Ridley (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Ridley appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about him in general, see his article on the Metroid Wiki.
Ridley, infamous for being "too big", was shrunken down so he could be a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. He debuted alongside Brinstar Depths in Season 27.
==In his own universe==
Samus Aran's main enemy despite not technically being the leader of the Space Pirates, Ridley is about as intimidating as his appearance would suggest. He killed her parents when she was just a child. Extremely powerful, surprisingly intelligent, sociopathic, and always coming back for more from Samus, Ridley is one of the hardest kills in video games. Even though he technically has died multiple times, he just keeps coming back through arcane magic that Samus could only begin to understand.
==Attributes==
Obviously, because he's so big, he's a heavyweight. He's the tallest character in SSS currently at nearly 10 feet/3 meters; however, he isn't quite the heaviest character (he had to sacrifice some weight so he could fly, obviously), and he's one of the fastest runners in the game, as well as a fast faller. He has some of the worst traction in the game, though, second only to Luigi.
Ridley primarily plays as a punishing character; his job is to punish any mistakes opponents make. His moves are quite powerful and have good range. With five jumps, he also has one of the best air games around. Any moves that involve his tail do insane damage if they are sweetspotted, with the sweet spot being at roughly the tip of his tail. He has a projectile. A number of his moves are disjoints, and he can even out-range Marth with them.
Despite all this, Ridley is still somewhat easy to counter, or at least check. While his alternate grab, Space Pirate Rush, is incredible, his actual grabs aren't so great. His recoveries are slow and telegraph easily, he's slow going up into the air despite his fast fall, and of course, he's too big, making him an easy hit.
===Changes===
*Season 36: Was made bigger (previously, he was about the same size as Bowser) and stronger, but slower. Gained the ability to glide.
*Season 39: His speed increased. All characters who could glide lost that ability, including him.
*Season 47: Gained five jumps; previously, he had three.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Flies in and lets out his signature high-pitched roar.
Move Name	Description
Neutral Special:
Fireballs	Ridley fires up to five fireballs from his mouth. While the move has some startup lag, the fireballs come out fast and hit hard in a wave motion. Can do up to 30% if all five hit. However, if an opponent is right up in Ridley's face, he cancels the move early by flinching and suffers recoil.
Can't kill.
Side Special:
Space Pirate Rush	Ridley rushes forward. If he hits anyone, he grabs them, slams them to the ground, drags them up to the length of Final Destination or to a ledge edge, and then pushes them away. Inflicts huge damage, but the opponent can mash out at low percents. Sometimes used as an alternate recovery since he doesn't go helpless when using the move. Grabbing an opponent over a pit may incur Ridleycide.
Kills at 150%.
Up Special:
Wing Blitz	Similar to the Star Fox cast's up specials, but he can only go in four directions. Anyone hit gets tackled; if he hits a fighter or wall, his jump count is renewed and he doesn't go helpless.
Kills at 130%.
Down Special:
Skewer	Stabs an opponent with his tail. Sweetspot the move to get the blue kill graphic (since Season 47) and do insane damage (up to 60%!); however, the opponent takes no knockback in favor of fainting. At high percents, however, the opponent will be down just long enough for Ridley to follow up with a kill move.
Cannot kill.
Final Smash:
Plasma Scream	Ridley charges forward. Anyone he hits gets slammed against Samus's ship; he then blows the ship up with a massive energy beam.
Instant death on anyone over 100%; can kill all others at 0% by Meteor Smashing them.
Ashley Variant: During the move, Ashley shouts "You're too big! Mind if I help you out with that?" Also, the energy beam makes the classic sound of .
===Taunts===
*Up Taunt: Points his head to the sky, roars, and flaps his wings.
*Side Taunt: Spins in a circle and then roars.
*Down Taunt: Un-hunches himself and smiles. His body shines.
===Victory===
*Pose: Lands from flying and drifts to a stop over a long distance.
*Theme: Team Metroid's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Metroid's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*Meta Ridley
*Ultra Ridley: The red Ridley seen in promo art for Super Metroid.
*Neo Ridley
*Zero Ridley: The green Ridley seen in Metroid: Zero Mission.
*Classic Ridley: Ridley's original appearance from Metroid (not the actual 8-bit sprite unless fighting on San Fernando Valley).
*Gold
*Mecha Ridley
==Notes==
Category:Dragons
Category:Villains
Category:Space Pirates