Important The Ridley for SSB4 Thread - End of an Era

[Dalek_Kolt]

I noticed something (and to change the subject) about Ridley and Pit. Besides the sister series connection, they are both the last of their kind. Ridley's species was wiped out in mass genocide and Pit is the only angel left in Palutena's army if you don't count his dark half (who is still technically him anyway) thanks to Medusa in the first game.

Just thought that was interesting.

Uh...Where did the whole "entire species wiped out in genocide" thing come from? I haven't read that in any scan entries or wikipedia articles...

 

[Phaazoid]

While I kinda agree with this nothing if not a character sentiment, it is a bit pointless, as at this point, if there's anything we know about Ridley, I'm willing to bet he's either playable or a boss on the pyrosphere. Because that was definitely pyrosphere, and you don't hype assist trophies/pokeballs?!!? like that.

 

[AustarusIV]

I personally want Ridley to have a bigger role than just being a trophy, but not if he's being reduced to a measly stage hazard, I'd never play Pyrosphere outside of the FD version out of pure spite. Him being a boss in Adventure Mode would be better than nothing, but not a buff pinata for players to bash on like the Yellow Devil, that's just not a role for Ridley to fill.

For me, I'm just not going to get the Wii U version if Ridley's just a boss hazard. I'm also secretly hoping that it underperforms compared to the 3DS version because of the huge release gap.

Yeah, this is really petty, I know.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

For me, I'm just not going to get the Wii U version if Ridley's just a boss hazard. I'm also secretly hoping that it underperforms compared to the 3DS version because of the huge release gap.

Yeah, this is really petty, I know.

I'm going to get it regardless honestly, I don't think I can get past my view that the 3DS version is going to be my demo version until I can get the Wii U version, which is equally as petty.

 

[DustyPumpkin]

I'm glad i have to go to college tomorrow so I don't have to be waiting around for hours waiting for the thing to start

 

[majora_787]

Uh...Where did the whole "entire species wiped out in genocide" thing come from? I haven't read that in any scan entries or wikipedia articles...

Headcanon is extremely important to the metroid community, just let it sit.

 

[Zuba Oki]

The Day of Reckoning is upon us fellow space pirates. Let us join in ceremonial song and dance for our awaited High Commander

 

[Reila]

Man, something is telling Pac-Man will be the only newcomer tomorrow. I need to be wrong.

 

[Xhampi]

Uh...Where did the whole "entire species wiped out in genocide" thing come from? I haven't read that in any scan entries or wikipedia articles...

Found it :

http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Ridley

I don't think that this is legit tough, like you I didn't see this mentioned anywhere in the games or manga.

 

[Phaazoid]

Man, something is telling Pac-Man will be the only newcomer tomorrow. I need to be wrong.

Nothing would make my day more than them showing the classic 2D pac-man as an assist trophy and saying something that completely de-confirms him as playable. Not out of hatred for pac-man specifically, but the sal leak in general. then ridley comes out and eats things.

Also, on the Ridley species thing, didn't he have that cousin who was a judge or something?

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Man, something is telling Pac-Man will be the only newcomer tomorrow. I need to be wrong.

We're most likely going to get more than one, I can't really imagine us only getting something that amounts to a regular Nintendo Direct's announcement. I think Pac-Man is guaranteed tomorrow though, but I'm fairly certain he won't be the only one.

 

[Reila]

We're most likely going to get more than one, I can't really imagine us only getting something that amounts to a regular Nintendo Direct's announcement. I think Pac-Man is guaranteed tomorrow though, but I'm fairly certain he won't be the only one.

Maybe I am just too pessimist. We got three newcomers (one outside of the Direct) in the 2013 E3, so I have no reasons to believe we are getting only a random third party character this time, SPECIALLY considering the 3DS version will be released soon (if they don't delay it). Yet, I can't shake the feeling we will somehow be very disappointed tomorrow. Perhaps it is because I was expecting more interesting characters in the two past directs and then... we got Little Mac and Greninja -.- I mean, they are cool characters and I am very glad for Little Mac fans... but to me both past directs were a bit underwhelming (as far as newcomers are concerned). Oh well, it will all end in 22 (or 21) hours.

 

[Kind Dedede]

You kid, but that could be a reasonable reason to not put Ridley in Smash.

And I agree. A Nintendo All-Star game should be composed 100% by Nintendo characters. But what can we do? Just accept Sonic, Mega Man, etc.

Sonic and Mega Man speak different volumes when it comes to Third Party characters. They're some of the very select few I would truly consider the honor of being allowed into the games along with Bomberman, Banjo Kazooie and Geno. People like Snake, PAC Man and Slime really shouldn't even be considered. Not they're bad or horrible characters but rather they don't even come close to representing Nintendo like the 5 do. (Geno is a stretch, he's a Mario franchise character stuck in Square hell.)

 

[Dark Phazon]

Does E3 start 5pm for those who live in the UK? Also does anyone know what time Smash Invitational begins for those who live in the UK? Many thanks.

Event is 5pm
tourney is 12am Wednesday morning.... (-_-)

 

[Exegguter]

Pac-man can get lost. I'd rather have bomberman/banjo/conker/bayonetta/anyone else

I'm really hoping for someone we didnt see in the leaks. Someone unexpected ---->THAT I LIKE<----.

Because if Ridley won't get confimed playable and all we're getting is some lame ass characters. I'm turning into a hater. The biggest hater ever.

 

[Phaazoid]

Pac-man can get lost. I'd rather have bomberman/banjo/conker/bayonetta/anyone else

I'm really hoping for someone we didnt see in the leaks. Someone unexpected ---->THAT I LIKE<----.

Because if Ridley won't get confimed playable and all we're getting is some lame *** characters. I'm turning into a hater. The biggest hater ever.

If I were a writer this would be the backstory for my super villain

 

[Exegguter]

If I were a writer this would be the backstory for my super villain

Eventhough I was serious, I lol'd XD

 

[MasterOfKnees]

Maybe I am just too pessimist. We got three newcomers (one outside of the Direct) in the 2013 E3, so I have no reasons to believe we are getting only a random third party character this time, SPECIALLY considering the 3DS version will be released soon (if they don't delay it). Yet, I can't shake the feeling we will somehow be very disappointed tomorrow. Perhaps it is because I was expecting more interesting characters in the two past directs and then... we got Little Mac and Greninja -.- I mean, they are cool characters and I am very glad for Little Mac fans... but to me both past directs were a bit underwhelming (as far as newcomers are concerned). Oh well, it will all end in 22 (or 21) hours.

Oh I'm keeping my expectations low regardless, I don't consider any newcomer but Mega Man and Little Mac to have been great picks thus far, so you can probably figure how I feel. I'm expecting more than just Pac though, but I'm not expecting anyone I care for to appear.

 

[Dark Phazon]

Well just watched Microsofts E3 it was decent.... Tbh the halo all in one (halo2 hd) was the best thing was really hoping for a Gears of War 4 trailer to blow my knickers off but nope....... (-_-)

Well Nintendo could easily snatch this E3 but yh..... I said the same thing last year....

Seriously taking into consideration the most obvious but also most likely

Just do

New Zelda U
New Metroid or Starfox
Mewtwo Returns

And just all that same FE X SMT/Yarn/ Monolift X/Bayo2



Basically fairly popular but already announced games and it will be better than last year's Imo.

And if they do one of these 3 curve balls aswell

Paper Mario U (like the N64/GC one plz)
Super Mario Galaxy 3 tease trailer
(Miyamoto been banging on about it it's more inevitable than Palutena in Smash.. Galaxy 1, 2 sold a **** tone and we clearly can never have enough Rosalina that cheap **** shoved down our throats..)

Even though Galaxy series sucker major **** obviously mildly ******** to not make a sequel to SM64 or Sunshine instead a bull* glorified Mario app bull*



BruV... Tbh I has no hope anything it's gonna be dry

Just do the above at minimum or its gonna be super dry... Like worse than last year's RealTalk...

I really really really doubt Ridley is playable that's like pipe dream stuff serious that's like....

Ah.... Not in the mood for this ****....... I'm gone

 

[Shinru202]

Found it :

http://aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Ridley

I don't think that this is legit tough, like you I didn't see this mentioned anywhere in the games or manga.

Not yet, anyways....Nintendo should emphasize on Ridley's past and make a Metroid Spin-Off based on Ridley's past.

 

[DustyPumpkin]

WAITER, I might 'ave somting im... *hic* important tomorrow, sho... Sho I need to you... to *hic* come back to my place wid me, how... *hic* bout it?

 

[SchAlternate]

Mods better get ready regardless, because a storm is coming. Either a hypestorm or a ****storm.

 

[Deleted member]

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WAITER, I might 'ave somting im... *hic* important tomorrow, sho... Sho I need to you... to *hic* come back to my place wid me, how... *hic* bout it?

"Wait he says, do I look like a waiter?"

 

[Reila]

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WAITER, I might 'ave somting im... *hic* important tomorrow, sho... Sho I need to you... to *hic* come back to my place wid me, how... *hic* bout it?

Is this a Ridley gijinka?

 

[DustyPumpkin]

Is this a Ridley gijinka?

Yes, yes it is.

Here's a Roidly One from a day or two ago.

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Oh no, Buff guys in turtlenecks MY ONE WEAKNESS!!
*ded*

 

[Saltwater Gem]

a thousand times this

you guys gotta remember, these videos are for a huge audience, it's very hard to read Sakurai's intentions. Can't interpret everything he does as geared toward a Ridley fanbase.

This is the point that I was getting at. Look at the information presented in the Direct to the ENTIRE audience.

The average Smash fan and the casual player who has a passing interest in Smash fan will have seen that part of the Direct and say, "Oh, I guess Ridley's a boss" for the former or "Oh we have to fight that Metroid dragon" in case of the latter. The average Ridley fan said "GODDAMN IT, A BOSS AGAIN?!" (that would be me). The majority of people are in those three groups. It's only a dozen or so rabid Ridley fans who interpret that to mean the exact OPPOSITE, spend huge amounts of time comparing shadows of various character under the Winter solstice sun in the southern hemisphere, invent perpetually flying game mechanics, invent a Ridley and "bigger" Ridley boss scenario, etc.

I really don't think Ridley is playable. Our most reliable leaks either don't have him listed as a playable character or state that he is a boss. I enjoy speculation and trying to work things out, but just try to keep things in perspective. Try to enjoy everything else that we get at E3.

 

[Pacack]

Nothing would make my day more than them showing the classic 2D pac-man as an assist trophy and saying something that completely de-confirms him as playable. Not out of hatred for pac-man specifically, but the sal leak in general. then ridley comes out and eats things.

Also, on the Ridley species thing, didn't he have that cousin who was a judge or something?

Well!

 

[Ridley_Prime]

I personally want Ridley to have a bigger role than just being a trophy, but not if he's being reduced to a measly stage hazard, I'd never play Pyrosphere outside of the FD version out of pure spite. Him being a boss in Adventure Mode would be better than nothing, but not a buff pinata for players to bash on like the Yellow Devil, that's just not a role for Ridley to fill.

Agreed. If I'm playing online and whoever's hosting picks the non-FD Pyrosphere, that may be a red flag for me and I might just disconnect automatically every time. No joke.

Man, something is telling Pac-Man will be the only newcomer tomorrow. I need to be wrong.

And Mii's and some veterans. THE HYPE IS REAL!

 

[JaidynReiman]

This is the point that I was getting at. Look at the information presented in the Direct to the ENTIRE audience.

The average Smash fan and the casual player who has a passing interest in Smash fan will have seen that part of the Direct and say, "Oh, I guess Ridley's a boss" for the former or "Oh we have to fight that Metroid dragon" in case of the latter. The average Ridley fan said "GODDAMN IT, A BOSS AGAIN?!" (that would be me). The majority of people are in those three groups. It's only a dozen or so rabid Ridley fans who interpret that to mean the exact OPPOSITE, spend huge amounts of time comparing shadows of various character under the Winter solstice sun in the southern hemisphere, invent perpetually flying game mechanics, invent a Ridley and "bigger" Ridley boss scenario, etc.

I really don't think Ridley is playable. Our most reliable leaks either don't have him listed as a playable character or state that he is a boss. Try to enjoy everything else that we get at E3.

I'm not a rabid Ridley fan and I never came to that conclusion.

 

[Saltwater Gem]

I'm not a rabid Ridley fan and I never came to that conclusion.

Then that may not pertain to you. I'm just saying we have to keep perspective in mind here.

 

[Dalek_Kolt]

I'm pretty sure that even a casual Smash fan with passing familiarity with Metroid would be curious as to why Sakurai would hide a boss that was already a friggin boss in the previous game.

 

[Dinoman96]

Even though Galaxy series sucker major ****

 

[Saltwater Gem]

I'm pretty sure that even a casual Smash fan with passing familiarity with Metroid would be curious as to why Sakurai would hide a boss that was already a friggin boss in the previous game.

I'm not sure casual fans would think that it needs to be read into that much.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

I really don't think Ridley is playable. Our most reliable leaks either don't have him listed as a playable character or state that he is a boss. I enjoy speculation and trying to work things out, but just try to keep things in perspective. Try to enjoy everything else that we get at E3.

No reliable leak states he's a boss, the only reliable leak we actually have is Gematsu where he's absent from. Mind you I don't think he's playable either, just saying.

Whether I enjoy what they present at E3 or not depends entirely on what they present. I haven't been happy with quite a lot of choices Sakurai has made for this game, I'm not obliged to like whatever they show us, Ridley has no effect on any of that, whether he's confirmed or deconfirmed. If Pac-Man is shown I'm not going to be happy with it regardless, if K. Rool is shown I'm going to be happy regardless, if we get a new Metroid I'm going to be overly excited regardless.

 

[Snagrio]

What happened here? Seems like all optimism just vanished from this thread today.

 

[Dalek_Kolt]

I'm not sure casual fans would think that it needs to be read into that much.

Casual doesn't mean "dumb", ya know. Ridley's already a boss. His battle, though cribbing a bit from Dyna Blade, was solid and without buildup. Any "casual" fan can just Youtube Brawl boss battles.

There is literally no reason to build up Ridley to be a copy/Paste of the Geothermal Power Plant stage from Dead/Alive.

 

[Reila]

What happened here? Seems like all optimism just vanished from this thread today.

I can't speak for everyone, but I am just afraid of being disappointed again. I can't help but feel pessimistic about Rids.

 

[Phaazoid]

Well!

Like I said, it's not because I dislike Pac-Man. It's because I hate the Sal leak. I'd be equally satisfied with a Palutena deconfirmation. While I don't dislike Pac-Man, I despise Palutena.

 

[TitanTeaTime]

Honestly I have like 6 or 7 characters I wouldn't mind getting revealed at e3. I'd also be fine with an off-the-wall character too, but I'm just keeping hope for multiple characters so that I'm not majorly depressed if 1 doesn't get in.

 

[Xzsmmc]

I can't speak for everyone, but I am just afraid of being disappointed again. I can't help but feel pessimistic about Rids.

This may sound harsh, but if he is revealed as unplayable tomorrow, you're going to be disappointed regardless of how you feel beforehand. Hope springs eternal and all that.