I was looking at the Other M Concept Art for Ridley and I noticed something I didn't quite notice before. Right here:
Image that they are on the same field of view. Ridley really isn't that big compared to Samus here. Here, I compared them:
Yes, it is very messy. I threw it together once I noticed it. I might clean it up later. Yes, Ridley is missing an arm. It was around the fire area, which I removed altogether. They are lined up by their "falling leg". It isn't perfect, but you get the idea. They're around an adequate size for Smash.
Didn't we nearly establish that Concept Artley would be the Ridley that was being used? Well, it turns out that this Ridley is not the same size as Other M Ridley. Of course, Ridley is flying, so his legs would actually be longer (he hunches them up when he flies, it would seem).
Is it possible that he was
too small?