Do you consider Evil Ryu a new/separate character?

[TomGuycott]

In the context of SSF4's gameplay, Evil Ryu makes more sense to be separate from Ryu in a character select screen. It's like Jin and Devil Jin in Tekken being separate. There ARE games that exist where alternate versions or EX versions of characters are available, sometimes exclusive to a handful of important characters, sometimes including the whole cast. It would be silly to have an alternate form of selection for ONE character.

Although I could think of other characters who would be cool in the game, Evil Ryu IS pretty cool and the concept of Evil Ryu has existed in the series beyond this game, so it's not like they just pulled him out of their ass (completely). I've played him and I do enjoy using him.