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*Ridley has three normal jumps, to compensate for his lack of a recovery move in his move set*
Neutral B: Ridley spits out three spinning fireballs, much like how the sprite of it is shaped in the old Metroid game. They are quite small in comparison to his body, and move about as fast as Mario’s fireball. They don’t bounce though, and will automatically be directed at the closest opponent. If there are more than one, the fireballs will split off, being 2 to 1 if there are two opponents in front, or simply shoot out in three specific directions if all three are out. If for some reason there is no opponent, the fireballs will go diagonally down, straight, and diagonally up.
Forward B: Ridley flaps his wings against the ground, causing a brief gust of wind, that forces any opponent directly in front of him to fly backwards. The attack causes no damage to the opponent, but the knock back is decent. It still takes a high percentage to KO a opponent with this move though. In air, Ridley will actually be sent back the opposite direction somewhat, if used, as he aims it diagonally at the ground.
Up B: Ridley rears his head back, and then lunges forward, curling up in the air and spinning. He raps his tail around the center of his body, so to the viewer, Ridley looks and acts like a giant buzzsaw. The attack is fast and powerful, chipping away at the opponent like a screw attack instead of knocking them away, but when Ridley hits the ground, he takes a second to get himself up again. It’s not that good of a recovery move due to the fact that if used in air, he almost goes vertically downwards. To give a better mental image of it, think Ridley curled up like Sonic, only with his blade forming the spikes that are around him
Down B: Ridley stabs his tail through whatever is directly under him, and the tail emerges several space ahead of him, stabbing diagonally upwards. If the opponent is grazed, he will simply be damaged, but if hit directly, Ridley will pull them back with his tail, only for them to slam into the ground, as he pulls it back, which adds damage, as well as knocking the opponent down. If used in air, Ridley will simply stab straight down, much like his signature “tail pogo”
Final Smash: Ridley crunches his claws into the ground, and shoots a very strong beam of fire, that goes all the way to the opposite side of the screen. It doesn’t have the vertical range of Mario’s Final Smash, but it comes out quick, and instead of knocking people in up, it actually pushes them through to the edge of the screen, so even characters with low percentages have to watch out.