Important The Ridley for SSB4 Thread - End of an Era

[Poopmin]

My kingdom

 

[Oracle_Summon]

Isaac versus Ridley. It's definitely Isaac, but this thread has me feeling really bad about that choice.

Now Isaac versus Jenna. How am I supposed to vote for one of them over the other?! It's like this thing is designed to make you feel bad.

There can only be one #1 Nintendo character.

Here are mine:

1. Little Mac
2. Isaac
3. Ike
4. King Dedede
5. Mario

You are forced to check to see who you like the best and make decisions upon those.

 

[BlueBubbee]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the ass to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

 

[Bedoop]

Some Hype Music to build up for when if Ridley's revealed.
...Japan always gets the good stuff. :|

 

[Mansana]

Watch Ridley be the last character to be revealed before release.

The best for last. Seems fitting to me.

 

[Poopmin]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

I never believed in the whole extended peach floating mechanic, and this seems to fit., he could have the mechanic and have been grabbed by pikachu halfway through.

 

[BlueBubbee]

So on that Ridley vs Old Man, I chose Old Man because why not. And then Ridley never came back...

So I ended up with

Yeah, yeah, point and laugh...

 

[PlTe]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

That Ridley model, no joke, is too big.

 

[Bedoop]

So on that Ridley vs Old Man, I chose Old Man because why not. And then Ridley never came back...

So I ended up with

Yeah, yeah, point and laugh...

Your not the only one, I've done of one these with all 718 Pokemon and ended up with Dunsparce in 1st.

 

[Skyblade12]

So on that Ridley vs Old Man, I chose Old Man because why not. And then Ridley never came back...

So I ended up with

Yeah, yeah, point and laugh...

It has you vote for everyone, then takes your winners and puts them against each other.

If you really wanted Ridley in second, you should have chosen "Skip", which re-randomizes the matchups.

 

[BlueBubbee]

That Ridley model, no joke, is too big.

That's the power of drag resizing.

I just made it smaller so it didn't take up the entire screen. I didn't try to get accurate sizings here, I just threw it all in my photo editor...

 

[WayfaringElf]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

You've figured out the universe!

 

[BlueBubbee]

It has you vote for everyone, then takes your winners and puts them against each other.

If you really wanted Ridley in second, you should have chosen "Skip", which re-randomizes the matchups.

Jokes, man. It wasn't supposed to be a very serious post...

 

[Deleted member]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

http://gfycat.com/SentimentalBronzeIndianrhinoceros
Well, here is where Ridley is hovering in place ^.

If he was being grabbed, considering the space we have to the left of his shadow,we would thus be able to see the shadow of whatever character is grabbing him, since a character performing a grab is always right next to the character they are grabbing.

Furthermore, during the animation, there is no struggling or "push-off" animation that can be seen being performed by Ridley, in fact, he never moves from his spot, he performs instead what looks to be a roar during this hover phase (which doesn't seem to be getting disrupted) before continuing to move to the left.

Thus, I don't see any way that Ridley could be being grabbed by any character during the Shadow Footage.

 

[TheWozny]

http://gfycat.com/SentimentalBronzeIndianrhinoceros
Well, here is where Ridley is hovering in place ^.

If he was being grabbed, considering the space we have to the left of his shadow,we would thus be able to see the shadow of whatever character is grabbing him, since a character performing a grab is always right next to the character they are grabbing.

Furthermore, during the animation, there is no struggling or "push-off" animation that can be seen being performed by Ridley, in fact, he never moves from his spot, he performs instead what looks to be a roar during this hover phase (which doesn't seem to be getting disrupted) before continuing to move to the left.

Thus, I don't see any way that Ridley could be being grabbed by any character during the Shadow Footage.

Looking at this over an over again... we are not getting the Other M Model.... lol That looks so much like a new hybridley I could scream.

 

[SolarKirby]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

Wouldn't you see the shadow of the character who was grabbing Ridley?

 

[Wise Multishine]

...This poll describes me perfectly...

Pikmin are awesome, shut up.

 

[BlueBubbee]

http://gfycat.com/SentimentalBronzeIndianrhinoceros
Well, here is where Ridley is hovering in place ^.

If he was being grabbed, considering the space we have to the left of his shadow,we would thus be able to see the shadow of whatever character is grabbing him, since a character performing a grab is always right next to the character they are grabbing.

Furthermore, during the animation, there is no struggling or "push-off" animation that can be seen being performed by Ridley, in fact, he never moves from his spot, he performs instead what looks to be a roar during this hover phase (which doesn't seem to be getting disrupted) before continuing to move to the left.

Thus, I don't see any way that Ridley could be being grabbed by any character during the Shadow Footage.

For the first part,

The shadows don't tend to cast off of platforms onto the mainland. That or it could be offscreen.




As for the second part,

I have nothing really, I did say I didn't think much of it through. I needed a place to put it and this seemed like a decent place.

Wouldn't you see the shadow of the character who was grabbing Ridley?

^

 

[Strider_Bond00J]

Did something... just GRAB the source of Ridley's Shadow?! 0_0 I just noticed it at around 7:28 before the screen changed to black; The wings are flailing around wildly. Given the theory of Off-Ledge Grabbing, does this mean...!? 0.0

 

[SchAlternate]

Best. Match up. Ever.

(I also manage to get Ridley Vs Old Man as well)

 

[Strider_Bond00J]

View attachment 20922

Best. Match up. Ever.

(I also manage to get Ridley Vs Old Man as well)

In the scariness battle, Ridley has already lost.

 

[SchAlternate]

I take it back.

THIS ****ing rocks.

 

[Skyblade12]

View attachment 20922

Best. Match up. Ever.

(I also manage to get Ridley Vs Old Man as well)

I got that matchup too.

Ridley won.

 

[SchAlternate]

THE PURPLE TITANS FIGHT!

 

[TheWozny]

I got Ridley Vs. Shigeru Miyamoto. #guesswhogotrekt?

 

[ghastmine]

Well tomorrow is the 8th....come on corocoro and gamescom (hell I'm gonna be in Manhattan on the same week)

 

[Poopmin]

I just noticed at the very end Ridley either jumps or experiences knockback, which the bosses don't flinch when hit, and they certainly don't jump that sporadically. Ridley 100% playable.

 

[Wise Multishine]

I can't believe no one has just straight up asked Sakurai if Ridley is a boss character or not. I mean. It's not like Sakurai doesn't appear in public places.

 

[BrigadeStuart]

View attachment 20930

THE PURPLE TITANS FIGHT!

ridleys green in that pic tho

 

[SS-bros14]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

That's actually a pretty good theory.

 

[BlueBubbee]

I can't believe no one has just straight up asked Sakurai if Ridley is a boss character or not. I mean. It's not like Sakurai doesn't appear in public places.

http://smashboards.com/threads/the-...ctors-paradise.324284/page-1393#post-17224747

That's about how it would go down. I don't think he's open to questions about Smash? I don't know, though.

 

[Wise Multishine]

http://smashboards.com/threads/the-...ctors-paradise.324284/page-1393#post-17224747

That's about how it would go down. I don't think he's open to questions about Smash? I don't know, though.

I remember that.

My point is, based on how he answers, we could come to a more solid conclusion.

 

[SS-bros14]

: Any questions?

:Sakurai, sir. I know you said not to ask this, but will Ridley be playable in Smash 4?

: *Long Silence*

: Well because you were brave enough to ask that question, I will tell you. No, he will not be playable, but only because you asked me for him.

I laughed so hard at this.

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

Hey guys

I think the leaks has startes of corocoro

We got a picture of groundon and kyogre we have not seen before

Check the rumor group.

 

[Deleted member]

Ladies and gentlemen, my top characters! Uh.... I guess.

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

It will be a matter of time before spoilers comes in from corocoro

But when will ridleys fate get revealed i don't know.

 

[SS-bros14]

Hey guys

I think the leaks has startes of corocoro

We got a picture of groundon and kyogre we have not seen before

Check the rumor group.

Where's the rumor group?

 

[SchAlternate]

Okay, so you can kill me after this, I guess if you want. Just not too much because this was just a random idea I had. Before I start there are a few things I need to get out of the way

Spoiler: Disclaimers and Such

1) This was a random idea I had while rewatching the Ridley scene from the Smash Direct.
2) No, I am not an idiot. I'm just very rash, so I rushed to experiment without any research.
3) I am aware of how ridiculous this sounds at some points.
4) I never really understood the whole "We can see Ridley grabbing Pikachu" thing, because we can't. His shadow doesn't appear until Pikachu walks onscreen.
5) I will be mentioning Off Ledge Holding. Let me tell you this about it

Yes, I took pictures. Here:

Spoiler: Off Ledge Holding Screenshots

Here we see Ridley Charizard being grabbed by Samus. These were taken in Project M, solely to capture these moments with the Roaming Camera. It is doable in vanilla Brawl, too.

I realize it isn't anything new, but it's not normally something that happens in competitive unless you line it up.

Okay, with that out of the way, let me get started on my theory (that probably won't be accepted by anyone here).

In the Direct, when we see Ridley's shadow flying about, he stops for a short time (about 4 seconds-ish). What I'm proposing is that he is not regularly jerky like he seems, he's actually being grabbed here. By what? I don't know, but it's someone(thing?) with a semi-long grab animation. He's also being victim to Off Ledge Holding, or else his shadow would have not been cast downwards onto the main platform. This picture I threw together explains some of it.

The light source is the lava, which casts Ridley's (imagine he's being grabbed) shadow diagonally downwards. The reason he seems so jerky during this part is because characters struggle to break free (which they do after about 4 seconds) while being grabbed. Who's to say that Ridley's struggle animation isn't flapping his wings to try to break out? He's being grabbed on that platform, which is why you see his tail on the screen around that location.

This part may be a bit of a stretch because I haven't completely thought this part through yet, but I feel that it needs to be mentioned: When Ridley is grabbed, the initial animation causes his tail to flail downwards. This is why we saw his tail on the screen at that point. Afterwards, he is let go, and continues his mysterious flying.



The only problem I have with this is that it must have been a pain in the *** to coordinate and get right, but those are the things Sakurai does to mess with us.
I'm scared to ask for thoughts...

Doesn't the lightsource come from the foreground rather than the background? I mean, that's why the shadows are shown away from the camera.

Also, the shadows don't match in your picture. Ridley's shadow is farther away from the platform's shadow than Ridley is from the platform itself. Plus, if Ridley was grabbed, we'd see the shadow of who grabbed him, or heck, we'd see the shadow of the platform the grabber stood on while grabbing Ridley.

Nice hipotesis, I guess.

 

[Skyblade12]

I can't believe no one has just straight up asked Sakurai if Ridley is a boss character or not. I mean. It's not like Sakurai doesn't appear in public places.

Guys, guys! I just talked to Sakurai, and he totally confirmed that Ridley's playable!


See? Even if Sakurai did confirm/deny it, it wouldn't matter. We know he wouldn't make a statement on the record, and off the record, no one would believe the answer. So...

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

Where's the rumor group?

Here

http://smashboards.com/social-forums/smash-4-leaks.1691/