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I just remember the thread being bloated with nonsense and basically large scale flame wars. It was large for probably the wrong reasons.
To be fair, some of us went deeper than that. I remember being convinced I saw Ridley in a mystery character slot on a promotional pamphlet that turned out to be a crinkle in the page. Some of the more desperate of us legitimately believed it. Frankly I'm just glad no one "spotted" Ridley in the shadows during the trailer.
Yeah, that was definitely a dark time for the Ridley movement, and Metroid in general. Hopefully everyone learned a lesson from that experience, if nothing else.
This is the perfect example of why he is ok to shrink. I dare say, even make him slightly bigger (crazy I know) from your example and he would be the perfect size.
It was dark but at the same time it was fun. I don't miss the flame wars, but it felt like new stuff was always happening. Even if it was ridiculous it was fun to speculate and theorize (although it probably caused more anxiety than anything else). It was quite a mess and I wouldn't want to repeat it but I will always have fond memories of that thread
I chose that size based off my moveset idea of Ridley having Ground Mode and Flight Mode. Figured if it wasn't perfect, it would be close enough.
So glad that we have a good modern version of Ridley this time. Super Metroid Ridley will always be my favorite, but this version is so much better than Roidley.
Zero Mission and Meta Ridley were my personal favorite designs, but I have to admit the horseleg/chickenleg look in SR works out well for Ridley. Probably helps that his boss fight was a true 2.5D Metroid fight.
Those ones were awesome too. I honestly loved every Ridley design except Roidley and the phazon version (forgot what it was called). After Super Metroid Ridley I would want to see meta Ridley get in. Samus Returns isn't my favorite, but if we get that design in this game instead of Roidley in smash 4 I'd consider it a pretty good trade off. I'm happy to wait for a better version of him.
It'd probably be a super-mega-ultra fireball attack, but I had an idea for a more special Final Smash, though it'd probably be out of character.
I want it to be a cut-scene one similar to Captain Falcon where he just grabs you and scrapes you against every wall known to man.
That space pirate raid is a great idea! I like how it highlights his role as a commander more so than just being a big monster.
Brawl speculation was split up evenly on two different websites, Smashboards and Brawl Central, and the latter website ceased to exist many years ago, so it's hard to compare. I'm not too sure about here on Smashboards, but I think the thread got closed some time before release, probably because of drama. Brawl Central was where I did my speculation and his fanbase was very prominent, but I can't remember how big his thread got given how many years have passed, I just remember him being one of the frontrunners from very early on (Sonic, Dedede, Diddy Kong and Geno were the only ones who were more popular iirc).
You mean Omega Ridley?
Ah, okay. Forgot that was a thing with imgur. I remember when gif's from videos were harder to make before you had stuff like that.
Yeah, it was very active during the Brawl speculation days as well, but was even crazier with some fans and arguments than the SSB4 era, which I'm not too fond of remembering.
Yep. Speaking of Zero Mission though...
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Can't wait for baby ganondorf and baby Bayonetta
For real though what if it was some kind of mechanic where all the enemies get stunned like some kind of intimidation move? That wouldn't really be from Metroid though I guess. Maybe a transformation into meta Ridley?
So basically, his final smash would be doing a babality? I'm sold.
That looked super painful in SSE and the victim was Samus, who is using an armor.
That could actually be a kind of interesting mechanic. Most characters' Final Smashes are meant to act as some sort of kill move, so what if Ridley's was one that just did a heap of damage to the opponent to set up a kill instead? Like make it so it does a set 50-60% or something? That way you can do the Final Smash and then use it to combo into a kill?With the cartoony violence of Smash, they should walk off any wall scrapes and such. Interesting point nonetheless though.
I'd say...5x as big at least. You gotta consider that he flies, and when he's on the ground he's hunched over, kinda like an attack dog. Then you gotta consider his wings and tail.
Season 1 was a little disappointing but the rest sounds promising. Shame there's no Mercenary Tao or King Piccolo.
I'm guessing the source was the person who stated that Metroid Prime 4 was being developed by Bandai Namco might be the same source that said that Ridley is playable in Super Smash Bros. Switch.
I don't think it is the same source. It was said that his source for JoJo was lying to him to "teach him a lesson" and "to help him improve". DasVergeben has severed ties with that source. I think if it was the same source, he'd post an update about Ridley, and the source lying to him. He has said that the source regarding Metroid Prime 4 is the same for Ridley and is "very reliable". That's not to say we should dive in head first and believe this leak, considering what has happened before (Tower of Smash). We just need to be careful, and hope for the best.
More credibility is always good, but it's still not anything that directly suggests he's correct about Ridley.
