adding "He was able to defeat Ryu in battle, and even fight to a draw against Akuma, proving he can hang with the toughest names in the series." Complex ranked Oro as the "20th-Best Street Fighter Character", calling him "One of the best characters in the underappreciated SF III, bar none", while Den of Geek ranked Oro at 35th, calling him "the Yoda of Street Fighter", and adding "The gimmick that he's only “playable character level” because he's willingly handicapping himself by using one arm is what makes him so rad." In their rankings of Street Fighter characters, Paste placed Oro at 35th place, commenting "Strange characters defined Street Fighter III, and Oro was definitely one of the weirdest the series has ever seen. And he’s able to take anyone on with just one hand!" Oro is ranked 21st in a worldwide Street Fighter character poll held between 2017 and 2018. On the other hand, Electronic Gaming Monthly stated that Oro "can be hard to use as one of the few characters who has charging special attacks. He may be compared to Guile, but he isn't nearly as effective, thanks to his slowness and weak defense. It will take a dedicated gamer to master him well enough to be useful against the other characters." GamesRadar named Oro one of the worst Street Fighter characters. IGN's Martin Robinson named Oro one of the five Street Fighter characters that he does not want in Super Street Fighter IV, describing him as "ugly" and "ungainly" as well as the "oddest character to have ever appeared" in the series, yet noting that "some people adore him". In 2012, Complex included Oro on the list of ten lamest Street Fighter characters, stating that although he is "supposed to be one of the strongest characters in the game, but he's really just a creepy, dirty, old, weirdo." References Fictional hermits Fictional Japanese people in video games Fictional martial artists in video games Male characters in video games Street Fighter characters Video game characters introduced in 1997 Video game characters with slowed ageing Fictional characters with immortality