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Welcome back to another size is irrelevant moment...
You're not alone. I've seen how big Bowser is, but he still managed to become a fighter in Smash Bros..
It's too bad that there are those who are still beating up dead horses, regardless of how dumb their excuses are.
This. Really, even when not giant-sized, Bowser is still almost always significantly larger than Mario. I'd say he's roughly the same size as Super Metroid Ridley compared to Samus. Not to mention his son has been larger than Peach on some occasions... Yet all that seems to be overlooked by so many...
He'll only have the Other M design for one game, if that, before he loses it in SSB5 for whatever new design he has in the next Metroid game.
Nope. Honestly, I never saw that as a reason for him to never be included. I figured that he'd be hard to balance properly. Not unless he was really weak or really strong. But I'm giving up on Ridley. He's one of the cooler Nintendo villains, and he should be playable.
Ridley is one of the smaller bosses in the main Metroid series, and is also the smallest of the main four bosses in Super Metroid. His selling point was never size.
Yet it's treated like such an issue. I don't know, I wouldn't say Ridley is a shoe in by any means. Though he's by no means a lost cause. But I feel that being a hard character to implement(compared to the rest)is what's holding him back. Most characters tend to have a playstyle that reflects what they can do in their own games, as well as their personalities. This could be hard for a guy like Ridley whose mostly powerful and fast, which doesn't make the most balanced playstyle in a fighting game. So he would have to drop one of these attributes to fit in better, gameplay wise. At least, that's what I think held him back before. Since Sakurai likes to get the characters personalities accurately most of the time.(Well aside from Megaman, who for some reason doesn't want to smile or talk like he normally does)
You ought to look back at past posts in this thread to see how other people imagine Ridley working within Smash. It would give you some new perspective.
Bowser too popular?
I guess people base it on his size compared to Samus but yh....
I'm just going to assume you've bought into the Ridley hate hype when it comes to being fast and powerful and forgotten what's happened in the actual games. In Metroid Prime, Ridley was lumbering and fairly slow on the ground. He could rush you, but he does not zip around like he does in the air. Metroid Other M is an even better example of how he moves on the ground. It's almost clumsy compared to how he moves in the air. Besides, the fact that he would be big to begin with would be major weakness for him in a Smash Bros setting.
Not exactly, I still think he has a decent shot at making it in. And I sure as hell won't let the hate get to me. Otherwise I wouldn't have even wanted Megaman. I've never been that kind of dude before. But I figured given one of Sakurai's quotes, he might be seen as hard to develop for. My theory is that it had to do with balancing him properly. So we don't have a another Meta-Knight on our hands. Whether that's true or not is yet to be seen. Sorry if it felt like I didn't like Ridley in Smash, that was NOT my intention.
Well, You put things into a better perspective than I could. I do agree a good way to show power is with the grabbing mechanic. And I do understand that he has more to offer than Power and Speed. I do see that as the "face value" of what he can do though. If that makes any sense.
Nah, I could tell you were just trying to stay open about the possibility. Don't worry about it.
With super mushrooms and mega mode!
Nah, man, it's fine. I'd say most of us are pretty open to the fact that Ridley may very well not be in the new Smash. He's nowhere near a lock; hell, no one is, really, save maybe Little Mac.
How so? The 3DS has handled worse in terms of size and complexity (just look at Monster Hunter and the large creatures that has) and Ridley wouldn't be anymore pressing on the 3DS' RAM then transformation/duo characters. Really, mechanic-wise I wouldn't expect Ridley to have any trouble being playable on it.
He's been on the 3DS before.
Wouldn't hurt his chances anymore than the Ice Climbers. And they seem like they'll be fine since Rosalina and Luma are in.
I would question the IQ level of anybody that really thinks the 3DS version could hinder Ridley. I mean have you looked at some of the bosses in Kid Icarus: Uprising? Not to mention the Monster Hunter games on the system already.
Yes, its called denial
Lol Serious just look at Ganondorf in brawl and Mewtwo in melee....canon power means nothing.....when it should actually but not blatant itended OP.....
Don't worry guys, it's just Sakurai showing some support for the Ridley X Palutena pairing.Well guys , just like Ridley , Palutena deconfirmed because of large wingspan .
Wingspan deconfirms characters , don't you know ?
