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I'm going to sneak into Sakurai's office and pester and annoy him until he adds Isaac
While that's true, Sakurai definitely understands the key role Ridley plays in the Metroid series, as he's emphasized several times over that he's the archenemy of Samus and even made a point during Smash 4 that downsizing Ridley "wouldn't be Ridley anymore." He's also appeared in a non-playable role in every Smash game until Ultimate, so it's clear that Sakurai has always viewed Ridley as an important character, he just couldn't crack the code on how to make him playable until now.
Ridley is the leader of the Space Pirates and important to the lore to the series (he was the one that orphaned Samus). Ridley has made more consistent appearances in the Metroid series than even Ganon has in the Zelda series.
We do not know why Sakurai changed his mind on Ridley. It could very well be due to his ballot performance and the fact that after Smash 4 (especially a game that started development only a year after Smash 4) there was hardly any big name Nintendo characters left, so a character like Ridley needed to be re-evaluated. Ridley, K. Rool, Inkling, and Isabelle quite literally were the biggest Nintendo characters left not yet on the roster. Even Toad (another critical character) ended up being revamped to be more proactive in Peach (and Daisy's) moveset.
This is a very good response. It is integral to note that Ridley was among the few characters to even appear in Smash 64. He then had a scene in Melee's intro fighting Samus (and a very detailed trophy). Two boss fights in Brawl. And a stage that revolved around him (where he had attributes of a fighter).
I love Metroid. I've played every game and you could replace Ridley in every one and lose nothing. The only place Ridley has any significance is Other M and the manga. He's not critical he's just a really loved reoccurring boss.
I’ll never understand why downsizing Ridley was such a weird concept for Sakurai. Yes, he’s bigger in the Metroid games, but you can make him “playable” size for your fighting game and nobody would care. Olimar is like an inch tall in the Pikmin games and he was upsized.
Well to be honest, I laughed when I first saw babby-sized Ridley in Ultimate.
Did Olimar's size add anything to his character though? With Ridley, him being big helped in making him more imposing (not the only thing that made him imposing of course, but the size probably helped a bit with it to some extent). Another thing is that with Ridley, we actually got to see how much bigger he was to Samus, in Metroid AND Smash Bros. while Plimar didn't really have any other characters to compare to.
Super Metroid: Kidnapped the baby Metroid that kickstarted Super Metroid.
None of those are critical. You can replace Ridley with any generic enemy in those roles and the story stays the same. Except Other M where he is integral to the plot, which I mentioned
That makes absolutely no sense, especially given the context I gave. You might as well say you can get rid of Ganondorf or Bowser in a Zelda or Mario game and the story stays the same.
I don't need to take your word for it because I've played the games myself. He appears then he disappears that's it. He's not critical he's just really fun to fight.
You ignored everything I wrote. Literally what you said could apply to Ganon and Bowser as well. You might as well say Wolf is not important because any character could be the leader of the antagonist mercenary unit to Star Fox.
In a lot of cases yeah. I'd argue against Ganondorf but most enemies in Nintendo games aren't critical because they don't focus on plot. Doesn't make them less iconic or bad just means if they were was a different history where they were replaced nothing would be lost.
That is pretty much just your opinion. To most people, Ridley, Bowser, K. Rool, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Wolf are important to their respective franchises.
I strongly disagree. Pokemon is THE biggest franchise in the world. Any new Pokemon that is added to Smash is guaranteed to become popular with fans simply because many Smash fans are also Pokemon fans. It deserves its representation. Why would they willingly pass up the opportunity to advertise such a huge IP just because a vocal minority deems it unfair?
The easiest way to help us right now is to just famialarize yourself with Golden Sun. Try out the game if you’ve got a WiiU lying around. If not, watch some let’s plays.
I’m a huge Pokémon fan, literally if it wasn’t for Pokémon I highly doubt I would be a Nintendo fan as it was the only reason my parents bought me the handheld systems. However, at this point they have 10 playable characters and seriously don’t need anymore! If a new Pokémon gets added in the future games like we all know will happen then they should cut a current one unless Sakurai or a possible new person decides to continue the trend of bringing everyone back again.
When it’s told to sell a product, a white lie is usually referred to as misleading marketing.
Because:
I mean moreso as far as the picture went with all of the connections we kept finding. Sakurai may have looked at it once and posted it to his Twitter, I doubt he made all the connections we did. Link is a silent protagonist like Isaac and they're in the order of their debuts by Smash games like the party system in Golden Sun etc.
It was never told to sell a product either. Nor was it misleading to begin with. People assumed while nothing was ever said like that. It was clear from the start the ballot may be used to give a fighter as DLC. Again, that's pure assumptions on the fans and their own fault for misreading a very clear statement that blatantly said "maybe".
What are you talking about? Ridley was one of the top requests for a fighter. He was teased in the opening trailer for Melee and people thought he was in. Ridley fans have every reason to be disappointed for him missing out after that.
Funny thing is he was never meant to be in Melee. Sakurai didn't even consider him till after Brawl was done. Same thing with Wolf and Goroh. Neither were noted as "considered" characters at that point. Wolf didn't get considered till Brawl's development. Goroh may never have been considered... sadly.
Goroh is a bit of a disappointment. He would be a funny fighter. Especially since my brothers and I had fun watching him clean house whenever he spawned.
The Melee opening is what got people to really push for Ridley as playable. But it took a ton of poking and prodding to finally get Sakurai to do it three games and 17 years later.
Define "poking and prodding." Sakurai never listens to people who reply to his tweets just to annoy him. He is never influenced by people who ****post or make annoying memes for characters (hence Waluigi). Ridley was added because he was a popular fighter, hence the ballot, which was supposed to be for Smash Ultimate anyway.
Sakurai was well aware of Ridley's popularity, even when he made him that stage boss in 4, he didn't need the ballot. Ridley's character portrayal held him back from becoming a fighter, he felt scaling Ridley wouldn't be a good representation of him in his mind.
Continuing to ask for and push for Ridley despite Sakurai's insistence that he wasn't playable character material. Ridley fans even sent Nintendo a massive book detailing why Ridley should be playable in both Japanese and English.
The book thing was Geno back during pre-Brawl.
This whole book thing sounds interesting. Does anyone think we as golden sun fans should all collaborate on making one of our own to get Nintendo’s attention to revive golden sun?
Here is an interesting thought experiment. What if Golden Sun is brought back as a remake/retelling for the Nintendo 3DS? Would you buy the game? I know last time I brought it up there was a lot of whining that they did not want to buy anything for the dated 3DS. The thing is though is that prior to the September direct, Jonneh (someone that has leaked many things before) name dropped this hypothetical title alongside a bunch of other things that did get announced during the September direct (even something as specific as a Kirby's Epic Yarn port for the 3DS).
What? I’ve only played Pikmin once, but isn’t Olimar’s tiny size a major part of that game? You’re in a micro-world where you need the Pikmin’s help to move things around because they’re too big for Olimar.
What’s just plain not right is the fact Meowth still is not a playable fighter in Smash.
What’s just plain not right is the fact Meowth still is not a playable fighter in Smash.
20 years. 5 games. Still no playable Meowth.
Not even Team Rocket Meowth to promote Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee in Smash even though Masuda said they included Jessie, James, and Meowth to attract both older fans and younger fans who watch the anime (even if they haven’t played the games) from all over the world to Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee.
It seems to me that Sakurai is just adding non-Gen 1 Pokémon just because they are new (and temporarily relevant in the anime or movies at the time) and give Sakurai an opportunity to add something new to the series. Pichu’s self-injury mechanic. Lucario’s Aura mechanic. Greninja’s ninja archetype. Incineroar’s wrestler archetype.
I mean, he came up with something for Duck Hunt Dog and Piranha Plant. Surely Sakurai can come up with something for a team consisting of a cat, a snake, and a balloon.
...I'm going to put together a team of these 3 now. A Cat, Snake, and Balloon~ (Weird we don't have a snake Pokemon, though we have a reptile in Charizard, I guess?)Are you not counting Eevee because its evolutions come from multiple generations?