It's kinda weird to me that Ridley is ny currently best character because the characters I wanted in Smash are usually ones I either end up sucking as(Greninja and I guess Richter too) or simply can't play at a comfortable level(Mega Man and Robin). Ridley is what Shulk was to me in Smash 4, he just feels natural for me to play as him and everything just clicks.
It helps that he has a lot of "meme" tools to make playing as him even more fun, especially his Down B and Side B. If Ganondorf is the King of Disrespect, I'll make Ridley the God of Disrespect.
That's kind of how I've felt with Ness ever since
Smash 64. I started gaming with the Nintendo 64, so I had absolutely no clue who he is, but I quickly fell in love with his unorthodox yet highly useful specials — one projectile that becomes a pillar of fire to trap the foe and continue hurting them for a few seconds after impact, another projectile that can be guided freely to pursue the opponent regardless of where they run (or alternatively launch Ness himself a third of the way across the screen like a human missile), and a special shield that consumes projectiles and converts them into health. I’ve continued maining Ness in every
Smash game since, despite the additions of Sonic and Bowser Jr., because I just find Ness's toolkit to be outrageously fun to use. (Ironically, I can't seriously use Luigi in
Melee onwards because the lack of horizontal movement in his Super Jump Punch makes it awfully difficult to recover.)