Important The Ridley for SSB4 Thread - End of an Era

[AustarusIV]

How would Ridley bite.

Like.

I mean????

What does he even have that could accomplish such an action?

Have you ever SEEN the guy eat? Like, at all? Look at his neck!

I mean, Sakurai should try to be a Good Samaritan and let the poor guy have some of his delicious, two-dimensional photorealistic food. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[IsmaR]

Does Ridley have Hedgehog ears in that pic?

 

[Deleted member]

That's Ridley in a Cat Suit.

 

[Arcanir]

Thanks... I needed that reminder of my childhood nightmares.

My electric bill will be in your mail.

That's Ridley in a Cat Suit.

That would explain the paws...

 

[Rebellious Treecko]

Have you ever SEEN the guy eat? Like, at all? Look at his neck!

I mean, Sakurai should try to be a Good Samaritan and let the poor guy have some of his delicious, two-dimensional photorealistic food. What could possibly go wrong?

"Oh, goody. Holographic meatloaf AGAIN."

But yeah, I've never thought about that before. How does he fit food down that crooked pencil neck of his?

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[Deleted member]

It probably expands like a snake.

 

[IsmaR]

I was always under the assumption that he absorbs the cells just by putting them in his mouth (or whatever is left one one). It's what he claims to do in the manga.

 

[Deleted member]

Or perhaps after he chews 'em up, they just go schwooop! into his stomach.
Like how a Waddle Dee eats.

 

[Phaazoid]

I'm really bad at not supporting Ridley

But Ridley does have this to say

Spoiler

That was the opposite of helpful

I'm gonna go cry about my inadequacy now.

 

[FalKoopa]

OMG I'm laughing so hard right now

This guy.

don't even know if he's joking or not.

This really had me cracking up. Specifically the the look on Ridley's face.

 

[Arcadenik]

Have you ever SEEN the guy eat? Like, at all? Look at his neck!

I mean, Sakurai should try to be a Good Samaritan and let the poor guy have some of his delicious, two-dimensional photorealistic food. What could possibly go wrong?

I was just thinking about that the other day... maybe that's why Ridley looks anorexic.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

OMG I'm laughing so hard right now

This guy.

don't even know if he's joking or not.

Did he eat a Super Mushroom or something?

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

Well wish grant we finally have another pyrosphere picture

 

[CardiganBoy]

I'd like to see him shoot a cluster of fire balls, like he always does in most of his boss fights.

Your avatar made me laugh so hard.

 

[Baskerville]

Does Ridley have Hedgehog ears in that pic?

Gotta get Big
Gotta go Fast

Well wish grant we finally have another pyrosphere picture

I'm sure Chono is delighted to see it again.

How would you guys picture Ridley's grabs & throws to be like?

 

[kikaru]

Gotta get Big
Gotta go Fast


I'm sure Chono is delighted to see it again.

How would you guys picture Ridley's grabs & throws to be like?

I'm envisioning him to have a grab-heavy playstyle in which he can utilize Specials while having an opponent in his clutches, this seems pretty characteristic of how we've seen him in other games in that he tends to grab Samus and proceeds to spit fireballs in her face, slam her on the ground, drag her against the wall, etc.

As far as throws go I think it would be a bit awkward if he simply threw a character in a given direction, it might add more to his character if he instead launched the opponent via tail whip, fireball, or by other means.

 

[SchAlternate]

As far as throws go I think it would be a bit awkward if he simply threw a character in a given direction, it might add more to his character if he instead launched the opponent via tail whip, fireball, or by other means.

F-Throw: Slams the opponent to the ground
B-Throw: Flips backwards and impacts the ground, similar to Kirby's.
D-Throw: Grinds the floor with the foe's face. (Like how he did with Samus in that cutscene of the SSE)

U-Throw: Leaps upwards past the blast line, appears on the background, then jets towards the foreground with the foe on his clutches and, before he reaches the camera, slams the opponent against the stage, with the impact causing a spectacular explosion. Ridley then falls from the upper blast line, and lands safely.

 

[Pazzo.]

U-Throw: Leaps upwards past the blast line, appears on the background, then jets towards the foreground with the foe on his clutches and, before he reaches the camera, slams the opponent against the stage, with the impact causing a spectacular explosion. Ridley then falls from the upper blast line, and lands safely.

Great, now he sounds OP....

 

[KingofPhantoms]

How would you guys picture Ridley's grabs & throws to be like?

Pummel: Bites his opponent.
F-throw: Spits a somewhat large, slow moving fireball then throws his opponent at it.
B-throw: Jumps into the air and throws his opponent on the ground.
D-throw: Travels forward a short distance while dragging his opponent across the ground.
U-throw: Grabs his opponent with his feet, then flies high up into the air before trying to crush his opponent with his feet, damaging him/her and then drops him/her.

 

[Megazero64]

Gotta get Big
How would you guys picture Ridley's grabs & throws to be like?

Pummel: Whips opponent with tail.
F-throw: Simply throws them forward.
B-throw: Chomps on opponent and wiggles them around then throws them behind.
D-throw: A lot like Charizard's D-throw but shoots multiple fireballs.
U-throw: Same as B-throw but upwards.
I'd say the wall-grinding attack is more final smash material where he can grab an opponent an grind them while taking others characters out with them and ending it with Ridley throw them to the ground with a MASSIVE explosion that will make Micheal Bays explosions look like mere firecrackers.

 

[Anomilus]

I'd have Ridley grab with his tail. Keep in mind this is based off a quadrupedal perspective, though this could work on two legs as well.

Pummel - Bites the opponent repeatedly.
F-Throw - Slams the opponent on the ground.Twice. Second slam bounces opponent in the air.
B-Throw - Flings the opponent away like a rag doll
D-Throw - Presses opponent into the ground, then quickly leaps off the ground and stomps them with all fours
U-Throw - Flings the opponent into the air, then exhales a fast moving ball of flame, sniping them out the air.

 

[SchAlternate]

Great, now he sounds OP....

It'd not be all that overpowered, really. It'd work like an over-exaggerated version of Kirby's U-Throw, and would do considerable damage but relatively poor knockback.

 

[Pazzo.]

It'd not be all that overpowered, really. It'd work like an over-exaggerated version of Kirby's U-Throw, and would do considerable damage but relatively poor knockback.

Note: I said sounds OP, not is. I was just pointing the fact that it's flashy and big... something like a OP move.

 

[SchAlternate]

Note: I said sounds OP, not is. I was just pointing the fact that it's flashy and big... something like a OP move.

Derp, my bad then

 

[Kamiko]

*wakes up from Poke-coma*

I don't really like the idea of throwing that wall-scrape thing in his moveset just because it happened once. I think we (and Sakurai) can be more original than that.

What about batting the opponent away with his tail?

D-Throw - Presses opponent into the ground, then quickly leaps off the ground and stomps them with all fours
U-Throw - Flings the opponent into the air, then exhales a fast moving ball of flame, sniping them out the air.

Thought of both of these right before reading this post. Both do a great job of making Ridley feel more menacing.

 

[Deleted member]

Happened once?
It happened in three games now.
Brawl, Other M, and Dead or Alive Dimensions.
Wouldn't surprise me if Smash 4 has a nod to it regardless of Ridley's role.

 

[Kamiko]

Team Ninja obviously just ripped off the Brawl cutscene for those other two though.

 

[Deleted member]

Doesn't negate the concept that it happened more than once.

It doesn't matter why it happens or whether or not it was "ripped" from Brawl, the important thing is that it happened.
3 =/= 1.
The argument that it "only happened once" is null and void.

 

[Kamiko]

It happened in any single canon once, and DoA obviously doesn't count. Technically the Ridley most of us want never did it at all, even though Brawl Ridley is meant to represent him.

It can be comparable to the Gale Boomerang if that returns. Sure, you could say it appeared in three games, but cononically it only showed up once.

Alternatively, you could say any particular meme is all over the internet, but it's still the same meme.

 

[AnOkayDM]

It happened in any single canon once, and DoA obviously doesn't count. Technically the Ridley most of us want never did it at all, even though Brawl Ridley is meant to represent him.

It can be comparable to the Gale Boomerang if that returns. Sure, you could say it appeared in three games, but cononically it only showed up once.

Alternatively, you could say any particular meme is all over the internet, but it's still the same meme.

But the Ridley we'll probably get did it. Who cares if Smash did it first? It feels like something a big dragon would do.

And the Gale Boomerang is from the game Link's outfit in Smash 4 is most based on, so...your point is silly.

 

[Kamiko]

That was exactly my point. How is that silly?

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Doesn't matter that it only happend once in Metroid canon and which version of Ridley did it first. It still happened in Metroid canon.

 

[AnOkayDM]

That was exactly my point. How is that silly?

When Link is from Twilight Princess, or based on his Twilight Princess appearance, any item from Twilight Princess makes sense for him to have. I don't care if it only showed up in Twilight Princess. The Gale Boomerang is from Twilight Princess, thus the Link from Twilight Princess should be allowed to have it, regardless of how many games it was in.

Likewise, if we get Ridley, we're probably getting Other M Ridley. In the Metroid canon, the only Ridley ever to perform the wall scrape is the Other M Ridley. So Other M Ridley having the wall scrape seems perfectly logical to me. Who cares if it came from Smash originally? The fact of the matter is that it happened in canon, and with the version of the character we're likeliest to get.

 

[Kamiko]

Yes, but it doesn't seem like something Ridley would feel the need to repeat. It doesn't even make sense to do in battle.

Edit: reply to Phantom's post.

 

[AnOkayDM]

Yes, but it doesn't seem like something Ridley would feel the need to repeat. It doesn't even make sense to do in battle.

It makes perfect sense, and it definitely feels like something a ferocious dragon (a giant lizard) would do to a small opponent wrapped in armor.

 

[Oasis_S]

I believe the Brawl Wall Scraper was based on an attack he had in Fusion, where he would grab you and ram you against the wall. I think he may have rammed you against each wall? So, adding a third dimension, it seems obvious you'd add him scraping you across the wall from point A to point B.

 

[Kamiko]

When Link is from Twilight Princess, or based on his Twilight Princess appearance, any item from Twilight Princess makes sense for him to have. I don't care if it only showed up in Twilight Princess. The Gale Boomerang is from Twilight Princess, thus the Link from Twilight Princess should be allowed to have it, regardless of how many games it was in.

Likewise, if we get Ridley, we're probably getting Other M Ridley. In the Metroid canon, the only Ridley ever to perform the wall scrape is the Other M Ridley. So Other M Ridley having the wall scrape seems perfectly logical to me. Who cares if it came from Smash originally? The fact of the matter is that it happened in canon, and with the version of the character we're likeliest to get.

I never said it didn't make sense for him to have it. That argument was about number of occurances.

It makes perfect sense, and it definitely feels like something a ferocious dragon (a giant lizard) would do to a small opponent wrapped in armor.

That wouldn't actually do a lot of damage.

 

[AnOkayDM]

I believe the Brawl Wall Scraper was based on an attack he had in Fusion, where he would grab you and ram you against the wall. I think he may have rammed you against each wall? So, adding a third dimension, it seems obvious you'd add him scraping you across the wall from point A to point B.

This as well. I remembered him grabbing you, but I wasn't positive if he slammed you on the wall. I thought he did though.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

That wouldn't actually do a lot of damage.

Samus' suit looked like it was in pretty bad shape after Ridley scraped her across the wall in that one Brawl cutscene, and the attack deals some pretty heavy damage in Other M as well.

 

[Oasis_S]

Well the animation was pretty non-existent BUT THE IDEA SEEMED THERE.

Just kind of. Moved... toward the wall.