If you are a fan of seeing what you're favorite video game characters would look like in Smash 4, then you will be pleased to hear of the newest "Smashified" video. Smashified creates Smash Wii U renditions of the communities most heavily requested characters; you might remember their "Making the Rayman Leak" video from last year.
The team takes on Ridley in their latest upload, complete with original music and footage of the entire creation process (with added commentary). You can watch the full length video below, alternatively, you can skip to the finished product here.
“I definitely know that Ridley’s a much-anticipated name for fans, but if we made Ridley as a fighter, it wouldn’t be Ridley any longer,” he said.
If the team were to adapt Ridley's model to Smash Bros. then it would "have to be shrunk down, or its wings reduced in size, or be unable to fly around freely.” And that, Sakurai summed up in this last quote, is not something they were ready to do.
“Providing accurate portrayals of characters is something I want to pay ample attention to,” he continued. “If I don’t stick to that thought, then we’d have to lower the quality or break the balance of the game. Something that goes way off spec could break the entire game.”
So while we probably won't be seeing Ridley in Smash 5, we can still take a peep to see what if. And that is still pretty cool.
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