COUNTERPOINT: Ridley's major defining characteristic is NOT being big, it's being terrifying. While being big helps with that, his Ultimate depiction pulls it off regardless.
I mean considering Metroid Dread is now the series' best selling game, & Metroid Prime just got a remaster, I think Metroid fans are willing to take this roast.
@@R0-83-RT considering it's the same guy who has admitted countless times that he dislikes the Pokemon franchise I'm pretty much used to his wrong opinions
Legends is the first good pokemon game in a long time and I still found it disappointing tbh. Personally at this point I just want another Pokemon Stadium game lmao.
Basically a friend said 'make a sequel to the ridley debate' and I said 'okay.' PLEASE LIKE THE VIDEO! It really helps me out since I've been away, the algorithm will bury me 😕🥵😤🤡
I don't get it. This is like some kind of parody, but it's not even that funny. Was there a point to this video? Is it just meant to get the fanboys upset?
@@TheRealBatabii Agreed, this feels like a video that Alax made for himself to make fun of his first (well, second I guess) video. There's not really much to get out of this video.
3:23 This was always my argument for why Arthur and Viewtiful Joe shouldn't be so short in MvC. Because neither one of them is actually short. Their art style just makes them look that way. Within their own universes, they are the same size as any other regular person, and as such, they should be normal sized in MvC as well.
I can't tell if this is serious or the biggest troll move of all time. Either way, the timing with Metroid Prime Remastered is definitely... something.
4:31 he is one of the main antagonist of the franchise, he is the reason, Samus become a bunch hunter, due to Ridlley murdering her parents, when Samus was was 3 year old, he killed Samus mother in cold blood in front of her
4:36 It's funny that you say that, because there's actually a Shrek fighting game on the GBC where you can play as the dragon. And the dragon is scaled down too.
The song "New Soup", this video and the ending fits so perfectly in what you did! You returned into making videos, so, this is kinda old, but with new twists; so, the new soup. You're a very talented man, and I'll always love giving my time to you to watch your videos. Your point was so clear, and yet full of your amazing jokes and right timing... Never saw a single video of yours that didn't make me smile! :D Thank you!
Ridley is my favorite character in Smash Ultimate. Perhaps the opening of Smash Melee depicting that sick standoff between Samus and Ridley planted a seed which over time convinced a lot of people they wanted him in. Welcome back!
Genuinely missed you. You've been my favorite TH-camr for the last handful of years. What I'm gonna need from you next is evaluating whether or not the characters in Sonic's universe have actual toes on their feet, or if they're toeless nubs :)
I love how all of the comments somehow agreed that we weren't supposed to take this video seriously lmao, I was sure there'd be tons who were foaming at the mouth hearing this.
Same, I randomly watch one if his videos yesterday, and saw a comment saying he stopped making videos to pursue video game development. The next day he's back
Me, a relatively new Metroid fan: I can't wait to watch a new alax post in over a year! I wonder what fun topic he will talk about! *proceeds to die inside with the nonsensical hot takes* great video
Yes, I agree that even from the moment that Ridley was announced, that I realised “ah, so they did have to shrink the purple raptor” But his reveal is hype, was one of the core four “vocally wanted” characters (Ridley, King K Rool, Issac, and Geno), and he play style fits his animalistic ruthlessness. Speaking of “vocally wanted” characters, it’s good to see that at least half of them got into Ultimate at launch, but after Ultimate’s release, the “vocally wanted” list changed to Waluigi being top priority with Geno being second priority (which just makes Piranha Plant getting added as DLC instead even funnier)
I’m not saying Isaac isn’t highly requested, but he isn’t on the tier of Ridley, K rool and Geno, the fourth character on that list should definitely be Banjo, definitely had a stronger grip on smash speculation than Isaac could have ever hoped to reach
@@tekwizwa ok, that’s definitely interesting because before Ultimate launched I kept seeing people wanting Isaac in smash but barely anyone wanting Banjo. Do if you’re correct (and I do think you’re correct) then that means that three of the top four wanted characters got into Smash Ultimate, which is good to hear.
MvC: Sentinel Samurai Shodown: Youkai Kusaregedo Akatsuki Blitzkampf: A fucking tank Hell a Shrek game on the Gameboy: The fucking dragon But in 2014 Ridley was where Smash fans drew the line.
I’m insanely glad you’re back man, I was just rewatching your videos last week and was legit bummed out when I ran out of ones to watch. I’m glad that your pacing yourself with your uploads and still find joy in creating! Great work and thanks for coming back
Man, the "relevancy" argument (#2) takes me back to the days of Smash 4 speculating when people were claiming Ghirahim would be added and Ganondorf would get cut because he wasn't in a new game since Twilight Princess so he wasn't relevant anymore LOL Hey maybe they could've also argued that the consequence (#3) of keeping Ganondorf was giving the OK for clones and semi-clones to exist in Smash, as well as characters with movesets completely non-canon to their game appearances 🙃
The irony of pointing out death of the author and then Pointing to all of the Ridleys who death of the auhtored the original Ridley, the human sized Ridley (or tall human size if you go by 1980s promotional material) is not lost on me They kept making Ridley larger and larger for years, because fuck it, why not? but doing the inverse, isn’t allowed? Alright
I know this is a wacky shitpost (Alax's specialty) but I still find it ironic that the franchise he's defecating on has been dominating the eshop as of yesterday.
I get nostalgic thinking about your very first videos and how I was a Sm4sh obsessed child just looking for content to feed into my obsession. hearing that was 9 years ago hit me like a hype train HOLY HELL.
I'm more than a little amused hat Alax comes back with this big swing of a video calling Metroid as a series dumb several times when just yesterday the Prime one remake was announced and launched.
It started with some pretty legit points and gradually descended into madness until at the end it surfaced again with some lucid thoughts about the hype industry Overall pretty enjoyable thanks to the humor and editing
Ridley does have a personality though... he's cunning and malicious. In one of his victory screens he smirks at the camera while tearing into a corpse off camera (in teams its revealed he's digging into nothing at all, but I digress). When he uses his F-Tilt, he points his pinky up like he's making a toast. His Up-Smash and Back-Air have him moving like a trained fighter and not some savage beast. While in his boss-fights he's just a monster, his lore implications is that he's a strategic and cruel mastermind.
Pretty sure Alax knows that, and this is kind of a shit post. He's made several videos on the character before and has mentioned his actions within several games and even the manga. Though I somewhat concer Ridley's personality isn't really all too deep, rather it just simply serves well for his role as a villain.
Alax returns and admitted that he despises the Metroid Franchise. Love this man.
No
that's exactly what happened lol. take my like 😂😂😂
What analyzing Samus in Smash does to a mf
Ngl same
I do think that Metroid is a pretty bottom of the barrel franchise.
this video feels like alax had a friend who played a mean ridley and then got pissed and then made this video. good video keep it up 👍
The lack of characterization in metroid rant made me feel that he got charge shot camped one too many times lol
I dont like that this is the hearted comment
@@kitsinthewebs222 maybe i was right lmao
He hearted the comment. It's canon now.
@@UNSCMarine117 canondorf
COUNTERPOINT: Ridley's major defining characteristic is NOT being big, it's being terrifying. While being big helps with that, his Ultimate depiction pulls it off regardless.
Ridley's up taunt is LITERALLY just him standing to his full height lmao.
He came back when the world needed him most and immediately made an enemy out of the Metroid fandom and I have no choice but to respect the gall
Nah, even as a Metroid fan I appreciate his past services to Ridley too much to hold this against him.
I mean considering Metroid Dread is now the series' best selling game, & Metroid Prime just got a remaster, I think Metroid fans are willing to take this roast.
@@R0-83-RT considering it's the same guy who has admitted countless times that he dislikes the Pokemon franchise I'm pretty much used to his wrong opinions
@@Benjawin6671 Except he was right for the past two generations (other than Legends Arceus).
Legends is the first good pokemon game in a long time and I still found it disappointing tbh. Personally at this point I just want another Pokemon Stadium game lmao.
Basically a friend said 'make a sequel to the ridley debate' and I said 'okay.'
PLEASE LIKE THE VIDEO! It really helps me out since I've been away, the algorithm will bury me
😕🥵😤🤡
I don't get it. This is like some kind of parody, but it's not even that funny. Was there a point to this video? Is it just meant to get the fanboys upset?
@@TheRealBatabii Agreed, this feels like a video that Alax made for himself to make fun of his first (well, second I guess) video. There's not really much to get out of this video.
@@Kain128 I prefer his videos to actually make sense or have a real argument, not just "haha poopy doodoo game am I funny yet?"
lol ur friend has great taste 👌 ty 4 making this video! is really giving me some 2016 vibes~~~
I don't think I have ever disagreed with a massive incoherent hot take like this in my entire life
Good to have you back Alan.
Thank you for keeping the rat joke alive. It gives me life.
The section on the Metroid franchise feels like the “How can you read this, there’s no pictures?” of video games
God, I missed Alax’s silly and whimsical editing style. So glad he’s back!!!
I hear that.
I was going to comment this exact thing! I absolutely love his style.
I just need to see Monika again :>
@@BassRukarioGuerrero I do too man.
Vannamelon's Monika has been able to keep me going when Alax vanished but his depiction of her is just as awesome.
Man, these AI Videos are getting insane. I almost thought he actually believed Ridley got in Smash! Great content as always, RelaxingAlax.
Is this some kinda joke? I don't get it
@@therealestcupheadonyt I mean it’s not really clever, just really sarcastic
This whole video is an enigma, it feels like an inside joke but I can’t pinpoint when he’s being sincere and when he’s not.
Great start so far.
That’s are boy Alax
I'm pretty convinced this is a joke, mainly because of the end.
I think it’s a joke because he said “I’m right your wrong” rather than “I’m right you’re wrong.”
Average dunkey videos
I was sitting through the entire thing and saying in my head "where's he going with this?"
This video feels like a random conversation you have with your self at 1am
3:23 This was always my argument for why Arthur and Viewtiful Joe shouldn't be so short in MvC. Because neither one of them is actually short. Their art style just makes them look that way. Within their own universes, they are the same size as any other regular person, and as such, they should be normal sized in MvC as well.
Counterpoint.
Viewtiful Joe with a normal size sounds extremely cursed to me.
Yeahhhhhh. I'm glad he's short in mvc3 lol
@@Klonoahedgehog Hilariously, Viewtiful Joe should be as tall as Dante at least, but I agree - his entire artstyle would need to change
@@Klonoahedgehog Objection, there was a Viewtiful Joe costume in SFV and that looked fine, and Arthur was normal sized in Project X Zone.
@@griefingg0lem685The Joe costume still looks weird in SF5. They need to shrunk down the head a bit
I can't tell if this is serious or the biggest troll move of all time. Either way, the timing with Metroid Prime Remastered is definitely... something.
Can't believe it's been a year and he immediately decided to throw hands
Alax "...And that is why Ridley is too big for smash"
"Sir this is a wendys"
4:31 he is one of the main antagonist of the franchise, he is the reason, Samus become a bunch hunter, due to Ridlley murdering her parents, when Samus was was 3 year old, he killed Samus mother in cold blood in front of her
"...Did you really sit through all this?"
Yes Alax. Yes I did. Because I missed your style of comedic humor so much.
Welcome back dude!
This video becomes exponentially harder to tell if it's a joke or not every single second.
4:36
It's funny that you say that, because there's actually a Shrek fighting game on the GBC where you can play as the dragon.
And the dragon is scaled down too.
This video is borderline incoherent.
10/10
"You guys really want the dragon from shrek?"
HELL YES.
Oh...you mean in smash...
glad to see you back alax you know how long I've waited but still im glad you're back
i miss your style of content so much. It's always so well edited and genuinely funny. Glad to have you back
I love you Alax, I can finally relax
this whole video is a personal vendetta within the trojan horse of a smash character critique. I love it.
The song "New Soup", this video and the ending fits so perfectly in what you did!
You returned into making videos, so, this is kinda old, but with new twists; so, the new soup. You're a very talented man, and I'll always love giving my time to you to watch your videos. Your point was so clear, and yet full of your amazing jokes and right timing... Never saw a single video of yours that didn't make me smile! :D Thank you!
I've gone a full year without that rat joke yet it hit me just as hard as the first time! Welcome back, Alax!
Ah yes, my monthly “the worst takes imaginable” video. Amazing.
Ridley is my favorite character in Smash Ultimate.
Perhaps the opening of Smash Melee depicting that sick standoff between Samus and Ridley planted a seed which over time convinced a lot of people they wanted him in.
Welcome back!
tldr: alax bashes on the metroid series for 8 minutes straight
"Did you really sit through all of this?"
Yeah, I don't quite get what I just watched either, Alan.
Genuinely missed you. You've been my favorite TH-camr for the last handful of years.
What I'm gonna need from you next is evaluating whether or not the characters in Sonic's universe have actual toes on their feet, or if they're toeless nubs :)
How did you get my schedule?!
So Alax's first proper video back and it's of him roasting his first video ever.
Glad to have him back
Alax: comes back finally
Also Alax: pisses off every Metroid fan (including me)
Me: still watches video cuz it’s Alax 😂😂😂
I admit I forgot this channel existed but since I haven't missed any videos i belive myself justified
Finally seeing Ridley added to Smash was great. He’s like the bowser of Metroid it just didn’t feel right not to have him
I love how all of the comments somehow agreed that we weren't supposed to take this video seriously lmao, I was sure there'd be tons who were foaming at the mouth hearing this.
I was just watching some of your older stuff the other day, and I gotta say, it’s good to see you back my dude.
Hwut da hell? I saw homie’s channel be blacked out yesterday and thought he was done for good and then the next day HE’S BACK
Same, I randomly watch one if his videos yesterday, and saw a comment saying he stopped making videos to pursue video game development. The next day he's back
He did make a video yesterday about returning.
it’s kinda fitting that ridley would bring ruin, considering he’s the most evil character in all of smash
…before sephiroth
Me, a relatively new Metroid fan: I can't wait to watch a new alax post in over a year! I wonder what fun topic he will talk about!
*proceeds to die inside with the nonsensical hot takes*
great video
The first video back and he makes this absolutely hairbrained conspiracy. I love it.
I hadn't even realized that Smash 4 is nearly a decade old.
...That's not okay.
Yes, I agree that even from the moment that Ridley was announced, that I realised “ah, so they did have to shrink the purple raptor”
But his reveal is hype, was one of the core four “vocally wanted” characters (Ridley, King K Rool, Issac, and Geno), and he play style fits his animalistic ruthlessness.
Speaking of “vocally wanted” characters, it’s good to see that at least half of them got into Ultimate at launch, but after Ultimate’s release, the “vocally wanted” list changed to Waluigi being top priority with Geno being second priority (which just makes Piranha Plant getting added as DLC instead even funnier)
I’m not saying Isaac isn’t highly requested, but he isn’t on the tier of Ridley, K rool and Geno, the fourth character on that list should definitely be Banjo, definitely had a stronger grip on smash speculation than Isaac could have ever hoped to reach
@@tekwizwa ok, that’s definitely interesting because before Ultimate launched I kept seeing people wanting Isaac in smash but barely anyone wanting Banjo. Do if you’re correct (and I do think you’re correct) then that means that three of the top four wanted characters got into Smash Ultimate, which is good to hear.
Dude. It's just Super Metroid Ridley at NES Ridley's scale.
MvC: Sentinel
Samurai Shodown: Youkai Kusaregedo
Akatsuki Blitzkampf: A fucking tank
Hell a Shrek game on the Gameboy: The fucking dragon
But in 2014 Ridley was where Smash fans drew the line.
IM SO HAPPY HE MADE THE RAT JOKE. LITERALLY MY FAVORITE ON GOING GAG EVER!
This video is actually very smart because it will remain in my head for weeks as I try to dissect it to determine how much of it is a joke
I had to check the date to make sure that it wasn't an April Fools upload.
2:14 This moment is absolutely priceless. I can't stop laughing! LOL
I knew it the whole time. After all these years, you finally caved.
When you let chatGPT write your script
2:20 Alax channelling his inner Scrappy-Doo.
I’m insanely glad you’re back man, I was just rewatching your videos last week and was legit bummed out when I ran out of ones to watch. I’m glad that your pacing yourself with your uploads and still find joy in creating! Great work and thanks for coming back
watching relaxalax videos about ridley... feels like I'm back in 2018.
THE LEGEND HAS RETURNED 🙌🏽
Man, the "relevancy" argument (#2) takes me back to the days of Smash 4 speculating when people were claiming Ghirahim would be added and Ganondorf would get cut because he wasn't in a new game since Twilight Princess so he wasn't relevant anymore LOL
Hey maybe they could've also argued that the consequence (#3) of keeping Ganondorf was giving the OK for clones and semi-clones to exist in Smash, as well as characters with movesets completely non-canon to their game appearances 🙃
1 innocent Kirby player will be sacrificed for every day I have not been told where I can find that video ending music
The irony of pointing out death of the author and then Pointing to all of the Ridleys who death of the auhtored the original Ridley, the human sized Ridley (or tall human size if you go by 1980s promotional material) is not lost on me
They kept making Ridley larger and larger for years, because fuck it, why not? but doing the inverse, isn’t allowed? Alright
I miss the old intro, but either way I’m so happy that your back. your vids always bring a smile to my face~ cannot wait to see what u have cooking!!
Well, regardless, he's here and he's not going anywhere as long as "Ultimate" is still in the title.
Great to have Alax back though. Missed him.
I hold nothing but contempt for you, great video.
It doesn’t matter that he’s too big to be in smash he’s in the game and that’s what matters.
Wow I really sat through all of this
He really came back just to say "fuck metroid" huh?
Lmao I missed ya
I know this is a wacky shitpost (Alax's specialty) but I still find it ironic that the franchise he's defecating on has been dominating the eshop as of yesterday.
I get nostalgic thinking about your very first videos and how I was a Sm4sh obsessed child just looking for content to feed into my obsession. hearing that was 9 years ago hit me like a hype train HOLY HELL.
>loses to a ridley main once
So much of Alax's comedy has changed, and yet it hasn't. Welcome back, you beautiful bald Canadian.
Watching this was like having some nice comfort food after a long day
I think Alax uploded his April Fools video a couple months too early
I believe this Video was written by AI
I don’t even like Metroid and I still somehow feel offended
I'm more than a little amused hat Alax comes back with this big swing of a video calling Metroid as a series dumb several times when just yesterday the Prime one remake was announced and launched.
It started with some pretty legit points and gradually descended into madness until at the end it surfaced again with some lucid thoughts about the hype industry
Overall pretty enjoyable thanks to the humor and editing
So true! I have no idea what a Metroid is!
Anyways, what about F-Zero, Nintendo??? What about Star Fox??????
Ok, but.
What if I don't care, and I just like the funny space dragon
3:58 so glad this meme still comes up
Yeah i watched your old know your moves videos and those videos are why I got smash ultimate in the first place.
Makes sense. He is a smart and cunning space pirate.
Alax if you're kidnapped and need help, blink twice (and release 2 more videos)
the rat joke, my favorite joke, is back
When the world needed him the most.
He returned!
Oh boy, time to play my favorite game: "Who Got the Joke, and Who Didn't" (title pending).
I've waited for this day for so long, I remember watching that video all the way back when you were on an episode of Gamexplain .
I may disagree with almost everything Alax said but damn am I just glad he is back
"Thanks 5 Watchin1"
I laughed so much about this
but he’s so cool and i like him
First(Second? Third?) video of this whole "RelaxAlax Returns" thing and there's a shrek ref and a rat joke already, im glad I still watch these.
That intro bit made me smile very wide. Welcome back Alax!
But what ARE Ridley's opinions on frogs???
At last, the king returns.
Thanks, I had forgotten what it was like to enjoy every second of a video
Ridley does have a personality though... he's cunning and malicious. In one of his victory screens he smirks at the camera while tearing into a corpse off camera (in teams its revealed he's digging into nothing at all, but I digress). When he uses his F-Tilt, he points his pinky up like he's making a toast. His Up-Smash and Back-Air have him moving like a trained fighter and not some savage beast. While in his boss-fights he's just a monster, his lore implications is that he's a strategic and cruel mastermind.
Pretty sure Alax knows that, and this is kind of a shit post. He's made several videos on the character before and has mentioned his actions within several games and even the manga.
Though I somewhat concer Ridley's personality isn't really all too deep, rather it just simply serves well for his role as a villain.
Bro didn't get the joke
I cannot express how happy I am that you’re back to making videos again
REOCCURRING RAT JOKE! I MISSED YOU! Oh and hey Alax, glad you’re back.
I didn't expect the rat joke and i still freaking love it :')
Hope you enjoyed making this video as much as I enjoyed watching it.
oh and i did enjoy watching the video-