There was Metroid stage talk earlier, and I just want to add that I'm probably the only person who was upset with the Mother Brain assist trophy. Why? because I've been wanting a Tourian stage for the longest time. Don't think we'll get that now with Mother Brain an assist.
While it is indeed irksome and unacceptable behavior (and I will admit, I too was guilty of this in my first post after the direct), I find people talking down to them constantly behind their backs with "not true Ridley fans" or "jumped ship weaklings" or "their worse then detractors!" just as irksome. Too be fair, many here don't do it, but I see that mentality (which I personally find to be just as toxic) floating around here from time to time. Chrono certainly deserves criticism for the "denial" talk, but the constant belittling of people whom find his chances unlikely anymore isn't any better.
The problem indeed isn't Iwata, the unfortunate truth is that F-Zero not only doesn't sell well but was in a huge decline, especially with F-Zero GP Legend and Climax. I want a new F-Zero really badly, but I have a feeling we may not see one for a good long while.
I'm not quite sure who's to blame in the name-calling after the Direct, but I do get the feeling that the skeptics are trying too hard in attempting to kill off interest in Ridley. Yes, the backhanded insults from loyalists are unwarranted, but in the end they're just expressing their undying loyalty, unwavering passion, and almost always occasional desperation to the character they want most to be playable. Most, if not all of them, have already liked Ridley as a character even before getting into Smash Bros. Some of them even cite Ridley as the character who got them into the Metroid series itself.
I understand the legitimate concerns from those who doubt his chances now. Ridley is
not a guaranteed character like some others, and to believe otherwise would be foolish. But it's childish to think we should all jump ship and sneer at the newcomer we all wanted so badly, just because of a simple shadow. People genuinely like Ridley, not just because it's cool to like purple space pirate dragons, but because of his constant, looming threat towards Samus and the Galaxy in Metroid, his memorable boss fights, and his classic theme. If we were dismiss him entirely just like that, we would be denying a cornerstone of Metroid's mythos from coming into fruition. People won't stop supporting Ridley until he's finally playable in a Super Smash Bros game, and Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS will
not be his last stand. They will let their voices be heard, boss hazards be damned.
Nintendo knows about the importance of Metroid, and its characters in relation to other franchises, they know that it's not just another sci-fi action series with a woman as its protagonist. It is the late Gunpei Yokoi's greatest achievement in Nintendo's video game library, a milestone in its genre, and has been influential to future titles in the decades after the first game's release. They would be wise to not let it rot in the waste bin of forgotten franchises.
Anyways, the problem with revealing Ridley as a Boss Hazard to me is not just the teasing, ambiguity, etc., but that he would clearly be a hypocrite, considering he had made it clear that he did not want to reuse ideas from other fighting games, yet Ridley attacking players on the Pyrosphere would be a reused idea from DOA: Dimensions. The fact that you may be able to fight back against Ridley is not adequate, imo.
Yeah, that really bugs me. Why the hell would Sakurai do something that half-assed? To make Ridley into a boss hazard on Norfair or Pirate Homeworld is one thing, but to outright
imitate someone else's idea regarding the Geothermal Power Plant is another thing entirely.
