I find Ridley as a character fascinating. He looks like he's a big brainless murder dinosaur that kills when he's hungry, but in reality, he's sadistic, extremely intelligent and vicious. He doesn't do these things because he's a monster, but because he's a sociopath. It's like a serial killer in a giant pterodactyl body, a really bad combination.
@@jesusgabrielcarmonamedina1597 Imagine a T-REX that has the intelligence of a man, more even. That's more terrifying that some dumb monster who eats rocks.
This is actually really well reflected in his moveset, he uses all his limbs for attacks, all of them, even the ones that could be the most easily damaged, it is like he's a evil master mind trapped in a body built for killing, to think he might have an entire species... Wait...
It's weird to see a RelaxAlax video without Monika or the Cat edit: the reason i didn't mention ganondorf is because he is mentioned in the video and if i did, some peanut in the reply section would have just called me out for that. whether i mention him or not, someone's going to call me out either way, so stop whining that i'm not aware of his existence, ok?
Even though the hype of Ridley getting in Smash has settled down, somtimes I still just think to myself "Wow... Ridley is acutally in Smash..." Same with K Rool
His side special in particular is really interesting since it references Other M, where Ridley drags Samus against a wall... which is a reference to Brawl where he does the exact same thing. Including it is both a callback to Smash AND Metroid! And honestly, the sheer brutality of it in general is extremely fitting.
@@skaionex He has a habit of holding Samus in his claws, but dragging her against a wall is a Smash/Other M original. And makes more sense that it does damage than what we see him (not) do in 2D.
My two personal favourite animations are his idle animation where he makes and inquisitive thinking pose, which breaks the illusion that he is just a mindless beast, and his standing up animation because not only does it show his colossal size but his expression is pure gold.
@@Monotail_Razuin Kirby: pffft, don't worry, that starving purple chicken doesn't compare to the god eating demon that I swallowed the other Wednesday.
I feel like Ridley's final smash is meant to be reminiscent of the ending fake-out in Zero Mission. I realise it was a shot fired by Space Pirates - no way it was Ridley himself, he's dead by then - but the concept is the same - a Space Pirate blasts straight through Samus' ship.
as cool as his cinematic final smash is....i still think it should have been him flying into the screen,followed by a brief countdown to the stage blowing up.
@@terraghost Yes he was, but like DK he (Dedede) really isn't much of a bad guy anymore , though I can understand him being lumped in with the other villans
Hey, I rarely rarely comment on video, but I just wanted to write this because I thought this was such a good video essay. You are constantly improving man. I can’t wait for more
Unless I missed it you missed talking about Ridley's side special although it's a direct reference to the Subspace Emissary custscene where Ridley drags Samus through a wall. But other than that great video and I'm glad this series is coming back!
He doesn't say it but he does show it by putting a clip of the attack immediately following a clip of the cutscene at the beginning of the moves section
Ridley being about the same size as Samus is actually a callback to his original appearance as a boss where he isn't much bigger than samus. It's only the later games that upscaled him to sort of fit that boss - dragon motif. I think its part of the reason why fans clamored that he could be implemented.
It's also mostly because of the Melee intro that portrayed him at a perfectly reasonable size compared to Samus. Until people dismissed it as "It'S oNLy a 5 SecONds cLIp."
@@Hayds126 Ridley is very bony and has paper thin wings and very little muscle mass, and we see from Other M and from his noises that Ridley is very avian in a lot of ways. It's not out of the question to think that Ridley's bones (which make up most of his mass) could be hollow like bird bones are, making him a bit lighter than Samus weighed down by her super heavy armor.
No no no, you've got it all wrong. METROID is the dude in the suit. SAMUS, is Metroid's SISTER. Jeez, it's liek you guys never played the heckibg games, you pleebs.
You are absolutly right. Dedede has only been the villain in the first Kirby game. He has never been bad again after that. In evey other game the fight with him is an missunderstanding, like in Kirbys Adventure where he has defited the villain before the start of the game, but Kirby belive that he is doing somthing bad and frees him only to defite him again.
In the earlier games he was just selfish and very hungry, but the newer games seems to gravitate towards him being possessed. Actually, all bosses (not counting story bosses) in Star Allies are just possessed.
Ridley wasn't entirely about his Size and flight power... he's mostly about his savage brutality and ruthlessness, while being slim enough to appear cunning and very calculated. he's also about sticking around and never truly dying. So yeah, glad sakurai realised that.
Stick master What is your secret How are you so mysterious yet so relatable That one guy you always see in the tf2 videos but yet don't know how he appears in every single one Teach me your ways master
See, if always imagined that if there was a (good) metroid movie, I'd imagine Benedict Cumberbatch being the voice. maybe it's because of his role as Smauge in The Hobbit?
It's balanced considering actually hitting the sweetspot on a semi-competent opponent is like trying to catch a sniper bullet with a pair of chopsticks
@@MrSkerpentine As a Ridley main, I can say with confidence that although it's difficult to use. His down B has claimed me a decent number of victories.
The reason Ridley makes dinosaur noises is because that’s what space pirate language is, or whatever Ridley speaks. The reason we can understand him in comics is because it was translated (the guy just used English for his dialogues)
Relaxalax, I usually dont do this, but I want to thank you so much for being a content creator on this platform. You have inspired me and lifted me up on too many occasions to count. Your humor, incredible editing, and well thought out videos have an even bigger influence on my own TH-cam channel (which shall remain anonymous, because this comment is about you, not self promotion for me). I'm really glad you continue to make videos for all to see, please never stop.
"I, nor, did anyone think we'd have a contrasting cast of cascading characters coming together to clash concluding 2018 commandingly!" And to further extend your entire entree of extremely incredible rhymes, i think it's time to find a lot of words that rhyme all the gosh dang time, words that rhyme so fine, thine wouldn't be fine to read thine rhyme. So i propose a toast to the ultimate rhyming roast cuz i flow so fast, not slow. Y'know?
@@azenar1894 ehhhhh design's alright, a bit too beefcake for me. I think his original skinnier look is better, more reminiscent of a fast cunning killer rather than a muscled up monster. All just opinion though I guess.
Canon size doesn't matter, what does matter is the proportions of the characters' designs being aethetically pleasing. Olimar, Charizard, Lucario, etc, were all made to be larger in Smash, but their proportions after being sized up still fit the rest of the cast so they look fine. However Ridley's design causes his proportions to still look a little funny in Smash.
Y'all are likely joking but lets face it, if dedede didnt place the medallions on luigi and Ness back in his castle area, the story would have been pointless. Plus, who managed to stop Tabuu from turning the fighters into trophies again? Sonic. So in a way both dedede and sonic were the ones that were partially heroes of the subspace story. But in the end, all fighters in smash bros stories can be heroes, cuz they stop the evil forces, by joining forces, whether it be a good friend, or an enternal rival. There's no piercing the legend of the smash fighters. They will move forward, and WILL succeed. All they ask for, is the players guidance, to lead them all, to victory. Why tf did i just create a smash bros poem based on the subspace story XD
Ridley and Kirby are one and the same, yet so, so different. Kirby is so small he couldn't be fought, while Ridley is so big he couldn't fight. Kirby is cute, masking his true power, while Ridley is very bare about his monstrositaciousness. Kirby is the protagonist of his series, with some form of moral compass, while Ridley is the antag who doesn't. Ridley to Samus is Whispy Woods to Kirby, but Kirby to Nightmare is Samus to Ridley. HOWEVER! They're both very animalistic and voracious They can both fly They're both very powerful They're both in the same color range
Ridley isn’t misunderstood. In the games Ridley is a monster. They don’t call him “cunning god of death” for nothing. I mean it already is fucked up, to think that someone ate your parents, but then bragging about it and shoving it into your face afterwards really crosses the line. Not only that but he is continuing to be your tormentor just out of a sadistic revenge scheme. And that is just plain evil. The other issue is that he just keeps getting back. Even after his final death in Super he managed come back twice from the grabe. Once as a newborn clone, and the other time as an parasitically enhanced organism.
Though it's kinda hard to tell, whenever Ridley does his down taunt or wins with the "gentle massage" animation, he actually _smiles._ The guy's got a heart of gold, I tell ya.
Glad to have this series back, but how did you forget to mention Ridley dragging opponents across the surface of the stage? That’s one of his two most iconic Smash moves.
Big fan of the editor choice because the style is brilliant and matches the commentary very well. It is clear that this channel is going to make further progress
I want to add that it seems like in a playstyle sense, Ridley is also expressly meant to invoke fear in your opponent and then capitalize on it. Just like Ganondorf, his attacks tend to have 3 main purposes: 1. Be powerful enough alone in neutral to scare your opponent into shield or running away. Down B, while kinda slow, is terrifying. You might never hit it, but just the threat of that attack can scare people into a more defensive playstyle in neutral. 2. Punish your opponent for being scared. His command grab is a really good way to punish shield since it basically gives you free stage control and backs the opponent into the corner where you can pressure them more easily and make up for some of Ridley's faults. 3. Punish your opponent for overextensions. Not only are his aerials, especially nair, really good at establishing a strong threat bubble, his command grab can also just steal stocks from your opponent while you are in disadvantage state. This is a good way to strike the fear of God into them. The command grab might make them forgo trying to edge guard you and instead just let you back onto the stage. This is fairly standard for the grappler archetype, even if he's more of a semi-grappler. You have to walk a thin line against Ridley and if you get scared, you will be absolutely destroyed.
Ridley in smash ultimate looks like mocha Ridley after ripping off all his cybernetics. He looks like he came back from the dead. It’s great And when he’s not stooping he’s much taller
Ridley, the most requested character, and then he was added in and almost everyone forgot about him 😭
Blame King K. Rool
Nah. People still play as him, and are glad to. They just don’t talk about it much though anymore
The meme died
Which is a shame because he's actually a fun character to play as.
It's funny because it's so true
I find Ridley as a character fascinating. He looks like he's a big brainless murder dinosaur that kills when he's hungry, but in reality, he's sadistic, extremely intelligent and vicious. He doesn't do these things because he's a monster, but because he's a sociopath.
It's like a serial killer in a giant pterodactyl body, a really bad combination.
Matt I. It's fucking scary.
@@jesusgabrielcarmonamedina1597
Imagine a T-REX that has the intelligence of a man, more even. That's more terrifying that some dumb monster who eats rocks.
This is actually really well reflected in his moveset, he uses all his limbs for attacks, all of them, even the ones that could be the most easily damaged, it is like he's a evil master mind trapped in a body built for killing, to think he might have an entire species... Wait...
Ridley's my favorite villain in Smash for this reason. He's a real villain. He's evil in it's purest form.
@@roshipower Gannondorf is LITERALLY the reincarnation of Demise a being whose sole purpose is to spread suffering and death...
It's weird to see a RelaxAlax video without Monika or the Cat
edit: the reason i didn't mention ganondorf is because he is mentioned in the video and if i did, some peanut in the reply section would have just called me out for that. whether i mention him or not, someone's going to call me out either way, so stop whining that i'm not aware of his existence, ok?
Yespacito And Ganon
People whined about them because they hate fun and he removed them
I kind of miss alax's ex-gf tbh
Monika and Ganon made a lot of his stuff more fun, I can’t believe people can’t let a guy enjoy what he does.
Good
Even though the hype of Ridley getting in Smash has settled down, somtimes I still just think to myself "Wow... Ridley is acutally in Smash..." Same with K Rool
Right? I do the same. I try to never forget how truly amazing Smash is.
Matthew Jones. Goes to show that the some of the awesome stuff in games can be taken for granted.
I get that same feeling now with Steve.
@ensignmarker 312 I still feel that way about Banjo. Seeing the trailer with the Spiral Mountain remix gives me chills 2.5 years later.
So glad to have this show back. :)
Is TH-cam broken for me? There's no way noone replied to you yet.
@@einekartoffel2490 I know right?
I feel like I'm the only one who remembers crossover at this point
@@ShyBug42 I liked Crossover. It was like a miniversion of Gnoggin's crossover web to me.
Comic Drake So when are you bringing yours back, huh?
Huzzah, it's finally out! I hope you guys enjoy this episode, we all had a ton of fun making it!
The editing was amazing, man.
You did an excellent job editing it. Very clean animation, transitions are nice, your timing is dead on. Absolutely hyped to see you on board!
"Huzzah" BALROG FOR SMASH
duke of dorks....I love you 😍
That was a pleasant surprise.
His side special in particular is really interesting since it references Other M, where Ridley drags Samus against a wall... which is a reference to Brawl where he does the exact same thing. Including it is both a callback to Smash AND Metroid! And honestly, the sheer brutality of it in general is extremely fitting.
Didnt he do it in metroid prime 3 as well? Or is that wrong? I barely remember
@@skaionex He has a habit of holding Samus in his claws, but dragging her against a wall is a Smash/Other M original. And makes more sense that it does damage than what we see him (not) do in 2D.
Funny he showed a clip of refrence from games into his vidio at 11:28
Alexander Valdez. You mean the one of how deadly Ridley’s side special is on Big Blue, right?
Aaahhh, I love it
YESSSS, I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! I'm super excited that Know Your Moves is back! Congrats, Alax!
Hi roger
Roger that
Ridley's down taunt shows that he is in fact the *biggest* among all character
real homo sapien hours
Nah bowsers the biggest Ridleys taller there's a difference
Among us
I love how a long time this issue was size despite the fact they enlarged olimar for 15+ years lmao
When you say he is almost the height of Samus it’s actually accurate since Ridley in Metroid on the NES was kind of the same thing.
yes
My two personal favourite animations are his idle animation where he makes and inquisitive thinking pose, which breaks the illusion that he is just a mindless beast, and his standing up animation because not only does it show his colossal size but his expression is pure gold.
Wii Fit Trainer: Dont forget to stretch your back!
Kirby:yeah!
Ridly: *up taunts, cracking noises*
Wii Fit Trainer: nope *picks up Kirby and runs*
@@Monotail_Razuin Kirby: pffft, don't worry, that starving purple chicken doesn't compare to the god eating demon that I swallowed the other Wednesday.
Standing up is a taunt
*omega back crack*
@@lokao9712 I said animations. Him taunting is an animation.
I feel like Ridley's final smash is meant to be reminiscent of the ending fake-out in Zero Mission. I realise it was a shot fired by Space Pirates - no way it was Ridley himself, he's dead by then - but the concept is the same - a Space Pirate blasts straight through Samus' ship.
as cool as his cinematic final smash is....i still think it should have been him flying into the screen,followed by a brief countdown to the stage blowing up.
@@emanueltefera5080 im sure you know what game im referencing
I thought it would've been based on the opening of Metroid Prime.
Not dead tho, he still alive, thats why he is alive in Super Metroid, the Game where he cannonically dies
"We see this with other villains like Bowser, DK.." Wait, what??
I just remembered Donkey Kong was Mario's original villain.
Yvendous I always forget that. I always think of the rebranded DK rather than old school DK
^ It's kind of the same thing with Dedede where he's more of a friend than a villan in recent times, though he's usually controlled/possessed allot
@@aran4241 he was bad it one game
@@terraghost Yes he was, but like DK he (Dedede) really isn't much of a bad guy anymore , though I can understand him being lumped in with the other villans
The new DK is a hero. He isn't the "bad guy" in any games since Mario vs Donkey Kong. DK lll is and will always be a hero
Are we not going to talk about that perfectly timed Dark Matter reference at 2:05
It was good
IT'S THE SCION OF LEGEND! EVERYONE ONE YOUR KNEES!
Everything is cute when it's sleeping
Wario
Wario is thicc therefore he looks chunky when he sleeps.
Yveltal is the best example of this
Can confirm
Especially in moster hunter
Scept my ex
Hey, I rarely rarely comment on video, but I just wanted to write this because I thought this was such a good video essay. You are constantly improving man. I can’t wait for more
Rarely comment, get heart
Unless I missed it you missed talking about Ridley's side special although it's a direct reference to the Subspace Emissary custscene where Ridley drags Samus through a wall. But other than that great video and I'm glad this series is coming back!
there was a disappointing lack of this ^^^ in the video
@@theWONDERofWiiU Yeah lol
i had the same thought! big missed opportunity
He doesn't say it but he does show it by putting a clip of the attack immediately following a clip of the cutscene at the beginning of the moves section
He also did this in Other M.
Some people have star wars figures, some have amiibo, maybe even sky landers, but Alax, he has shreks
Wolf WHO DOESN’T
Stay in school, know your moves!
I can’t believe nobody responded to this
You like Obi wan!!!
About that..
Smash 4: Ridley is a stage boss
Sakurai: YOU NEVER SEE IT COMIIIIIING
Ridley being about the same size as Samus is actually a callback to his original appearance as a boss where he isn't much bigger than samus. It's only the later games that upscaled him to sort of fit that boss - dragon motif. I think its part of the reason why fans clamored that he could be implemented.
It's also mostly because of the Melee intro that portrayed him at a perfectly reasonable size compared to Samus.
Until people dismissed it as "It'S oNLy a 5 SecONds cLIp."
Somehow Ridley is lighter than samus
@@Hayds126 Ridley is very bony and has paper thin wings and very little muscle mass, and we see from Other M and from his noises that Ridley is very avian in a lot of ways. It's not out of the question to think that Ridley's bones (which make up most of his mass) could be hollow like bird bones are, making him a bit lighter than Samus weighed down by her super heavy armor.
If it's only one appearance, it's not that big of a character detail.
He isn't too much bigger than Samus in Super either
You guys sure did my boy justice. And yes, I also like to imagine Ridley with an Iago type voice.
After watching your radical adventures, I can't imagine him without a snide british-esqe voice.
*YOU FOOL!*
I was almost expecting you to be the co-host of this episode
@@crocketlawnchair259 Yeah, a lot of people seem to like imagining my little voice as Ridley's. I can definitely see why.
Or with Slowbeef's voice. Lol
Did you know samus is heavier than ridley lol
Hey Hi And so is Piranha Plant
That is weird but it is probably JUST for game mechanics and not canon. Probably to give him better air mobility and such
Makes sense.....You can see his Rib cage showing through his skin.......he is the opposite of King K Rool
That's because his bones are hollow to allow him to fly
Isn't Snake heavier than Charizard ?
Those gurren lagann glasses though
Dammit! I am determined to figure out how you keep commenting on so many video. I WILL FIND YOU.
speedy boi
They’re not gucci
Woah only 9 likes so far
Surprisingly, this isn’t the most liked comment here :/
Wait, Metroid is a girl?!
After all these years, it turns out that yes, metroid really WAS a girl.
No no no, you've got it all wrong. METROID is the dude in the suit. SAMUS, is Metroid's SISTER. Jeez, it's liek you guys never played the heckibg games, you pleebs.
@@tri_x3338 Wait, for real? I thought ridely was Metroid's sister!
Dont forget about the main villain. Crocomire
@@tri_x3338 yes metrode is hte dude in the suit. ridley is metrodes sister. whos samas?
@@tri_x3338 I thought Samus was the parents that got eaten
I thought his final smash was a scene from the manga
The laser could be a reference to the manga. But he also shoots one in Metroid Prime so... it could be any of those.
It's actually the scene in zero mission after Mother Brain. Where Samus's ship get blown up by space pirates.
No, but one of his victory poses is.
“My size will pierce the heavens!”
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Imagine having to wait until tomorrow to watch this video.
This post was made by the Patreon gang.
Imagine not caring. Imagine not taunting people who can’t afford it. A**hole.
@@wildfiresnap gang
True trash lol thanks for that
The Lone Warrior he’s just trying to help promote Alax yo.
@@wildfiresnap why so aggressive lol
13:00 I think that scene could be inspired from the the part in Zero Mission where the space pirates shoot down her ship and it crashes down
If Ridley is the Nintendo's recurring menacing villain, Dedede is just....not a villain at all really.
You are absolutly right. Dedede has only been the villain in the first Kirby game. He has never been bad again after that. In evey other game the fight with him is an missunderstanding, like in Kirbys Adventure where he has defited the villain before the start of the game, but Kirby belive that he is doing somthing bad and frees him only to defite him again.
@@eventyraren Normally, DeDeDe is either being a dick or is possessed, or both in the case of Kirby 64.
In the earlier games he was just selfish and very hungry, but the newer games seems to gravitate towards him being possessed.
Actually, all bosses (not counting story bosses) in Star Allies are just possessed.
he stole all the food in Dream Land and let everyone starve so he's still a massive dick
The new look and aesthetic is looking clean!
Know Your Moves is BACK BABY!!
HOW DID YOU POST THIS BEFORE THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED
Its a TH-cam glitch
@@pikajade I had access to the video earlier...
ITS AWSOME BABY!
TheRedKnightMC no, he supports alax on patreon
Ridley wasn't entirely about his Size and flight power... he's mostly about his savage brutality and ruthlessness, while being slim enough to appear cunning and very calculated. he's also about sticking around and never truly dying.
So yeah, glad sakurai realised that.
Plasma Size and flight are merely cherries on the immortal, ruthless flesh known as Ridley AKA the Cunning God of Death
Okay that p5 AoA edit was actually sick
Yeah, now I want to see everyone else in Smash Ultimate doing an All-Out Attack.
After revisiting this, I realized that as a Ridley main, I took for granted how much thought was put into his move set.
Ridley is never too big for our hearts... that he’ll probably want to eat.
We're all are not Perfect...
StickMaster500 strange to see you on a video that’s not about TF2
Well Justin Y beat you to the punch
Stick master
What is your secret
How are you so mysterious yet so relatable
That one guy you always see in the tf2 videos but yet don't know how he appears in every single one
Teach me your ways master
O god seriously can’t wait for Piranha Plants know your moves!
I see that you’re going for more of a persona 5 menu feel too
and a persona 5 soundtrack feel too
Oh shit, you got a new profile picture
If Ridley has to talk, Scarecrow's voice from Injustice 2 is exactly what I imagine him to sound like.
Talks with big bird voice*
Big the cat**
So he sounds like Freddy Krueger?
See, if always imagined that if there was a (good) metroid movie, I'd imagine Benedict Cumberbatch being the voice. maybe it's because of his role as Smauge in The Hobbit?
@@jesterlord1232 i could see that
So who should you cover next?
Maybe Inkling? Simon? Krool?
PIRANHA PLANT?
aww, no mention of space pirate rush his side b, that was in a couple games but mostly influenced by the subspace cutscene?
He does mention it. He said his side b like when he drags Samus in subspace...
Jesus why is the video so big? All I can see is a single pixel
XD
SUPER GAMING DUDE WASSUP MAN
Yo I just noticed ur new pfp. It looks like Ness.
That would make it "little..."
Ridley is my favorite Phantom Thief.
Hey! He a persona
@@kblackemperordragon ORE NO STANDO! SPACE PIRATE!
Ridley has a move that does like, 60%, because *_why not_*
Hey there Alpharad
"He's too big for Smash"
*You want big? Fuck you*
*Ridley gets 60% in one move*
It's balanced considering actually hitting the sweetspot on a semi-competent opponent is like trying to catch a sniper bullet with a pair of chopsticks
@@MrSkerpentine As a Ridley main, I can say with confidence that although it's difficult to use. His down B has claimed me a decent number of victories.
cuz he's a slow janky piece of shit :(
The reason Ridley makes dinosaur noises is because that’s what space pirate language is, or whatever Ridley speaks. The reason we can understand him in comics is because it was translated (the guy just used English for his dialogues)
Relaxalax, I usually dont do this, but I want to thank you so much for being a content creator on this platform. You have inspired me and lifted me up on too many occasions to count. Your humor, incredible editing, and well thought out videos have an even bigger influence on my own TH-cam channel (which shall remain anonymous, because this comment is about you, not self promotion for me).
I'm really glad you continue to make videos for all to see, please never stop.
Make an "update video" for all the characters who already have a Know Your Moves episode (just one video)
i think that ridleys final smash comes from metroid zero mission, where samus her ship got blown to pieces, not by ridley, but other space pirates.
Yeah, that might also explain how you can see Samuses gunship after his final smash, like in zero mission
Know your MOVES! Your big buff boi is back. Oh, and Ridley.
"he ate samus's parents"
" *THIS IS WHY PEOPLE LIKE HIM* "
"I, nor, did anyone think we'd have a contrasting cast of cascading characters coming together to clash concluding 2018 commandingly!"
And to further extend your entire entree of extremely incredible rhymes, i think it's time to find a lot of words that rhyme all the gosh dang time, words that rhyme so fine, thine wouldn't be fine to read thine rhyme. So i propose a toast to the ultimate rhyming roast cuz i flow so fast, not slow.
Y'know?
This needs more recognition.
I thought you were rhyming rhyme with rhyme a lot of times before fully reading that comment lol
What he did is more alliteration than rhyme, but I see your point.
Ultimate undoubtedly has the best looking Ridley design.
Yea but I also love Samus Returns Proteus Ridley design
@@azenar1894 ehhhhh design's alright, a bit too beefcake for me. I think his original skinnier look is better, more reminiscent of a fast cunning killer rather than a muscled up monster. All just opinion though I guess.
The likes are at 69 😏
@@pneumaticslap3344 he isn't really that buff. That would be other m's design
I'm not a fan of how his head-crest thing is so large in this version, or how the tip of his tail is single-edged despite being used for stabbing.
"No, piss off you filthy peasants. Turn items on."
Killed me
MY STINGER IS THE STINGER THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!
Ah yes, I see your a man of culture as well
@@theantispiralguy5237 Just who the hell do you think I am!?
@@doofs A DARN SPIRAL, THATS WHO
>sees pfp
>nice a fellow weeb
I love baby poop games
"We see this with other villains like bowser, DK, and K.Rool"
Yes, my favorite villain. D o n k e y k o n g
This is Ridley
*Ridley is too big to fit in this image*
Everyone said Ridley was too big but I guess Olimar was never too small
Canon size doesn't matter, what does matter is the proportions of the characters' designs being aethetically pleasing.
Olimar, Charizard, Lucario, etc, were all made to be larger in Smash, but their proportions after being sized up still fit the rest of the cast so they look fine. However Ridley's design causes his proportions to still look a little funny in Smash.
i mean, have you seen how he demolish world of light with his trusted red pikmin?
Meanwhile Pichu's head is as large as Pikachu's body, but that's perfectly fine.
What stage do you use when Showing Ridley using his moves? I know there’s that pond stage that has a green background but it has bubbles.
You mean Electoplankton?
Hanenbow
Damn Hanenbow, your battlefield form is actually good.
The best part.... the background can be green screened for hilarious affect.
Electroplankton/hanenbow but on omega or battlefield version
1:41 "Both of Samuses"
Actually ,the plural of Samus is "Sami"
REALLY?! I THOUGHT IT WAS METROID!
Hey! King Dedede was the TRUE HERO of Subspace Emissary!😠
Naw. It was Sonic 😜.
Y'all both wrong.
It was Kirby 😄
@@captainmega6310 in Subspace Emissary? Naw.
Yeah.
Y'all are likely joking but lets face it, if dedede didnt place the medallions on luigi and Ness back in his castle area, the story would have been pointless. Plus, who managed to stop Tabuu from turning the fighters into trophies again? Sonic. So in a way both dedede and sonic were the ones that were partially heroes of the subspace story. But in the end, all fighters in smash bros stories can be heroes, cuz they stop the evil forces, by joining forces, whether it be a good friend, or an enternal rival. There's no piercing the legend of the smash fighters. They will move forward, and WILL succeed. All they ask for, is the players guidance, to lead them all, to victory.
Why tf did i just create a smash bros poem based on the subspace story XD
Ridley is my spirit animal
*unrelenting internal Ridley screech*
*Stabs in Metroidenese*
Do you ever look at someone and ask yourself: «What is going on inside their head?»
Who's Riley?
wth is Riley?
Ridley and Kirby are one and the same, yet so, so different.
Kirby is so small he couldn't be fought, while Ridley is so big he couldn't fight.
Kirby is cute, masking his true power, while Ridley is very bare about his monstrositaciousness.
Kirby is the protagonist of his series, with some form of moral compass, while Ridley is the antag who doesn't.
Ridley to Samus is Whispy Woods to Kirby, but Kirby to Nightmare is Samus to Ridley.
HOWEVER!
They're both very animalistic and voracious
They can both fly
They're both very powerful
They're both in the same color range
What kind of animal is kirby?
@ArielGLR
_game theorists want to know your location_
What about Spyro and Ridley
@@somerandomboi7045 That would be nice to have these 2 in the game...
Monstrositaciousness.....
Awesome return! As always, I'm excited to see more. Keep it up! ^^
13:00 This is a reference from Metroid Zero Misson actualy, when the space pirates explode Samus's Ship, it's on a different angle but pretty similar
I'm actually not even a Metroid fan, but I LOVE Ridley in Smash Ultimate, so much so that I only main him. He's just a big misunderstood lovely boy.
I need to play around with him more. He seems like he's really hard to master, but very powerful if you do.
You’re misunderstood lol. Ridley is evil.
He not misunderstood lmao. He's a sociopathic serial killer
Ridley isn’t misunderstood. In the games Ridley is a monster. They don’t call him “cunning god of death” for nothing. I mean it already is fucked up, to think that someone ate your parents, but then bragging about it and shoving it into your face afterwards really crosses the line. Not only that but he is continuing to be your tormentor just out of a sadistic revenge scheme. And that is just plain evil. The other issue is that he just keeps getting back. Even after his final death in Super he managed come back twice from the grabe. Once as a newborn clone, and the other time as an parasitically enhanced organism.
the murderous, sociopath, evil dinosaur is misunderstood
seems legit
Oh. My. Gosh.
The return of Know Your Moves is in full blast! I love it!
It's back. With Ridley. I'm hype!
-the person with k rool profile pic
@@ammyvl1 lmao ya got me there
That was great. Pledging to you was definitely the right choice!
12:00 thanks for this, now I can humiliate the big reptile with my pink boi
Smash devs: Ridley is too big for smash
Ridley: *_Are you sure about that?_*
Congrats Alax and new team this video is great! Very excited to see what's more to come!
We're back in there boys! Time for the evilless boy.
I had problems getting it off but then I saw this video
More like 'Know Your Alliterations', amirite?
Fantastic video! It's great to see this series return and can't wait for more :)
Though it's kinda hard to tell, whenever Ridley does his down taunt or wins with the "gentle massage" animation, he actually _smiles._ The guy's got a heart of gold, I tell ya.
Na, he's being smug for how big he is.
@@_Stalc_ Or with the fact that we'll never know what (or who) he's massaging.
Glad to have this series back, but how did you forget to mention Ridley dragging opponents across the surface of the stage? That’s one of his two most iconic Smash moves.
Ridley should've been bigger.
Dude, how long has it been for this omg I'm so happy!!
Metroid prime music
Big fan of the editor choice because the style is brilliant and matches the commentary very well. It is clear that this channel is going to make further progress
4:49 Why the random Terraria gameplay? Nebula Mage, Stardust Summoner, Solar Flare Warrior, and Vortex Ranger CONFIRMED FOR SMASH???
Look at the ground. It says "Data"
It's mining the Data
It's datamining
@@JadeJuno Huh, didn't notice that. However, I am not taking back the 'confirmed for smash' part since that's a joke.
Admiring the Awsome Audience Alluring Aliteration Alax!
What was the Terraria part for? Lmao 😂
He was Data Mining (the word "data" waz on it)
Oh, I didn't notice that it was a visual pun, thanks
NOOOOOOO
I'm glad it wasn't Minecraft. I love Terraria. The pun was a bit strange, so thanks for helping me notice it.
The legendary series returns
I want to add that it seems like in a playstyle sense, Ridley is also expressly meant to invoke fear in your opponent and then capitalize on it. Just like Ganondorf, his attacks tend to have 3 main purposes:
1. Be powerful enough alone in neutral to scare your opponent into shield or running away. Down B, while kinda slow, is terrifying. You might never hit it, but just the threat of that attack can scare people into a more defensive playstyle in neutral.
2. Punish your opponent for being scared. His command grab is a really good way to punish shield since it basically gives you free stage control and backs the opponent into the corner where you can pressure them more easily and make up for some of Ridley's faults.
3. Punish your opponent for overextensions. Not only are his aerials, especially nair, really good at establishing a strong threat bubble, his command grab can also just steal stocks from your opponent while you are in disadvantage state. This is a good way to strike the fear of God into them. The command grab might make them forgo trying to edge guard you and instead just let you back onto the stage.
This is fairly standard for the grappler archetype, even if he's more of a semi-grappler. You have to walk a thin line against Ridley and if you get scared, you will be absolutely destroyed.
I would fucking love it if they made Ridley talk in Metroid Dread if he's in that game.
0:28 General Kenobi!
"Human woman" Ah yes as opposed to monster... woman?
As opposed to Chozo woman, I suppose. Considering that's where her armor and ship come from.
Yeah, like Wendy and Bayonetta.
Samus is actually a human-chozo hybrid.
1:00 DeDeDe IsNt A ViLlAin RrEeEeEe
But really, he isn’t
Well there was that one time where he stole all the food in dreamland for himself, to let every single living thing in his kingdom starve to death...
Clor and there were those dozens of times he helped save the planet or sometimes the universe...
@@unhingedelbows2907 But still though
(Also I don't hate Dedede, he's actually my favorite Kirby character)
Nowadays, Dedede is more of a rival.
He has been a hell of a thief in older games, but is mostly an early/mid game boss now.
@@hyliandoctor Yeah you could put it like that
Ridley is not to small
He is the same size as in Metroid for the NES
Ridley in smash ultimate looks like mocha Ridley after ripping off all his cybernetics. He looks like he came back from the dead. It’s great
And when he’s not stooping he’s much taller
3:47 looking cool Joke... I mean Ridley
14:53 don’t you mean “screaming EGG!”
Holy shit, I didn't know alpharad is actually Ferb
I hope this is the model they use for Ridley if he appears in Metroid Prime 4
Thank you, Ridley is so underrated and this does him justice
He’s a purple pterodactyl space pirate.......
The one who eats Samus’s parents....
Damn that opening theme is aaawwwweesssooommeee :D
Can we have cat, monika, and ganondorf back?
Yeah, just not in Know Your Moves.
I believe in know your moves, Ganondorf should come back, because he's got a skateboard and loves killing)
Omg yay, I'm so glad you're doing these again! Even if you only do a few, there's a JUICY Know Your Moves just waiting to be made about Piranha Plant.
you forgot to mention that after his final smash the gunship can be seen in the background with a trail of smoke as it crashes