Kalimdori
Amateur Youtuber
Thing is, if Ridley is just a boss hazard, Sakurai's actions with him are illogical. What sense is there of hyping up a boss hazard, a gimmick to something that has always been present in Smash Bros? Especially when it's a character that is highly requested in the Smash community to be playable? That is parallel to hyping up Mewtwo as a Master Ball Pokemon, as that is also a gimmick to an already existing feature.I already stated why I accused many in this thread of sounding like they're in denial; they argue against detractors like its only logical to believe he will be playable based on has been given to us, and that makes it easy to feel like a reality check is needed occasionally for Ridley supporters.
The chances are not good. I think accepting this is important.
I just think a little more humility on both sides would do the discussion well, overall.
We've had 10 months, 10 months, since the Pyrosphere was shown. Since then, all we have gotten in reference to Ridley is a tease of a shadow. Ridley is literally the only character that he has been this ambiguous with that has yet to be confirmed playable. This has happened 2 times before. First, of course, is , who was in an even worse situation then Ridley, as we actually saw his full model in game. Second is , whose situation before she was confirmed was nearly identical to that of Ridley. Why?
10 months ago, we received confirmation that the Pyrosphere would appear as a stage. In addition to this, we were hinted that an enemy from Samus's past (Samus's trauma in the Japanese version, confirming it to be Ridley) could appear at any second. Ridley was not mentioned by name, nor was he was confirmed as to what role he would play, although the text combined with the picture suggests that he could be a stage boss. A few months later, we got a picture of Palutena's temple, with a full picture of Palutena's statue in the background. The quote was that the Goddess of Light would be watching over the battlefield. Palutena was not mentioned by name, nor was she confirmed as to what role he would play, although the text combined with the picture suggests that she would merely be a statue.
Fast forward to the Direct: We were shown, at the end of the Yellow Devil section, we were tease with Ridley's shadow, with the quote of "Boss characters can appear on other stages, not just this one." Ridley confirmed to be a boss, right? Well, later, in the trophy section, we were teased with a picture of Pseudo Palutena. Soooo....... Palutena confirmed to be a statue?
Then it comes to the shadow itself. This is NOT as irrelevant as people try to claim. Why? Because A) We can directly correlate what size he is in the Direct (Which is easily the smallest he's ever been, excluding the original Metroid) and B) we can see how he moves and how his animations work, as they follow the actions of the character, we have seen this from previous footage of the Pyrosphere. Well, of course, his boss battle couldn't be done yet, right? That is possible, sure, although extremely unlikely. We were shown the Pyrosphere 8 months before the Direct, it does not take that long to program a boss fight to the point that he can only fly slowly in a straight line and hover. And there is no excuse for him being small, Ridley in Brawl was enormous, getting shrunk down to this size and being stuck as a stage boss is a painful demotion.
And even IF that is a poorly designed boss, we still have the Alfonzo meme. But I don't think I need to explain that.
Those are my arguments. If you wish to discuss, please do. I enjoy a good debate.