsu,Akuma and Gouken Master/father. He then left and somehow got transformed into a devil. He came back when AKuma and Gouken was training and tried to bring them over to the dark side,so to speak but Gousetsu fought him and defeated him with a Hadoken,Garuda left and then Akuma sought him out in order to unlock the seal to releasing the Raging Demon. Garuda's body contains souls trapped within him and he is ultimately the master of Akuma
You know you're fucked when you hear this!
@breakanddrift damn!! that must be some damn epic work out xD
Yeah, encountering Garuda the first time in SFEX+Alpha was psychologically terrifying for me as well. His aggression level's pretty high.