Hey guys. :3
I see you are all approaching 1000 pages. Thats great! :D
Just felt like sharing my thoughts and history with Ridley.
So I guess I should start with where I first saw him. Naturally, when you don't know of a Nintendo franchise, you learn about it from Smash bros. So my first encounter was from Melee's opening cutscene. I think Ridley stood out to me the most. I even memorized his name...kinda...I...I kept pronouncing his name "Rideley..." >.>
Anyway, brawl came out. Liked the boss fights with him and Meta-Ridley.
Then when I started to venture out into the wonders of the internet, I started to see the Ridley support. Now, I never thought of him as too big. Though, that's mostly because I never even considered him playable because of not knowing anything about him. I heard about the too big argument right when I saw the support for him.
Now, how do I feel about Ridley? Well, with this much fan support he should be in the game. And too be honest, I am intrigued of what kind of moveset he could have. As a character himself, not too invested in. I'm more of the cute & cuddly kind of guy. With that said there are some interesting things about him I heard here and there. Apparently he is intelligent and can regenerate. That true?
What do I think of his chances? Well, I think they are rather high. I think a Ridley will be playable. Why do I word it like? If my limited understanding of metroid is correct, then there is more then one Ridley correct? If thats the case, then the Other M Ridley could be a boss while the Super Metroid Ridley can be the playable one. If there can be multiple zeldas, multiple samuses, and mulitple R.O.B.s then there sure can be multiple Ridleys.
I decided to put this out there in the first place because I just finally got off my lazy butt and decided to play super metriod. I wanted to see my general impressions on Ridley as a beginner fan of the series to when I beat more metriod games so I'm posting this here.
Wasn't too into it at first, but once I started fighting Kraid it started to get really fun. I have the speed booster now, and will continue to play it further. Might even play Metroid Fusion afterwards. Never thought I would have fun with the metroid series. Didn't seem like my kind of series.