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my guess is from Shokios video of why he dosnt want ridley to be in (i like his videos, he makes alot of sense in most of them...but that video is just wrong :/ ). in the end of his video he told everyone to send them his video if they ask for ridley to be in...then the ridley detractor virus spread and created a meme of ridley being too big and yeah :/
It's just how popularity works. As a character becomes more popular, it will also proportionally get more and more hate from other people. Don't ask me why it works like this, but I've seen this happen a lot of times, in a lot of different cases.
I never thought I would see that inked drawing again....
Yeah, I've seen Shokio, and you might be right. Just doesn't add up as if he's in, then there's literally nothing. I mean with some hardcore detractors, it's like they'd take more clone characters over Ridley.
I think your explanation probably summarizes for most and BrigadeStuart's went into a little depth with it. I guess I see what you mean. My only concern is that whether he's in or not, people will still be arguing (of course it'll end up dying down… eventually).
Part of me always liked to think that Ridley's race was a more savage version of the Chozo or a rival to them. A rivalry that eventually resulted in most of both races getting wiped out, with Samus (due to her Chozo DNA) and Ridley's rivalry being kind of a descendent to a terrible war between the space birds and space dragons that happened ages past.
Even if the Pyrosphere tease still hadn't happened, I think the thread would've still held up as well as it did before, and it was still one of the most active threads even then in its own right, whether it would've still got past page 1000 or not. Main difference is we wouldn't be seeing them "ur in denial" posts.Speaking of which, if this hasn't been brought up before, how would this thread currently hold up if Sakurai had never teased Ridley with his shadow, let alone that PotD reveal of Pyrosphere? I mean, it's brought a lot of speculation and life to this thread, no? I wonder if this thread would even be past 1,000 pages if Ridley wasn't shown or hinted this whole time.
EDIT: Well, I hoping to hear people's thoughts about this, but I guess not. :/ I also wanted a conversation starter, as I need to contribute to this thread more. ó3ò Oh well.
That... would be cool. Don't know why I never thought of the idea of Ridley wrecking Samus's ship in some way before, but at least ripping Samus out of the ship would be different than just hitting it to death like Ghor did.Ridley's trailer has got to have him ripping Samus out of her spaceship and have Arwings chasing him down whilst shooting at him. Revealingor
That's probably due to the genetic enhancements he got as Meta-Ridley.
Well, he could fly, or do some kind of command grab. Really, if anything I'd expect something similar to Charizard or Wario. Both of them have a corkscrew attack for an Up+B move.
The Odyssey really isn't that long, and yes, I have read it before. Still have yet to get to TLotR though.
As someone who loves Destroy all Monsters Melee, I'd certainly find it interesting.
Looking at the way characters like Rodan and Ghidorah fly in the game (more so Rodan since Rodan actually flies at a good speed), doesn't the animation for Ridley in the Direct sort of remind you of that?
I actually meant the post I quoted you in.
I've played that game, and yes, surprisingly. I guess the comparison is more apt then I'd though about before.
I've never thought of that before, but now that I've heard it, it's pretty damn cool and I'm going to think it.
Like an energy bar that limits how long he can be in the air? Recharging when he's on the ground? If he's gonna be an aerial fighter, I think this would balance him for those who fear the predicted style of play.
Do it like Marth, his BAir turns him around. Also it could chain nicely with a FAir.
on a scale of 1 to 10?....11 "daleks everywhere"
I'd say a 9... we have no solid explicit evidence, but we sure do have a lot of mildly suspicious circumstances that point towards it.
I'd say about 7-8, there's not many real arguments against Ridley, and most of those are about being faithful to him from the Metroid games. But we have no conclusive evidence either, just teasers, and things we've picked up on that seem to be in Ridley's favour
I'll say 8 personally, it seems likely to me but there's always a bit of doubt I can't shake.
If that's true I take it that means everyone else won't be getting a demo for a while then.
Beta testers that don't get paid... GENIUS!
It ties into more than just flying. Flying is just something that drains the meter.
Ridley is so big he needs his own scale. So I say his chances on a scale of Baby Ridley/Dark Meta Ridley are of Prime 3 Meta Ridley.
Nobody's "getting" a demo. They're just being allowed a hands-on if they perform the steps and get picked. It's really nothing unless you didn't attend the Smash-fest and/or are really desperate to play.
It's part of the detractor agenda to annihilate puppies from the face of the earth.
