Important The Ridley for SSB4 Thread - End of an Era

[8-peacock-8]

Ridley is basically just a big Charizard clone.

If you're being a troll then you're terrible at it.

If you're being serious then you're stupid.

Either way you lose.

 

[kikaru]

A guy holding a baby that happens to be their future leader to from a high place for his people to see...

Where have I seen this before?

Alternatively...

Spoiler

 

[Louie G.]

If Ridley is a stage hazard, chances are we won't be seeing him in the game.
If he isn't, then he is almost definitely in the game.
It's a 50/50 chance, I see why everyone is so stressed about it.

 

[Starcutter]

Spoiler

 

[Curious Villager]

Alternatively...

Spoiler

THE BABY!

 

[Dark Phazon]

I've said it once and I'll say it again.

If Ridley ends up being the stage hazard on that stage, there is little to no hope for him to be playable. It wouldn't make sense for Sakurai to put Super Metroid Ridley with Other M Samus.

Not to mention, before any of this started, everyone was sooooo sure that Ridley was going to be playable. So I can't see why people seriously think "Well Sakurai might do that..." The same idea was made up for Brawl, and we all know how that turned out.

Don't get me wrong, I think Ridley is still probably going to be playable, as he's in God Tier of popularity. However, i'm not going to be surprised if he isn't, and at this point I think it might be a good idea for everyone to brace themselves.

Owww i know....but not sure about everyone else....it would be greatest thing ever though...and my hype level for sm4sh will go over 9000 RealTalk.

 

[Anomilus]

Alternatively...

Spoiler

SARAAAABIIIIII!!!!!

...I mean...

SAKURAAAAIIII!!!!

Spoiler

Scar: *laughs*

 

[Dark Phazon]

What argument would start? There's a difference between being hopeful and being stupid about it. There is reality to face here, and that reality is that Ridley may not be playable. I already know all of what you just said.

Soooo much RealTalk.....*brings a tear to my eye....

 

[CardiganBoy]

Wait, if Ridley wont be a playable character, ill still need another Metroid rep!

 

[Curious Villager]

Wait, if Ridley wont be a playable character, ill still need another Metroid rep!

Remember him?

Spoiler

 

[Starcutter]

Remember him?

Spoiler

who?

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

Wait, if Ridley wont be a playable character, ill still need another Metroid rep!

Oh god for the last time no information about Ridley besides I just remembered the picture with kirby and olimar kirby is 8 cm and olimar is a inch tall that's another hint for Ridley

Oh yea this was the day that luigi got confirmed

 

[Curious Villager]

who?

The Trollface! Who else?????

 

[Ridley_Prime]

Regrettably I had some drama last night for staying up to see the daily update/getting into an argument for being up at 2 A.M. when I had class at 8, so I won't be staying up to see the proverbial ****storm that will happen when Sakurai doesn't include Ridley in a screenshot, or if he actually does reveal Ridley's role

I may also be taking a leave from this forum/the Internet in general to focus more on school or something.

S'okay. The picture update thing usually happens at 3:00 A.M. my time and I only managed to get away with seeing what it was just before goin to sleep last night because I got home pretty late. Still could've used at least a couple more hours of sleep so it wasn't worth it, nor is any kind of drama like what you must've went through.

Well see ya around I guess.. *hugs* Hope you don't end up having to go that far because of one bad night but if you do, I respect your decision.

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe it stemmed from a misinterpretation of something Sakurai said in a Nintendo Power interview.

Edit: I'm probably wrong though.

People have commonly misinterpreted Sakurai saying Ridley was too big because of that NP quote, though. smh

And lol @ people responding seriously to peeup.

 

[Johnknight1]

Exactly, Sakurai doesn't copy like that. Though it is kind of fishy that he did pick the same location to begin with, so I honestly don't think he cares that much.

Ironically these are the same people that expect Sakurai to copy the "one off" rule with the 3rd party characters because other fighting games do it, and then detest everything else in every other fighting game.

If Ridley was anything on this stage if he wasn't playable, it would be a boss. This is a perfect spot for a Ridley boss battle, much like how the Dr. Wily's Castle stage is a perfect spot for a Dr. Wily or Yellow Devil boss battle(s). Of course, that doesn't mean Ridley can't be playable and a boss (in adventure mode or whatever) as well.

 

[CardiganBoy]

Ridley as a stage hazard will be a great waste of potential and a big demostration of lazyness.

 

[Johnknight1]

People have commonly misinterpreted Sakurai saying Ridley was too big because of that NP quote, though. smh

Or the "Iwata Asks" interview where he said the Animal Crossing Villager wasn't a fighter=???

Ridley as a stage hazard will be a great waste of potential and a big demostration of lazyness.

It would literally mean the development team passed on one of the most potentially unique newcomers because he didn't seek to innovate, which I don't see happening.

The same is true with K. Rool, and to top it all off, both characters could help add more true heavyweights (sorry, Link, a skinny little 5'6 guy who weighs 160 pounds at most is not a heavyweight), and to top off their uniqueness they are major characters from major franchises who are also the two most wanted potential newcomers left.

 

[peeup]

Ridley isn't unique, he's a Charizard clone.

 

[IsmaR]

(sorry, Link, a skinny little 5'6 guy who weighs 160 pounds at most is not a heavyweight)

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[Xhampi]

Ridley isn't unique, he's a Charizard clone.

I can't wait to see Ridley use Rock Smash =)

 

[Johnknight1]

Ridley isn't unique, he's a Charizard clone.

peeup isn't unique, he's an Admiral Pit clone.

 

[RomanceDawn]

How does this pic stand with you guys?


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This is the best Ridley size i've seen for Smash yet. I say it's fairly comparable to Super Metroid Ridley in stature. Man this wait is killing me. If Sakurai had said nothing on the subject I would have quietly waited until the release of the game. Now though... that tease!!!

 

[CalumG]

The funniest thing will be if Ridley is playable but his moveset ends up not being all that special, leaving the "Ridley is one of the most unique newcomer possibilites" faction to sit around in a pool of their own tears.

 

[CardiganBoy]

It would literally mean the development team passed on one of the most potentially unique newcomers because he didn't seek to innovate, which I don't see happening.

While they always innovate in other ways, i think they passed very original ideas.

 

[Xhampi]

The funniest thing will be if Ridley is playable but his moveset ends up not being all that special, leaving the "Ridley is one of the most unique newcomer possibilites" faction to sit around in a pool of their own tears.

I think that we will be too happy to care, even if he end up as a Charizard/Bowser clone.

 

[Tepig2000]

Ridley isn't unique, he's a Charizard clone.

Cool. I can't wait to see Ridley being a 3-in-1 character. I bet he will switch with Anthony Higs and Dark Samus. This way we have 5 Metroid characters.

 

[Johnknight1]

The funniest thing will be if Ridley is playable but his moveset ends up not being all that special, leaving the "Ridley is one of the most unique newcomer possibilites" faction to sit around in a pool of their own tears.

Not really.

I mean, Pit in Brawl was just pure crap, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have potential. So far, it appears that Sakurai has tapped into that potential, which is why 3 of his 4 specials were changed, and his aerial game looks entirely different.

Lucario, the Pokémon Trainer (concept), and Sonic were all similarly underwhelming, but that doesn't mean they don't still have untapped potential.

Basically, it's like just because a baseball player only has a .250 batting average this season doesn't mean that he can't live up to his potential of hitting .330 sometime in the future.

 

[kikaru]

Cool. I can't wait to see Ridley being a 3-in-1 character. I bet he will switch with Anthony Higs and Dark Samus. This way we have 5 Metroid characters.

Did you just...

Despite the apparent sarcasm there's a little voice inside my head that's saying this should be a thing.

 

[Z1GMA]

This is the best Ridley size i've seen for Smash yet. I say it's fairly comparable to Super Metroid Ridley in stature. Man this wait is killing me. If Sakurai had said nothing on the subject I would have quietly waited until the release of the game. Now though... that tease!!!

Looks great.

His wings should have disjointed physics, like the sword(s) of Link, Marth, etc...
That would make him feel smaller defensively.

 

[IsmaR]

For the record I'll still probably be on here during weekday mornings as I have nothing better to do during class (seriously learning the basic course during the first 6 weeks is just boring to a whole new level), though Thursday is my last day for the week. I'll always find a way to make time for Ridley.

 

[Groose]

Cool. I can't wait to see Ridley being a 3-in-1 character. I bet he will switch with Anthony Higs and Dark Samus. This way we have 5 Metroid characters.

Only if Adam is the "Pokemon Trainer" of the trio and he has to "authorize" every character switch.

 

[Johnknight1]

While they always innovate in other ways, i think they passed very original ideas.

All three newcomers confirmed thus far are all very original characters. The Villager's uniqueness was a bit hidden, the Wii Fit Trainer was obviously overlooked, and Mega Man's uniqueness was apparent to anyone with two good eyes that has seen or played a Mega Man game and has any bit of common sense in them.

Also, Captain Falcon, Fox, Pikachu, Yoshi (so much untapped potential there), Donkey Kong (again, lots of untapped potential), Ness, Lucas, Jigglypuff, Kirby, Zelda (we haven't even seen much of her potential, sans mods like Project M, Balanced Brawl, and Brawl Minus), Mewtwo, Sheik, Link, the Ice Climbers, Samus, Zero Suit Samus, Marth, Mr. Game & Watch, Pit, Wario, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Snake, Olimar, Lucario, the Pokémon Trainer and all of his Pokémon, Sonic, ROB, etc.

 

[peeup]

Any character can be very "original" or "innovative", it really doesn't take a lot of imagination to make a new, cool, fun, different moveset for literally any character ever. So saying that any character has untapped potential is very much a fluffy statement, as it could be said about any character regardless of how interesting their moveset is. There's always untapped potential.

Also Ridley is too big.

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

Any character can be very "original" or "innovative", it really doesn't take a lot of imagination to make a new, cool, fun, different moveset for literally any character ever. So saying that any character has untapped potential is very much a fluffy statement, as it could be said about any character regardless of how interesting their moveset is. There's always untapped potential.

Also Ridley is too big.

Unless your joking. Looks like someone diden't look at the most recent playable size picture by dark phazon

 

[Louie G.]

This thread is too big.

I really can't see Anthony Higgs being the 2nd (or 3rd) Metroid rep.

Ridley or nothing.

 

[Johnknight1]

Any character can be very "original" or "innovative", it really doesn't take a lot of imagination to make a new, cool, fun, different moveset for literally any character ever. So saying that any character has untapped potential is very much a fluffy statement, as it could be said about any character regardless of how interesting their moveset is. There's always untapped potential.

Not really. I mean, Toad doesn't have anything unique he could do that other characters can't. Ridley does, with his unique build, his long tail, his expansive wingspan, his claws, his teeth, his various projectile attacks, and lots of moves he has used historically from his games.

And also, the uniqueness of the Wii Fit Trainer and Mega Man were self-evident. It was literally written in the character's DNA basically, the same way it was written for say Marth and Ike.

The Villager, although unique, had to have a bit of "outside" inspiration, similar to what was done with Captain Falcon (basically he's a Power Ranger), Fox (his moves come from Arwings), and Mario (he's classic Mario mixed with Ryu).

Also Ridley is too big.

You do know you are the dumbest kind of troll on the planet, right=???

I think we're all pretty much indifferent to this kind of idiocy, and it doesn't work.

 

[CardiganBoy]

This thread is too big.

I really can't see Anthony Higgs being the 2nd (or 3rd) Metroid rep.

Ridley or nothing.

Maybe Dark Samus?

 

[Starcutter]

on miiverse, all the arguments are "too big" and "too cool".

I even got someone saying "why don't we make King K Rool, Porky and Andross playable too?"

to which my response was "dude the only one that wouldn't work as a fighter is andross"

 

[Louie G.]

Maybe Dark Samus?

Your right, but I really think Ridley should come first. Dark Samus would be a good last-minute-addition-semi-clone character.

Edit: The whole Smash ignoring Metroid Prime thing doesn't necessarily help.

 

[Johnknight1]

Maybe Dark Samus?

Because people haven't been saying that since 2005.

At least with Diddy Kong he is funny sometimes, and his use of Anthony Higgs (aka the token black guy) is pretty new.