underfooter said:You could say that about any character. Ridley is the most ferocious and memorable villain in the Metroid series. It doesn't speak, it is unknown how intelligent the creature is, and it is a huge, flying, sharp-toothed, badass mother fucker who has been back in Meta form AND Phazon form.
If Ridley is announced (I really hope it is), then that's another megaton in my eyes. (I also want levels from Metroid Prime 1 and/or F-Zero GX)
Actually, Ridley does speak, and since he's the leader of the Space Pirates, I'd assume he's pretty intelligent as far as that goes.
IMO, Ridley as a character has been pretty cheapened from Metroid: Zero Mission on. We fought him as Meta Ridley in ZM, MP, & MP3, normal Ridley in M & SM, and now a ridiculous phazon Ridley. His story arc doesn't even make sense anymore.
Keep him as a boss in Subspace Emissary, but I'd rather see a different character playable.
Off topic for a second, we haven't gotten a veteran character update in almost 2 months. Falcon is long overdue.