Ryu Myuutsu
Smash Champion
Nah, the real reason you consider Ridley a "failure" is because he is not playable as you wanted him to be. Otherwise he is fine.If you're going to compare Ridley to anyone then do so with Metal Face or Yellow Devil and not an assist trophy.
Yellow Devil is completely accurate.
Metal Face is also accurate.
Ridley... Is an epic failure in comparison.
The Assist Trophy comparison is still accurate and valid just like the NPC enemies in Smash Run and so on.
Actually, regardless of how you feel about Ridley, it is untrue to say that Sakurai didn't care about him. It so happens that he did care about him in his own way which is why he is unique when compared to the other NPCs. It is more accurate to say that he didn't have the same undying devotion for him like you guys do but that doesn't equal being indifferent.Fight Ridley in any other game, he's pretty fast, by the attack speed I meant how easily telegraphed his attacks are, he barely attacks here yet in Other M, he attacks almost the whole time! Ghirahim is summoned by an AT. Ridley has to be slapped. There's a difference. Sakurai also showed he doesn't care about Ridley as he considers joining sides after being slapped is more accurate to Ridley's canon than having small wings, oops! Ridley has small wings in every 2D game outside of Smash 4!
And please, Ridley has to be attacked, not slapped (unless the move in question is a literal slap). Let's not make this sound worse than it is. I can say the same thing about Ghirahim: "Since when Ghirahim became Link/Zelda's lapdog? He would never do their bidding even if they tried to summon him. Sakurai robbed him of his dignity and made him be someone else's *****." But then again, Ridley.