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Ridley is a very small monster who appears in the Metroid series.

Ridley in Smash
You might have heard some mumblings that Ridley is too big for Smash.
By that they means that he's too large to be a playable character. Sakurai has commented on the matter himself and confirmed that it's not just his size, but the fact that in every game in which he appears, Ridley is very large, very fast and very powerful and to strip him of any of these characteristics would not be true to his character.

I understand that some codemakers have rebutted this by putting together a playable Ridley model in the...Brawl engine? Yes, technically a playable Ridley could exist but I think to do so would require altering core elements of the game to accommodate it.
Stages would need to be bigger to prevent clipping into the scenery and the borders would need to be further out in response to Ridley's superior recovery, which would instantly put other characters at a disadvantage.

I had considered that maybe he could have smaller, ragged wings that are maybe battle damaged and reduce his mobility slightly but I'm not sure that's enough to make it viable. You might recall how Sakurai once said that there would never be an Animal Crossing character because it wouldn't suit the style of game but they managed that so if anybody can make it work, it's Nintendo, right?

However, if Ridley can only ever exist as a boss I'm happy enough that he gets that accolade, just as long as they don't use that ugly Other M model again and that maybe bosses get a bit more significance.

Ridley in the Metroid series
SPOILERS?
As I mentioned on Mother Brain, Metroid monsters aren't the kind of things that can keep coming back without explanation once destroyed.
Unfortunately that means that Ridley has a very messy lineage and has to appear at multiple Meta Ridleys, or Omega Ridley, or Plasma Ridley or Shadow Puppet Ridley, because he's a cool boos that people like and they want to keep bringing him back but that often manifests as him being shoehorned in somehow (Samus Returns being an excellent example of this) and because the games jump around through the timeline it's quite a challenge to figure out which Ridley came first.

So Ridley is sure to stick around in the series, I just hope he gets a little more solidified. I know it's less satisfying if he simply flies off instead of exploding when you beat him, but it does mean he doesn't need to have all sorts of prosthetics bolted to him next time you meet him.

Description
Ridley is a very small monster who appears in the Metroid series.

Ridley in Smash
You might have heard some mumblings that Ridley is too big for Smash.
By that they means that he's too large to be a playable character. Sakurai has commented on the matter himself and confirmed that it's not just his size, but the fact that in every game in which he appears, Ridley is very large, very fast and very powerful and to strip him of any of these characteristics would not be true to his character.

I understand that some codemakers have rebutted this by putting together a playable Ridley model in the...Brawl engine? Yes, technically a playable Ridley could exist but I think to do so would require altering core elements of the game to accommodate it.
Stages would need to be bigger to prevent clipping into the scenery and the borders would need to be further out in response to Ridley's superior recovery, which would instantly put other characters at a disadvantage.

I had considered that maybe he could have smaller, ragged wings that are maybe battle damaged and reduce his mobility slightly but I'm not sure that's enough to make it viable. You might recall how Sakurai once said that there would never be an Animal Crossing character because it wouldn't suit the style of game but they managed that so if anybody can make it work, it's Nintendo, right?

However, if Ridley can only ever exist as a boss I'm happy enough that he gets that accolade, just as long as they don't use that ugly Other M model again and that maybe bosses get a bit more significance.

Ridley in the Metroid series
SPOILERS?
As I mentioned on Mother Brain, Metroid monsters aren't the kind of things that can keep coming back without explanation once destroyed.
Unfortunately that means that Ridley has a very messy lineage and has to appear at multiple Meta Ridleys, or Omega Ridley, or Plasma Ridley or Shadow Puppet Ridley, because he's a cool boos that people like and they want to keep bringing him back but that often manifests as him being shoehorned in somehow (Samus Returns being an excellent example of this) and because the games jump around through the timeline it's quite a challenge to figure out which Ridley came first.

So Ridley is sure to stick around in the series, I just hope he gets a little more solidified. I know it's less satisfying if he simply flies off instead of exploding when you beat him, but it does mean he doesn't need to have all sorts of prosthetics bolted to him next time you meet him.