O my dad was next to no gamer. He had always liked home computers, and to get me interested we played some games on actual floppy disks, includding that old ass mario where dk is throwing barrels, and some old multiple choice rpg. Little kid me did not know what a rpg was, and my dad still doesnt, but we played one. It was dope, really set me up as a lifelong gamer.

But snes was a few years later, and he just wanted to get involved. He did not ever pick other characters to know ken was easier, or even that ryu was the exact same although we did tell him that.

I suspect since me and my little bro where white kids who took karate he felt like ken was a good fit. Either wayvgood times.