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===Promotion=== Ken artwork was featured on an officially licensed NubyTech/[[UDON]] joypad for the [[PlayStation 2]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amazon.com: Official Street Fighter Anniversary Edition Controller - Ken : Video Games |url=https://www.amazon.com/Official-Anniversary-Controller-Sony-PlayStation-2/dp/B00062W2GM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728044308/https://www.amazon.com/Official-Anniversary-Controller-Sony-PlayStation-2/dp/B00062W2GM/ |archive-date=2023-07-28 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us |url-status=live }}</ref> which was announced on September 27, 2004;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Tyrone |date=2004-09-27 |title=Nubytech Street Fighter Anniversary Edition Controller |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/27/nubytech-street-fighter-anniversary-edition-controller |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> and a [[Mad Catz]] joypad for the [[PlayStation 3]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001M1ZA1U |title=Mad Catz PS3 Wireless Street Fighter IV FightPad - Ken (PS3): Amazon.co.uk: PC & Video Games |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2012-07-26 |archive-date=2021-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308192124/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001M1ZA1U |url-status=live }}</ref> Ken has also been popular thanks to [[Evo Moment 37]]. With 26 seconds remaining, [[Justin Wong]] had the option to [[run out the clock]], but he was eager to end the match.<ref name= RollingStone>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/why-street-fighter-match-is-esports-most-thrilling-moment-w430344|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=Flashback: Why 2004 'Street Fighter' Match Is Esports' Most Thrilling Moment|last=Baker|first=Chris|date=2016-07-21}}</ref> [[Daigo Umehara]]'s Ken parried Chun-Li's multihit Super Art II move,<ref>{{Cite web|title=システム紹介|publisher=[[Capcom]]|website=capcom.co.jp|url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/arcade/sf3rd/system.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510023122/http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/arcade/sf3rd/system.html|archive-date=2010-05-10}}</ref> within six of sixty frames of the impact animation – about a tenth of a second.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/the-beauty-of-street-fighters-parry-1698221787|title=The Beauty Of Street Fighter's Parry|work=[[Kotaku]]|last=Bowling|first=Steve|date=2015-04-17|access-date=2022-02-21|archive-date=2022-12-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219062420/https://kotaku.com/the-beauty-of-street-fighters-parry-1698221787|url-status=live}}</ref> Umehara had to predict when his opponent would start his Super Art Move, essentially making the first parry before the move even started,<ref name=RollingStone /> and then perform the same split-second timing on all 14 of the remaining hits. Umehara did so, and went on to counter a final kick of Chun-Li in mid-air before launching a 12-hit [[Combo (video gaming)|combo]], capped by Ken's Super Art III. The crossovers with SNK games though became popular as [[Terry Bogard]] from ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' was also created by Ken's creator. In ''Street Fighter 6'', Terry was included as a guest since Nishiyama had created the first ''Street Fighter'' during his time at Capcom Terry and Ken have had past dialogue between them; They were very conscious of their relationship when they created them.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/article/202406/7728|title=『スト6』ベガ、テリー、不知火舞、エレナが登場するYear2インタビュー。ベガは肉体も中身も正真正銘のベガ本人。エレナのヒーリングについては中山D「安心してください」|magazine=Famitsu|access-date=September 5, 2024|language=Japanese}}</ref>
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