Ridley in Brawl.

[BLACKHEATS]

On A Level

:sick: It Just Came To Me Wat If Ridley Is On A Level To Choose From He Flies Down And Does Some **** But Concider It He Might Be On A Level:sick:

 

[amirreza]

@^Get on topic you lot...

I have no doubt he could be a decent playable charecter, but I still say a difficult boss role ONLY is a much better move. There needs to be a stand-alone boss from Metroid, and who better than Ridley?

Just because he CAN be a great char. in A fighting game, doesnt mean he SHOULD be, otherwise the SSBB roster would include hundreds of charecters, you understand? There needs to be room to grow for the series, and although SSBB brings a lot of odd and questionable charecters to the table, (and a bunch of chars. that dont belong) I dont think it's late enough to add Ridley or anything like it.
I agree Ridley has a helluve bloody chance, (because that completely absurd and outragous BS Pokemon Trainer charecter was somehow thrown in) but IMO SSB isnt ready for Ridley yet.

Mother Brain and Kraid?

 

[LevesqueIsKing]

^Brawl seems to be revolving around series' current storylines and character models.

 

[LevesqueIsKing]

He didn't say it wouldn't be great, he said it would be 'less of a game'. Big difference.

Wow...just wow. No comment.

I totally agree. Who needs ANY new characters? Didn't stop us from playing SSBM. In fact, why don't we keep all the same stages and modes too! Sounds great...

What are you talking about "awe"? If I'm in "awe" of anything, it's that you people's defenses for Ridley not to be included are a bit sad. Just like the debates of Sonic for the past few years. "He'll be too weak, too fast, too weird" etc. Saying things like that are pathetic excuses for Ridley not to be in.

Ridley Boss Music. Ridley Boss stage. Ridley in the clouds, along with Bowser and Ganondorf (who is most likely going to be playable). There's so many freaking signs it's like a slap in the face IMO.

No need for personal attacks, Tyler.

 

[amirreza]

^Brawl seems to be revolving around series' current storylines and character models.

Dark Samus

 

[LevesqueIsKing]

^An interesting idea. Personally, I doubt she will be included in the storyline because she is so similar to Samus, but its possible. Ideally, I'd have Ridley in the Subspace and a boss and have Dark Samus as a costume.

 

[amirreza]

^An interesting idea. Personally, I doubt she will be included in the storyline because she is so similar to Samus, but its possible. Ideally, I'd have Ridley in the Subspace and a boss and have Dark Samus as a costume.

Excellent idea. And why not have Dark Samus a playable character? I mean, look at Mario/Luigi, C.Falcon/Ganon, Roy/Marth and Ness/Lucas.

 

[LevesqueIsKing]

^Because I'd prefer to have costumes than clones, that is your opinion.

 

[ssbb_lover]

No need for personal attacks, Tyler.

No personal attacks. I'm attacking an entire group.

 

[skewzzme]

I wouldnt mind Ridley, but honestly, any new character I'd be fine with. No character could 'ruin' the game IMO

 

[LevesqueIsKing]

No personal attacks. I'm attacking an entire group.

Yeah...an entire group of posts made by the same single person.

:sick:

 

[ssbb_lover]

Yeah...an entire group of posts made by the same single person.

:sick:

What? I didn't attack the kid, I quoted separate sections of his posts and commented. Attacking, IMO, is something like, "Dude ur a freakin faggot LIK ZOMFG U IDIOT GAWD UR GAY".

Anyways, on-topic anyone?

 

[Fox]

No character could 'ruin' the game IMO

Oh look, a teletubby

 

[AtomicB]

'He's too big.'
Ridley's size is hardly an argument. Smash is meant to bring fan-favorite Nintendo (mostly) characters into playable fighting form. As long as a moveset can be created for them then they are Smash-capable. Ridley size would not interfere with this. Bowser is a good example, as he has been much larger than Ridley ever has been in some games, but in other games (even Smash) he has been downsized to fit whatever role he is given. Ridley's role has always been as a boss. (an important one, at that) It's only natural for him to be large and imposing for this role. Ridley's role in Smash? To fight ofcourse! So he would be easily downsized so he could do so with the rest of the Nintendo all-stars.

Yes, Bowser has indeed been larger than Ridley. But his general size is smaller than Ridley, and by that I mean the size he has appeared in in most of the Mario games.

'He would be an Assist Trophy.'
Ridley? An Assist Trophy? Let's look into what has been confirmed Assist Trophy material.

Hammer Bro. - A generic enemy of the Mario franchise.
Nintendog - Something to represent a very successful franchise that otherwise, could not have been represented in Smash. (Think of what critics would say about Smash if you were able to kick around a cute little puppy!)
Samurai Goroh - A rival of Captain Falcon. He was one of the first four F-Zero characters. Seems important enough to be playable, doesn't he? Not really... F-Zero hasn't really come along as a franchise as much as Metroid has recently. Main villains, like Black Shadow and Deathborn would be more likely if F-Zero were to get another representative. That is what Ridley is, a main villain.
Dr. Wright - Like the Nintendog, he is here to represent a series that was popular, but otherwise did not have enough going for him to make him playable.
Knuckle Joe - An enemy and helper character of the Kirby series. He's not important to the series, but is highly popular. Kirby is likely to be better represented this time around, with Meta-Knight and King Dedede joing him for Brawl. Knuckle Joe was likely just included as an Assist Trophy for his popularity.
Devil - A character from an old, popular game. He was included for the nostalgic effect, it would seem.
Andross (Old) - a floating head he may be very important and a last boss but in the end all he is is a floating head... nuff said.

Now, Ridley is not a generic enemy like a Hammer Bro or Knuckle Joe. He is an important part of the Metroid series; He gave Samus her motives for becoming who she is, basically. He's a highly important villain in a very popular series in need of representation, unlike Goroh. Unlike the Nintendog and Dr. Wright, he is capable of fighting, and his respective game(s) is not old. The Devil is there to represent an old popular game series, something Metroid is not.

So, from what can be gathered, Ridley is not Assist Trophy material.

You're basing this assumption off an nonexistent pattern. The Assist Trophies are partly there to enable the Smash Bros. team to implement characters into the game who don't really fit as fighters.

Andross plays a large role in the Star Fox series. He is one of the main antagonists. From your reasoning, I could equally say that Ridley is "Just a dragon-alien".

'He would be a boss.'
Ofcourse he should be. That is what he always has been. Does this mean he should be unplayable? No way! Bowser and Ganondorf have also been bosses, but they are playable in Melee. (Ridley is often considered the 'Bowser and Ganondorf' for Metroid) The recently confirmed boss, Petey Piranha, is not important to the Mario series. He's popular yes, but not important. Meta-Ridley, the huge cybernetic Dragon of Metroid Prime would make a great boss, in fact. He could stay his huge size. And attack in the same method. Dropping bombs for players to catch and throw back at him. Once grounded, he would use his dash attack to try and knock away players. That is when you dodge, and attack him during Meta-Ridley's lag. If you don't cause enough damage, look out for his plasma beam! It could be quite intense! 'Classic' Ridley however, could also be an earlier 'boss' that you must fight and defeat. He would be like a normal playable character, though. (Although probably made heavier to make him more difficult) Only later will he return as the monstrous Meta-Ridley boss. You may notice 'Boss Fight' in the title of Ridley's theme. This is only the name of the song used in the games, the 'Boss Fight' there to show Ridley's boss status in his games.

Yes, but Bowser and Ganondorf aren't generally the size of a mobile-home.



Sorry about picking apart these few points (not that my argument is any better than yours). The others I left out because you're right about them. These are the only ones that I didn't agree with.

 

[skewzzme]

Oh look, a teletubby

HEY i can rock tinkywinky
dont joke
IMA SMACK YOU WITH HIS MANPURSE