Now what's this has to do with him well its this.
OK what he is saying is Ridley is impossible. But change of heart is very likely.
What it means he thought villager was not suitable for battle.
He had a change of heart obviously.
http://www.smashbros.com/us/characters/villager.html
So, he made villager playable.
Now for exhibit B
He claimed that Namco would not get any special treatment. If he said that why did this get added to smash.
And these guys from galaga (which is made by Namco)
the S flag is a proud symbol of Namco and how charizard is holding it. It is probably going to be an assist trophy based item. That is nothing but retro Namco character that the S flag was in probably
And also not to mention this helps pac-man, and that's a Namco character. And, Sakurai probably knows that if he lets pac-man in as playable his game is going to make history
(worlds first game with Mario sonic mega man pac-man all playable in one game)
(I suppose another is the first time ever Ridley is playable in something that's not fan based game if confirmed playable)