Pleaseee Sakurai, can you add a toggle to remove them for people who don't want them! The one v one "always facing the enemy" solution is ok, but I still see issues with it. I really just want normal smash controls for Ryu. Clasic inputs really mess with gameplay.
Who agrees?
And anyone think this is at all a possibility?
You want even more casuals spamming full-power shoryukens everywhere?
Inputs are no more difficult to use here than they are in any other fighting game. Having one character use them can be a great way for someone to learn them and make easing into other fighting games easier. Ryu is the easiest Street Fighter character to pick up, but that series universally has a higher skill floor than Smash.
As it is, you can use all of Ryu's specials with normal smash inputs. He won't be at his full potential but the option is there. I personally use a mix of both when I play him, SF inputs for offensive use and normal inputs for recovery or time-sensitive Hadokens.
Oh, and Super Street Fighter IV 3D shows why it's a bad idea to just simplify inputs without some drawback. You could assign any given move on a character to a touch-screen button, and this let you bypass charge times for moves that required them, letting you spam powerful moves with impunity.