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Important The Ridley for SSB4 Thread - End of an Era

Dark Phazon

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Since it seems to be story time.

Ever since I saw this in Prime1
i converted instantly.

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(seriusly don't think I have seen a more badass looking character in Nintendo before or anything gaming really :o
 
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Ridley would be much of the game's selling point as Hyrule Warriors will be when they annonce Linebeck
 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTHCtyHqQA

Speaking of detractors, this makes me laugh.

"Miis... Pacman..."
Stopped watching it after a minute, the video made me cringe. It's one of the reasons I can't take detractors seriously, especially when they suggest one-shot, unimportant, hardly-made-a-dent-in-the-series characters aka the Metroid Prime: Hunters, over the most recurring, iconic Space Pirate "badass" villain known as Ridley. Picking them over Ridley is like picking Super Mario Bros. 2's Wart over Bowser, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Ghirahim over Ganondorf, Kirby Adventure Wii's/Returns to Dreamland's Magolor over King Dedede... just stupid, wrong, and illogical... Silly detractors...
 

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Ridley would be much of the game's selling point as Hyrule Warriors will be when they annonce Linebeck
If Agitha can get in, Linebeck should, too. And Groose.

Stopped watching it after a minute, the video made me cringe. It's one of the reasons I can't take detractors seriously, especially when they suggest one-shot, unimportant, hardly-made-a-dent-in-the-series characters aka the Metroid Prime: Hunters, over the most recurring, iconic Space Pirate "badass" villain known as Ridley. Picking them over Ridley is like picking Super Mario Bros. 2's Wart over Bowser, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Ghirahim over Ganondorf, Kirby Adventure Wii's/Returns to Dreamland's Magolor over King Dedede... just stupid, wrong, and illogical... Silly detractors...
I find the comments he made down below even more cringeworthy. Dismisses every argument such as Sakurai's own words off as invalid.
 
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Ugh, there's still people that see size as an issue to his inclusion and be serious about it? Sigh...

Question time.

Did you support Ridley of your own volition after the Melee trailer (Or even before that), or did it take seeing the Ridley "is too big" and general hate around Brawl or this gmae to get you on the train?

I joined around the Brawl meltdown.
When I first saw the Melee intro, I thought Ridley would be cool to see in the fray, but never took the idea too seriously. I only became a serious supporter sometime after Brawl.
 
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Stopped watching it after a minute, the video made me cringe. It's one of the reasons I can't take detractors seriously, especially when they suggest one-shot, unimportant, hardly-made-a-dent-in-the-series characters aka the Metroid Prime: Hunters, over the most recurring, iconic Space Pirate "badass" villain known as Ridley. Picking them over Ridley is like picking Super Mario Bros. 2's Wart over Bowser, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Ghirahim over Ganondorf, Kirby Adventure Wii's/Returns to Dreamland's Magolor over King Dedede... just stupid, wrong, and illogical... Silly detractors...
I think wart showing up would be the greatest comeback since the Twinkie :joyful:
 

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Stopped watching it after a minute, the video made me cringe. It's one of the reasons I can't take detractors seriously, especially when they suggest one-shot, unimportant, hardly-made-a-dent-in-the-series characters aka the Metroid Prime: Hunters, over the most recurring, iconic Space Pirate "badass" villain known as Ridley. Picking them over Ridley is like picking Super Mario Bros. 2's Wart over Bowser, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's Ghirahim over Ganondorf, Kirby Adventure Wii's/Returns to Dreamland's Magolor over King Dedede... just stupid, wrong, and illogical... Silly detractors...
You know there is something really stupid about that video that I noticed when I first watched it but didn't mention it neither did anyone else though surprisingly. well all of his anti Ridley videos but one thing in particular is just... (-_-) Wow...

OK he says all the people who want Ridley in have never played any metroid games before?

&

Why Ridley over the MPH Hunters?

Really? Is he sure we have never played any metroid games before?

I mean I'm not a strong argumentative person but that was extremely stupid on so many levels... A lot of what he said was but them 2 points stuck out RealBad

EDIT:

actually now I remember what was even more silly than all of that was how he mentioned everyone that he thinks is a more logical choice for a metroid choice down to naming almost all the Hunters from MPH but doesn't mention Dark Samus?

WAS WAS Wah?

but us lot ain't never played any metroid games before right?
Wow.... That's pretty mind boggling seriously they are entertainment vids to me anyway no one should take him remotely serious.
 
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You know there is something really stupid about that video well all of his anti Ridley videos but one thing in particular is just... (-_-) Wow...

OK he says all the people who want Ridley in have never played any metroid games before?

&

Why Ridley over the MPH Hunters?

Really? Is he sure we have never played any metroid games before?

I mean I'm not a strong argumentative person but that was extremely stupid on so many levels... A lot of what he said was but them 2 points stuck out RealBad

EDIT:

actually now I remember what was even more silly than all of that was how he mentioned everyone that he thinks is a more logical choice for a metroid choice down to naming almost all the Hunters from MPH but doesn't mention Dark Samus?

WAS WAS Wah?

but us lot ain't never played any metroid games before right?
Wow.... That's pretty mind boggling seriously there entertainment vids to me anyway no one should take him remotely serious.
I don't even bother watching those kind of videos anymore because all they do is get me worked up.
I will admit that some of the hunters like sylux or weavel would make great AT's though.
 

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I don't even bother watching those kind of videos anymore because all they do is get me worked up.
I will admit that some of the hunters like sylux or weavel would make great AT's though.

I agree that if any of the hunters should come back should be Weavel and Sylux they have great potential expecially Sylux also they are the only 2 out of the 6 that have some backstory

I believe Samus is responsible for Weavel being split in half she messed him up in a battle I believe and he repaired himself he is some sort of high rank space pirate no?

Foggy memory?

also Sylux stole I think all his weapons and gear from the galactic federation and apparently has a hatred for Samus or so.

+ Lockjaw was so beast and sick design

Sylux for prime4!
also on a side note is there no footage of the legendary chunky Kong AT?
still shocked if true that's like one of the MPH Hunters being a AT... Crazy.. If true
 
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Question time.

Did you support Ridley of your own volition after the Melee trailer (Or even before that), or did it take seeing the Ridley "is too big" and general hate around Brawl or this gmae to get you on the train?

I joined around the Brawl meltdown.
I've been a fan of Ridley ever since I got into Metroid, as he was the one who got me into Super Metroid when I saw him on the box art. But the idea of Ridley being playable in Smash first came into my head when he made a cameo appearance in SSB64, flying across Planet Zebes. I was immensely pleased, but I didn't think he would be made playable in the future.

It was until Melee's release, where he fought against Samus in the trailer, that I thought "Oh my god, Ridley's a playable character?!", and started actively supporting his inclusion when I found out he wasn't actually in the game.
 

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Question time.

Did you support Ridley of your own volition after the Melee trailer (Or even before that), or did it take seeing the Ridley "is too big" and general hate around Brawl or this gmae to get you on the train?

I joined around the Brawl meltdown.
Since the Brawl days I always thought Ridley was a deserving and interesting character to add, though it wasn't until I seen the ridiculously illogical and insistent detractor arguments against him that I became a hard supporter of him.
 

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You know there is something really stupid about that video that I noticed when I first watched it but didn't mention it neither did anyone else though surprisingly. well all of his anti Ridley videos but one thing in particular is just... (-_-) Wow...

OK he says all the people who want Ridley in have never played any metroid games before?

&

Why Ridley over the MPH Hunters?

Really? Is he sure we have never played any metroid games before?

I mean I'm not a strong argumentative person but that was extremely stupid on so many levels... A lot of what he said was but them 2 points stuck out RealBad

EDIT:

actually now I remember what was even more silly than all of that was how he mentioned everyone that he thinks is a more logical choice for a metroid choice down to naming almost all the Hunters from MPH but doesn't mention Dark Samus?

WAS WAS Wah?

but us lot ain't never played any metroid games before right?
Wow.... That's pretty mind boggling seriously they are entertainment vids to me anyway no one should take him remotely serious.
I agree. Metroid Prime Hunters characters would not have an original moveset, unlike Ridley. Ridley's savage gameplay would be nice when you have to let off steam after a hard day.
 

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So has anyone thought of a potential moveset for Ridley in case I missed it? I'll be happy as long as he has a tail stab.
 

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SLOW DOWN SO I CAN CATCH UP PEOPLE!! GEEEZ!!

Seriously though I actually don't like that we're practically doing like 20+ pages a day, flooding the thread with mostly fluff.
It doesn't help that people are posting for the sake of "reaching page 1,000" or whatever. It really defeats the goal if posts consist of nothing but that.

@ Anthony talk -


Keep that **** out of here.

So has anyone thought of a potential moveset for Ridley in case I missed it? I'll be happy as long as he has a tail stab.
General consensus is as follows:

Specials - Plasma breath/fireballs (multiple shots/chargeable)
Command Grab/Flight
Tail Stab
"Stun" Scream or Skin Hardening (ala Other M) doubling as a reflector
 

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He's secretly a dog posing as a human

Anyone who played the Metroid would know how much of a important role the other bounty hunters have in Metroid prime one [/sarcasm]

I hope he does a video if Ridley is revealed as playable
Someone should slap this guy. Not because he doesn't want Ridley, but because of the way he's acting, and because of his attitude. "Ridley ****" is just plain insulting.
 
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Someone should slap this guy. Not because he doesn't want Ridley, but because of the way he's acting, and because of his attitude. "Ridley ****" is just plain insulting.
He has an account here, if you want, you can tage him(it's the same username as his yotube channel), I don't want to start a flame war, so, I'm going to stay silent
 

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He has an account here, if you want, you can tage him(it's the same username as his yotube channel)
Please don't.
I don't want to start a flame war, so, I'm going to stay silent
You don't have to be silent per se. But it's better off if you don't instigate anything/can say you had nothing to do with it.

If you guys have a problem with them, you can always take it to PMs, or actually message him on his channel.
 

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It's the mod warning cycle.

So in a feeble attempt to change the subject; between Ridley and K. Rool who do you think would be the better character competitively in Smash if they both got in?
 

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It's the mod warning cycle.

So in a feeble attempt to change the subject; between Ridley and K. Rool who do you think would be the better character competitively in Smash if they both got in?
-u- Ridley....of course.....!
 
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It's the mod warning cycle.

So in a feeble attempt to change the subject; between Ridley and K. Rool who do you think would be the better character competitively in Smash if they both got in?
Ridley because air game, I fear K. Rool will be just like Bowser in the past games, big, slow and terrible projectile
 

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If what we're speculating is true and Ridley does end up as the opposite of Little Mac, then I imagine he'll share the opposite problem when it comes to stages. Little Mac has been shown to be very situational, being an absolute terror on big flat stages but struggling on those that are require lots of aerial finesse. If Ridley is slow on the ground then I can see expansive stages with little to no ledges presenting a hindrance.

K. Rool I see being slow but hitting hard while relying on projectiles and having a few moves that are unexpectedly fast for a guy his size.

As for who'd be better between the two, I'd say Ridley would have the upperhand when on a stage where air game is paramount, but not so on stages with a lot of ground.
 

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If what we're speculating is true and Ridley does end up as the opposite of Little Mac, then I imagine he'll share the opposite problem when it comes to stages. Little Mac has been shown to be very situational, being an absolute terror on big flat stages but struggling on those that are require lots of aerial finesse. If Ridley is slow on the ground then I can see expansive stages with little to no ledges presenting a hindrance.

K. Rool I see being slow but hitting hard while relying on projectiles and having a few moves that are unexpectedly fast for a guy his size.

As for who'd be better between the two, I'd say Ridley would have the upperhand when on a stage where air game is paramount, but not so on stages with a lot of ground.
Even stages with ground wouldn't stop him from fighting in the air
 

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I only played some of the earlier Donkey Kong games on the gameboy, so never really cared about King K. Rool as a villain, so clearly has to be Ridley for me. When I see King K. Rool all I see is a overweight Crocodile with a hernia (nothing personal against people who want him in smash).
 

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It's shaped like an owl so...
No no no. I mean big adult owlley.
Well, not BIG in that way, but you know.
EDIT so that I don't double post
Gut says Ridley will beat out K. Rool in terms of tiers, but since they are both large characters, they'll both be low tier unless the tiers are dramatically shaken with higher balance.
King Dedede is B tier in Brawl, so large characters aren't necessarily bad.
Except I ignore tier lists anyway so I'll play whatever anyway. I mained Mewtwo in Melee so...
EDIT 2: Also not sure if he counts as a large character but Wario is A tier so
 
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So we're all in agreement that Ridley being a boss would literally make Pyrosphere one of the worst stages, considering the Yellow Devil?
 
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Even stages with ground wouldn't stop him from fighting in the air
Even so the differences between that of a stage floating in midair and one stationed completely on the ground can have many factors. On a stage with ledges an aerial character can easily throw someone off the side, go out after them, do a meteor smash, and come back safely. That can't be done on something like a walk-off stage. Also, even if you can glide/hover/fly off the ground with ease, you're still venerable to someone shooting you down from below if the stage is mostly land.
 
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