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**** was it terrible.
And the tiny lit stick taped to his tail is an absolute requirement. That can't be compromised on.Ridley alt with Charizard's colors
Probably these:Glad I missed all that.
Anyway, here's a topic change. Assuming Ridley does get added with his Samus Returns style, would you like him to get alts based off his previous appearances? If so, which ones would you want?
Personally, I'm crossing my fingers for the Super Metroid look.
If you think about it, adding this would make a lot of sense. After all, Samus Returns Ridley does end up changing into what I assume is his Super Metroid look during the boss fight.
That seems like a really nice palette selection. Ridley really does have some good variety of colour to choose from and they all have significance.
These are just 8 of the many that I've done (original render is by Smashified). There are plenty more that I can post, if anyone's interested. I'd have to compile them all together though, as I don't think people (mods especially) would be happy to have to scroll down a long page XD
Yeah, that's true.There's always spoiler tags.
This. Maybe make the wings and neck a bit smaller, and then he's good to be scaled down to Bowser size.
I'm hoping that Kraid gets his time to shine in MP4, but okay.
I'm not saying Kraid is not gonna be in prime 4, in fact I hope he is too, I'm saying that they would want to generate hype for it, with more metroid representation in the new smash, and Ridley is the second most important character in Metroid.
"Kraid? Who's that?"
I agree about the too big label being a bit odd for Ridley, when I first got into Smash speculation during the pre-Brawl days I was confused as to why it was being used as a counterargument so often. I guess my first introduction to Ridley being the Melee opening always left me open to a small Ridley, but even after finishing every Metroid game I still didn't agree that his size is a problem, it's not even that uncommon that he's one of the smaller bosses (pretty sure he's the smallest in Super Metroid bar the two Chorizos). What I can definitely see is that his proportions are a problem, but a custom design can fix that imo.Now Kraid is someone that I'd say is 'too big'. Ridley's gimmick was never that he was big. He is big, of course, he is a monster boss, but Kraid's entire deal since Super is that he is two-screens high. I never really understood how the 'too big' thing really got stuck on Ridley. If something, too lanky is much more fitting, even if I think that is still very managable.
Anyways
I am happy to be back in the Ridley support, and I honestly do think he has a good chance to finally appear. I am positive that Ridley got more votes in the ballot than King K. Rool, and he got a costume for the trouble, but nothing for Ridley. Doesn't confirm anything of course, but it is a thing I find interesting.
My only requirement is that Ridley's Down Special turns him invisible with only his eyes visible. Would lead to so many glorious self destructs.
Mhm, I was introduced to Ridley in Super Metroid first, so he was always a bit of a big character in my head, but I have also never seen that as a problem. Many things are very faithfull in Smash, to loads of things about loads of characters, but for the sake of gameplay, we have Rosalina making Lumas fight (when she always wanted to keep them safe in the games), for example, and loads of characters are bigger and/or smaller than they should be. Things do not have to make sense in a game where a duck from Duck Hunt can headbutt Cloud in the face, haha.
Had been putting this off awhile but I guess now's a good time to start. Since taking screenshots on my 3DS at the right time was unsurprisingly too much a pain mid-battle, did some screencaps of the new attacks in one of the videos to bring up for new moveset potential discussion... Yeah, the spoiler tag gloves are coming off now aside from posting images.
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Interesting how the attack is reminiscent to Phantoon's projectiles in Super Metroid. If it were a special move in a playable moveset, I think shooting like three of those at a time instead of five would be fair, and would be weaker or less in number each time you use it in between recharge time so it can't be spammed as such.
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Another new flavor to his arsenal of fireball type attacks, except this one is rather versatile since he can shoot it any direction (straight up, diagonally, down at the ground which engulfs the ground near you, etc). Could see that being a default special attack with recharge time if it were used, minus the ground damaging part.
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Self-explanatory. Would be a forward dash attack.
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An attack where Ridley stabs his tail into the ground and releases a wave of spiked rocks when he pulls it out. Not sure where that could be incorporated in a moveset. Maybe a final smash or something?
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A powerful charged claw attack that leaves behind an afterimage. Could easily see it as a potent forward-Smash move, especially when charged.
The part in the 2nd cutscene where he catches and tosses Samus with his tail to get her off of him I could see maybe being used as a backwards throw animation or something like that, and the cutscene we all know where he pins Samus down and is about to blast her could be his d-throw move.
All and all though, a full moveset now would or should probably incorporate moves between Proteus Ridley and one of the other versions.
p.s. Even if he's destined to remain an NPC for Smash, I would still far prefer to see Proteus Ridley as a boss over bringing back the Other M version. Speaking of, last but not least, dat concept art...
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Interesting to note how in the artwork, his neck is still primarily cybernetic even though in-game, only the front of the neck has any cybernetics. Still cool nonetheless.
edit: Fixed image links.
Regardless of what Ridley we are working with his Down Air would have to be a tail pogo type move.
That Proteus Ridley is a really striking colour of purple, looks awesome!
Charizard? I have that one covered:Yo Zem, you forgot the orange/blue canopies one!
It's.... beautiful.Charizard? I have that one covered:
Pinning someone down with his mechanic claw is good as either a throw or finishing move though. 
Maybe with whatever his final smash would be, have the skies darken during the animation for dramatic effec; reference to how the green skies of SR388 darken with his presence when you get to the end-game of MSR.
I don’t care what other colors he has. This one needs to be in. Full stop.Charizard? I have that one covered:
The downward tail stab could be a down air if they got rid of the rocky shockwaves emanating from it. On one hand that's not one of my favorite types of down air since it's useless offstage since it leaves you plummeting down to your probable death (except with Greninija, but even then the move is risky since you plummet upon missing the dair), but it would be a way to incorporate a well known Ridley move, and could act as one way to make a presumed pretty strong character a bit more balanced.
I honestly can not see it being anything but a hybrid between the Proteus (Samus Returns) Ridley and Super Metroid. Simply because it is the most balanced design, but he should probably have all the mech bits and pieces removed. Other M Ridley worked within the context of his game, but honestly his design is a stocky and ugly thing.I'd seriously love to have Ridley in Smash, and have since just about forever. Full support.
I have to admit, though, if they're keeping the Other M look it would probably be a dealbreaker for me. I just seriously can't stand that version of Ridley's design.
In my mind I am literally begging Nintendo to give us the Super Metroid, Prime, or Samus Returns look in Smash 5.
