People are saying things that I never said. I'm not sure if it's targeted at me or simply Ridley supporters in general, but I will say this.
I am not at all positive about Ridley's chances. I'm pretty much 50/50 and could very well see it going either way. I never stated him as inevitable, and I would be absolutely fine if he wasn't in the game considering I'm likely getting Little Mac, Palutena, Mewtwo, and possibly K. Rool. And I know that the Direct was a massive blow to his chances.
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I don't mean the way the shadow looks. I simply mean the way it acts. It literally flies in, does nothing for 2 seconds, and flies forward again. There's no argument about that, and it just seems like a weird thing for a boss to do, as they are usually always attacking. Take the Ridley battle in Brawl for example. Going back to it I realize that Ridley would often fly in place, but he would immediately transition into another attacks, rather than simply flying forward like his shadow seems to do in the Direct footage. And yes he grabs Pikachu afterwards, but it doesn't look like he transitions into this attack, rather he flies a little first and attacks offscreen. Ridley is well known for grabbing people in his boss battles, but many Smashboarders had speculated Ridley to have aerial grabs, which could very well be the case in what we saw. So we'll have to wait and see I would say, Sakurai really went out of his way to make the footage shown as generic and unhelpful as possible.
Also this is what I was referring to, not the footage in the Ridley scene.
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The lava is no longer coming out of the walls like it does in normal Pyrosphere, which leads me to believe that it acts as a hazard. Nothing is confirmed pertaining to the lava, but I feel like the main reason for this is due to the vagueness surrounding Ridley. I see no reason why Sakurai would take out the lava if it weren't a hazard, since then it would simply be an aesthetic detail with no need to be removed. Also the holes are still there, and most have speculated that Ridley crashes through the walls and creates these holes. Clearly that is not the case.
Edit: I guess I should note that in Brawl's Ridley battle he idles at the ends of the stage rather than the middle like in the Direct. This doesn't mean much but I meant to say it before.
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