machine game. Ryo also appears in Fatal Fury Special, an updated version of Fatal Fury 2. He appears as a hidden opponent at the end of the single-player mode and is playable in the home versions. In the PlayStation version of Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition, Ryo uses the title of "Mr. Karate", as an aged and more powerful Ryo. Although he has appeared in no other unrelated games, he is often referenced indirectly in Garou: Mark of the Wolves, he has his own student, Khushnood Butt. Ryo is a member of the Art of Fighting Team in The King of Fighters series in his young form from Art of Fighting. Despite multiple changes in the team, Ryo remains a core member of the team including in games without storylines like The King of Fighters 2002 and The King of Fighters Neowave, and The King of Fighters '98. Across the series, Ryo develops a close friendship with former foe, Muay Thai fighter King which his family supports. The spin-offs King of Fighters R-1 and King of Fighters R-2 feature Ryo as part of the South Town Team alongside Terry Bogard and Kim Kaphwan. In the two games for the Game Boy Advance titled EX: Neo Blood and EX2, King takes Robert's place on the Art of Fighting Team in the former, and Yuri in the latter. He also appears in the spin-off The King of Fighters Kyo, in which he helps the main character Kyo Kusanagi find his girlfriend Yuki. The spin-off games KOF: Maximum Impact and Maximum Impact 2 also feature a Ryo as a playable character, with the latter also featuring his "Mr. Karate" version as a hidden character. He is present in the mobile-phone game The King of Fighters All Star and Kimi wa Hero with the latter as his older "Mr. Karate" persona. and in his regular persona in and the otome game King of Fighters for Girls. Ryo is also a central character in Buriki One, a game for the Hyper Neo Geo 64. In this game, he appears in his older persona and fighting in a grappling tournament, employing regular karate as his fighting style. He appears as the sub-boss in the single-player mode. More recently, in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, Ryo goes by the name , while his look is the one used for Buriki One. He is also playable in The Rhythm Of Fighters,