Mmmm...I think he is not gonna appear in the game, or at least not Meta Ridley. May be his form of Proteus Ridley to explain how he was health and restored his body.
Metroid Fusion is the end of the franchise, at the moment, in the time-line and Metroid Prime franchise take place between the original Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy and his remake, Nintendo 3DS, where Ridlye was added). Metroid Prime 4 is supossed to continue the real end of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption who connect Prime Hunters (from Nintendo DS) with the rest of the franchise (just a rumor). There is many histories on the Metroid universe to take, for example, is still missing what happen to Samus and the baby Metroid between Metroid II and Super Metroid, even Nintendo tell that Samus and the Baby take many adventures, so I still waiting for...I don't know how call, may be Metroid Second, and making a Metroid games starring with Samus and the baby. I can't stop to imagine how thats works, in a game where you need the help of the Metroid baby to resolve puzzles, but is just my mind.
There's something indescribable about this boss that makes it so epic. I think it's the fact that you're now fully upgraded with all your weapons and suit, all of which were acquired through a tough and long journey. You can tear through most of the enemies with relative ease and can conquer all of Tallon IV with your suit. And even then, you find yourself in a life or death situation, battling your oldest enemy, resurrected and just as powerful as you
+Balderak13 Because that is version is an unfinish protoype, with Japanese and PAL got the fuller version. Good lick finishing the three trilogies on hypermode..
but some bosses and mechanics are way easier in the trilogy, what the trilogy fixed was the bugs people used to exploit enemy weaknesses via glitches or stuff.
I knew he would be in the game even when Sakurai said the same thing. Smash not respect the sizes of the characters after all, just look Olimar and Pichu, or Mario in front of Bowser in Smash compared with his own games, and so many people wanted for him, cause is an important character from his franchise. I'm glad to see him, and can't wait for play Ultimate with Ridley, K.Rool and Simon Belmont. It's gonna be the Smash that I was waiting since Melee on GameCube.
Months late, but i'm sure Sakurai would have been bothered by it if he hadn't put Ridley in Smash. I mean you know how the fandom is. They love shoving things down his throat even though arguably, he probably is content as long as fans are. I do think if it wasn't for the fan outcry, he would have just retained his boss title on the stage or possibly be a regular like Smash Ultimate bosses.
Burraku Dusk Hell, you basically HAD to due to the way the GC's aiming worked and the fict that Ridley was such an annoying bastard. AND once he gets on the ground he likes to spam his dash and block his mouth with his hand.
I wonder what the lead game designer's first impression was when he read the script for a large, android dragon with missile launchers and launches beams of plasma and only has one legit weak spot that gives you just a second to hit it before having to dodge.
There's something about this Ridley fight music that stands out to me. The chaotic nature, the mechanical sounds, the anger behind the music. All at the same time, being laser targetted at one person, Samus Aran. It has the sense of rivalry. It feels like Ridley is taking vengance for the events in Metroid 1. Pure unrivaled hatred for Samus. That coupled with the fire in his eyes...ugh i love it sooooooo much. This is the best Ridley fight in the series.
I don't know, man... I think that first fight with Ridley in Prime 3 is the best one. I mean, you're tumbling down the chute with him and it's up close and personal.
I've always loved how Ridley has his own theme. Every time you hear it, you think of him and vice versa. It's really iconic for the Metroid series and Nintendo in general. :3
Hahaha I meant like when you see him, you always think of his theme. Or at least I do :D but yeah, we would be totally dead. I'd hate to be in the same room as him! :D
This theme doesn't feel much repetitive as the repetitive motif in the main part of the theme has shifted to the percussion and it focuses on playing different, new, mechanical-feeling sounds and tunes to add in the main part, making the theme sound old school but new at the same time, just like Meta Ridley.
Scan Complete: Meta Ridley Analisis: Threat level high, Meta Ridley is efficient at close and long range combat. Arsenal includes multi-missile system, a kinetic breath weapon, a meson bomb launcher, and an ultrathermal flamestrike projector. Maximum firepower is recommend to defeat this foe.
Snorlax9876 Yeah, it's not bad per se.. but since this is metroid, a more.. electronic and alien sounding tone is kind of its thing.. and it being orchestrated, for me at least, defeats its purpose.
+gronndar god it took me a month to go back to the game after I first ran into them, I just always wondered why are the ghosts of the good guys, attacking they're adopted child, even some of the lore you scan, says "the child will return" like, are you the child, are you the one they thought was a fake, my only guess is, they were training/ testing her to see if she's worthy for the chozo artifacts (lol sorry for this huge paragraph)
My favorite Ridley battle. In fact, this is what turned me into a huge Ridley fan. When he came back in Corruption joining forces with Dark Samus to take down their common arch enemy, I flipped.
So this was a pretty recent thing, but I was playing Pokemon Legends (spoilers ahead) I had this battle music on a video game playlist. I had turned the background music for PL:A off, so that I could have my own music playing behind it from TH-cam instead. I was in the Snowpoint Temple, trying to sneak up on an alpha Gallade, which soon spotted me. This music started playing the moment that Gallade began chasing me. I've never been more scared in my entire life 💀
Metroid prime was the first videogame that i got to play, i was 5 years when my parents bought me the gamecube this is a game from childhood that i will never forget *FOREVER METROID PRIME FAN*
Amen! I love Metroid and Metroid Prime although if they fuck a game up, just like I love Fire Emblem and how they fucked up Fates, I am NOT gonna be nice just because I like the series. You fuck something up, you gotta be called out on it to improve other games. I mean, the Switch is the result of the Fuck up that is the Wii U and I LOVE my Switch! Too bad a bunch of idiots try to defend companies that need to be called out instead of defended as THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES! AND I WON'T BUY ANY APOLOGY UNLESS IT'S PAIRED WITH MEANINGFUL ACTION! Talk is cheap, if company actually means an apology, they'll actually take action as that has an ACTUAL consequence in the world rather than simply just saying something to try and get out of trouble.
SCAN COMPLETE: Morphology: Meta Ridley Genetically enhanced Ridley metaform. Reborn and evolved through Pirate technology. Meta Ridley is a fearsome enforcer. Its armored hide is extremely resilient, save for the chest, which has thinner plating. The Pirates have fused a number of potent weapons to the creature, including a Multi-Missle System, a Kinetic Breath Weapon, a Meson Bomb Launcher, and an Ultrathermal Flamestrike Projector. Meta Ridley is also a formidable melee combatant, making any sort of engagement a risky proposition.
To this day, hearing this theme, still perfectly makes me recall the intimidating image of Ridley's massive frame sweeping across the skies of the artifact ruins while you were confined to the ground, feeling like little more than a sitting-duck against his aerial mastery.
The fact that this boss is so hard even when you fight with all upgrades and at basically full power is really a testament to how well this boss was designed and how to amp the player up for the final showdown with their nemesis
Best scene? Watching Mete Ridley fly in the distance while there is a super misile plus a misile trying to hit it and the asshole avoids them. You stare at Ridley with a poker face and you will be like "Ok...."
The familiar music starts, and that's when I affectionately say: "Heeeeere's RIDLEY!!!" Goddamn it, Ridley. You beat Ganondorf and Bowser by a friggin' lightyear!
QuintemTA Nahh, was using Plasma Beam for the last part but go and check him out again in hypermodus. U will be surprised how less dmg u deal to his breast plate, its ridiculous xD and it feels like u need hours to beat him :D Because Ridley likes to jump ...jump...jump...xD
Rundas I do want to play through the games again. Hyper mode is same as hard on GC version. Also I knew how to stop him jumping and make it him charge at you more. Probably helps how I use super missiles when he is grounded. I think I would constantly go behind him and make him tail swipe, avoid the tail swipe and go backwards and he would be more likely to charge at you. Something weird like that. I had it down years ago. :)
QuintemTA Not sure about the RNG in Ridley Ground fight, but this giant space dragon just wanted to jump on me so badly... sigh... i would like to use Super Missile in groundfight but charging up and fire it takes too long to hit him, thtas why i used plasma over Super Missile. And im not sure but i think Hypermodus is in fact not like Hard in GC Version, its again harder. Dont quote me on that :)
Rundas I did not unlock hyper mode on Trilogy but from my experience with MP3 hypermode is the same as Hard. I don't know maybe you could tell me. In normal (GC) or veteran (Trilogy) the burrowing beetles have 5HP which is 5 power beam shots. In Hard (GC) they have 10HP, so I would guess they have 10HP in Trilogy hyper mode too. Basically hard/hypermode doubles the HP and Damage of all enemies. Another example would be Space Pirates. They have 45 HP in normal/veteran and of course 90 HP in hard/hyper. It takes 3 missiles to kill one in normal/veteran or 1 super missile. Since a missile does 15 damage and a super missile does 90! Yes I did work out the HP of enemies and damage of weapons :< not all mind.
It's interesting to watch characters change over the years. I remember back in the day, way back, when Ridley was just a little 8-bit critter hopping around shooting bits of pixelated nonsense at you. Now look at him, he's a cybernetic killer dragon the length of a bus with the arsenal of a battleship.
This theme is just- MMMF!! Everything about Ridley’s theme encapsulates this feeling being on a timer, and the clock is ticking fast. Not only that, but a reminder that Ridley is not your average boss fight. He is cunning, fast, and can be tricky at times to pin down. But I mean just look at his boss fight in Prime 3. YOU FIGHT HIM WHILST PLUMMETING DOWN TO UNCERTAIN DOOM!!! That’s so epic, I mean WHO TF COMES UP WITH THIS?! But watch the altimeter on your radar the next time you face him. Watch as how the distance from you and the ground is, no pun intended. Plummeting. This theme is so awesome, it perfectly creates the feeling of being rushed, slightly fearful, but most importantly. It creates the sense of an epic dual between Samus and Ridley. You’ve killed him how many times, yet Ridley just keeps coming. Yet that doesn’t stop you, cuz you have a score to settle with the fire breathing mofo.
I was named after Samus Aran by my brother and i played metroid before basically almost all other games and this is my favorite song of all metroid songs
From the beginning up until this particular point in the game, I really loved Metroid Prime, but when this music started to play I realized that the Metroid series had really stolen a piece of my heart. The music envoked such strong memories from the amazing Super Metroid that I was moved to tears.
This is one of the best boss themes ever composed in video game history it really gives you a sense of danger and not to mention it is just badass to listen to and is one of the best boss fights I had ever experienced and played!!!
Now here's an interesting parallel you can draw. Ridley is pretty much like the Joker whereas Samus is like Batman. And just like Batman and Joker... These two were practically destined to do battle with one another.
David Li The games don't portray that. And in the Manga Ridley describes how he likely ate the corpse of Samus' parents in order to heal his injuries. And he quite enjoyed breaking down Samus during that bit.
I can get through the first phase damageless (without the boost ball trick either) but something about the end of the dash phase can still take 3-4 energy tanks from me. Best fight theme in the game, need the nostalgia even though I've only had the game for a year.
This song sounds...I would say calming but similar to that and intense at the same time because you kinda just here this chill beat and all the choir pops in and it switches to intense and all the techno noises on top of it
One of my favorite songs from the series tbh, It took me a minute (because I was younger and less skilled at the time when I first beat this game) but I got his attack pattern down, then he was easy to beat afterword! He was a boss I was happy to learn, the hard way, to beat. In learning it made me a better player.
Love this track, if you get him going right, Ridley actually sort of fights to the beat. I like to think of him as an equivalent to The Joker, if Samus were equated to Batman. You just can't get rid of him, and of course he's awesome.
seriously...the best way to enjoy the start of this fight is going to temple being like: "ok i got all of the artifact...time to go to the impact crater and finish this...wait...i feel like i forgot something..." *ridley shows up and music starts* "oh...right"
@maconwriter Yes, but by Prime's start she's only defeated him once Zero Mission end Total: 1 Prime end total: 2 Prime 3 end total: 4 Super Metroid End Total: 6 Not sure how many on Other M, not yet finished, but at least 7 now So at the end of Fusion it's 8 times But the point still stands, when this music plays, is her second in game encounter (Prior to Zero Mission Ridley killed her parents then years later beat Samus, then Zero Mission happened)
While I agree that the Other M version is objectively better... I still prefer this version over it. I do like the epic, orchestrated feeling that the Other M version has, but I think the techno, sinister vibe this one has fits Ridley better.
+Sagan Rauscher (pinipigbomb) "Objectively" I thought music was a subjective medium. Then again, I hate everything about Other M, so maybe I'm biased. :V
+Sagan Rauscher (pinipigbomb) because they never had the real version. Other M was basically the game that ripped everything the Metroid series has built up for 30+ years right down, and ruined it completely to appease to the new spoiled brat generation.
This was the ONLY boss that actually killed me in Hard Mode. The entire Hard Mode fight was a test of endurance, had a feeling Ridley wouldn't go down easily. And oh boy, did he not. When I finally delivered that last Super Missile to his core, I felt way too powerful to be stopped at that point. Amazing fight, overall!
Did You now that you can actually hit Meta Ridley when he charges his Dash? Shoot at the Right Time with a Charge Shot so you hit his Mouth and you actually interrupt his Dash Charge! It's very useful!
@BakanoJutsu I never realized Metroid was so complicated but that does make me think what would it be like to see something from Ridley's perspective considering all the changes he's gone through
The music actually alows you to envision the fight sequence itself, is what is best about this theme. You can picture the jumping and lazerz and explosions as u listen
That's way to obvious alright how about Alduin and Smaug I honestly didn't find smaug from the desolation of smaug that impressive like Alduin so how about them both
Ridley is my favorite antagonist in... Well, any game. Even if he is a jackass during his fights, his appearance matches his threat level, and this music portrays it perfectly.
@Thereisnodaddy There are two Ridleys. The first Ridley lasts from Zero mission to Super Metroid. After his defeat in Zero Mission, he is healed via space pirates to become meta ridley. In Metroid Prime 3, he is infused with Phazon to become Omega Ridley. The phazon heals his body so he is organic in super metroid. There he dies for real. He is cloned in Other M, and an X parasite takes his form in Fusion.
i remember playing the old version of metroid for the nes, and omg that game was hard, i love all the metriod games and the music is just fucking epic!!!!!! i love how the storylin stays pretty much the same. and i wish metriods were real so i could have one as a friend, not pet but a friend yes i know they're dangerous. but i still want one if they were real
Waiting for Metroid Prime 4 is probably going to take as long as Ridley takes to fly back to the battle.
Well at least it got confirmed
Mmmm...I think he is not gonna appear in the game, or at least not Meta Ridley. May be his form of Proteus Ridley to explain how he was health and restored his body.
Metroid Fusion is the end of the franchise, at the moment, in the time-line and Metroid Prime franchise take place between the original Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy and his remake, Nintendo 3DS, where Ridlye was added). Metroid Prime 4 is supossed to continue the real end of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption who connect Prime Hunters (from Nintendo DS) with the rest of the franchise (just a rumor). There is many histories on the Metroid universe to take, for example, is still missing what happen to Samus and the baby Metroid between Metroid II and Super Metroid, even Nintendo tell that Samus and the Baby take many adventures, so I still waiting for...I don't know how call, may be Metroid Second, and making a Metroid games starring with Samus and the baby. I can't stop to imagine how thats works, in a game where you need the help of the Metroid baby to resolve puzzles, but is just my mind.
You're not too far off
Who are you?
There's something indescribable about this boss that makes it so epic. I think it's the fact that you're now fully upgraded with all your weapons and suit, all of which were acquired through a tough and long journey. You can tear through most of the enemies with relative ease and can conquer all of Tallon IV with your suit.
And even then, you find yourself in a life or death situation, battling your oldest enemy, resurrected and just as powerful as you
+Epsilon boost ball on land immediately destroys flight phase..........................
+Epsilon I've always considered Ridley to be Samus' equal when it come to power.
+Balderak13 Because that is version is an unfinish protoype, with Japanese and PAL got the fuller version. Good lick finishing the three trilogies on hypermode..
but some bosses and mechanics are way easier in the trilogy, what the trilogy fixed was the bugs people used to exploit enemy weaknesses via glitches or stuff.
except in super metroid, where he dies for good, or so the canon says
Everybody gangsta with all their upgrades till the music drops
I'll never forget the first time me and an old friend of mine first reached this fight. We got our asses *KICKED.*
Still no challenge :D but still one of the best bosses :P but not when it comes to a challenge!
@@venar4248 true
Fighting this boss on a Gamecube is near impossible lol I'm far from bad but Gamecube controls are so clunky to this day LOL
Can't be in Smash they said.
Too big they said.
I knew he would be in the game even when Sakurai said the same thing. Smash not respect the sizes of the characters after all, just look Olimar and Pichu, or Mario in front of Bowser in Smash compared with his own games, and so many people wanted for him, cause is an important character from his franchise. I'm glad to see him, and can't wait for play Ultimate with Ridley, K.Rool and Simon Belmont. It's gonna be the Smash that I was waiting since Melee on GameCube.
@胡龙豪 Take your like, pls.
Still too big tho, i mean i'm very happy he's in but he does look absurd in there specially next to samus he looks really weird and small.
Months late, but i'm sure Sakurai would have been bothered by it if he hadn't put Ridley in Smash. I mean you know how the fandom is. They love shoving things down his throat even though arguably, he probably is content as long as fans are. I do think if it wasn't for the fan outcry, he would have just retained his boss title on the stage or possibly be a regular like Smash Ultimate bosses.
@@whoever12341 Ridley is not entirely about hte size, he's about being a ruthless savage murderer.
"threat level: Extreme"
Reply: "Hooooooooooly fuck!!!"
And then you realize you can kill him pathetically easily by boosting into his toe in Morph Ball mode...
Burraku Dusk Not in trilogy doe. Gotta do it the MANLY WAY
Phaz
Yeah, I know. I have the Trilogy on my Wii-U. I still find it funny that you could do it in the original, though.
Burraku Dusk Hell, you basically HAD to due to the way the GC's aiming worked and the fict that Ridley was such an annoying bastard. AND once he gets on the ground he likes to spam his dash and block his mouth with his hand.
I wonder what the lead game designer's first impression was when he read the script for a large, android dragon with missile launchers and launches beams of plasma and only has one legit weak spot that gives you just a second to hit it before having to dodge.
Swagraki Kenpachi My guess it that the lead game designer came up with that idea in the first place :P
His first impression was "HERESY!!!!" *BLAM*
"Git gud."
It probably went like
Hey developer...
10/10!! WE NEED MORE IDEAS LIKE THIS
There's something about this Ridley fight music that stands out to me. The chaotic nature, the mechanical sounds, the anger behind the music. All at the same time, being laser targetted at one person, Samus Aran. It has the sense of rivalry. It feels like Ridley is taking vengance for the events in Metroid 1. Pure unrivaled hatred for Samus. That coupled with the fire in his eyes...ugh i love it sooooooo much.
This is the best Ridley fight in the series.
I don't know, man... I think that first fight with Ridley in Prime 3 is the best one. I mean, you're tumbling down the chute with him and it's up close and personal.
To be fair he did kill her parenta
Proteus Ridley is also awesome
The mechanical/industrial sounds are so cool and atmospheric. Fucking love it
@@3abdooogamer734 And maybe the hardest, for the extreme damage from his attacks
I've always loved how Ridley has his own theme. Every time you hear it, you think of him and vice versa. It's really iconic for the Metroid series and Nintendo in general. :3
Agreed. Ridley keeps coming back and is a symbol of Metroid. No one wants him gone
I know! I love him! He's such an awesome boss. :D
Burning Blaze Is that the reason why they don't make a game canonically after Fusion? Because he's deader than dead.
Hahaha I meant like when you see him, you always think of his theme. Or at least I do :D but yeah, we would be totally dead. I'd hate to be in the same room as him! :D
Marcomercury12 Everyone loves Ridley from a distance, in a galaxy far away. It must be the name and Leitmotif.
This theme doesn't feel much repetitive as the repetitive motif in the main part of the theme has shifted to the percussion and it focuses on playing different, new, mechanical-feeling sounds and tunes to add in the main part, making the theme sound old school but new at the same time, just like Meta Ridley.
It is rather genius, isn't it?
@@Lucrei. It is indeed, just as genius as Ridley himself
Scan Complete: Meta Ridley
Analisis: Threat level high, Meta Ridley is efficient at close and long range combat. Arsenal includes multi-missile system, a kinetic breath weapon, a meson bomb launcher, and an ultrathermal flamestrike projector. Maximum firepower is recommend to defeat this foe.
Hopefully, we'll be hearing this theme in the next Smash Bros, with a big, sexy Space Dragon to go along with it.
We will, with OM's version, sadly.. but we will!
whoever12341 i actually like the OM version, its the only good track in that game
Snorlax9876 Yeah, it's not bad per se.. but since this is metroid, a more.. electronic and alien sounding tone is kind of its thing.. and it being orchestrated, for me at least, defeats its purpose.
Your wish is granted.
Santa must have thought you were a real good boy.
I swear, I'm going to make my children play this game before anything else.
Baby fresh out the womb, gamecube controller in hand.
+Taylor THE BABY
And that is how Faze clan was born
Well at least you have diapers at hand when he/she sees Chozo ghosts for first time.
+gronndar god it took me a month to go back to the game after I first ran into them, I just always wondered why are the ghosts of the good guys, attacking they're adopted child, even some of the lore you scan, says "the child will return" like, are you the child, are you the one they thought was a fake, my only guess is, they were training/ testing her to see if she's worthy for the chozo artifacts (lol sorry for this huge paragraph)
LET’S GO METROID PRIME REMASTERED!!!
I'm only sad that I finished Metroid Prime Remastered already and I don't have a follow-up to play D:
@@TemperedMediaYou could always download the Super Nintendo Library and play Super Metroid, or even play Fusion with the GBA Library.
LETS GO METROID PRIME 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@tamus4655 SO TRUE!!!!!
My favorite Ridley battle. In fact, this is what turned me into a huge Ridley fan. When he came back in Corruption joining forces with Dark Samus to take down their common arch enemy, I flipped.
So this was a pretty recent thing, but I was playing Pokemon Legends (spoilers ahead)
I had this battle music on a video game playlist. I had turned the background music for PL:A off, so that I could have my own music playing behind it from TH-cam instead. I was in the Snowpoint Temple, trying to sneak up on an alpha Gallade, which soon spotted me.
This music started playing the moment that Gallade began chasing me. I've never been more scared in my entire life 💀
"How many times have you died? I'm actually getting impressed." Sniper, Team Fortress 2
Everyone talkin bout the prime1 boss, but it made me so happy when the song showed up while battling Ridley in the generator shaft in prime 3.
In my eyes, fighting Meta Ridley in metroid prime was more than just a fight, it was an experience. A very good experience at that!
Imagine flying Garchomp xD
That would be amazing as well!
Metroid prime was the first videogame that i got to play, i was 5 years when my parents bought me the gamecube this is a game from childhood that i will never forget *FOREVER METROID PRIME FAN*
Amen! I love Metroid and Metroid Prime although if they fuck a game up, just like I love Fire Emblem and how they fucked up Fates, I am NOT gonna be nice just because I like the series. You fuck something up, you gotta be called out on it to improve other games. I mean, the Switch is the result of the Fuck up that is the Wii U and I LOVE my Switch! Too bad a bunch of idiots try to defend companies that need to be called out instead of defended as THEY CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES! AND I WON'T BUY ANY APOLOGY UNLESS IT'S PAIRED WITH MEANINGFUL ACTION! Talk is cheap, if company actually means an apology, they'll actually take action as that has an ACTUAL consequence in the world rather than simply just saying something to try and get out of trouble.
@@raoullupin5412 So, how was Dread
@@ExtremeAce Amazing! I loved it!
@@raoullupin5412 Glad to hear that! It was awesome.
He only finished 2 E-tanks of my health, such a piss easy fight
And then came his ground phase.
He lost his flight ability and that made him harderO_O
but it was an easy fight in general
5/8 time signature for awhile
3 measures of 4/8
1 measure of 3/8
5/8 time signature for awhile
8 measures of 3/8
2 measures of 2/8
repeat
From a short purple Dragon to a huge badass fire breathing Dragon, I love all the Ridley battles to this day.
SCAN COMPLETE: Morphology: Meta Ridley Genetically enhanced Ridley metaform. Reborn and evolved through Pirate technology. Meta Ridley is a fearsome enforcer. Its armored hide is extremely resilient, save for the chest, which has thinner plating. The Pirates have fused a number of potent weapons to the creature, including a Multi-Missle System, a Kinetic Breath Weapon, a Meson Bomb Launcher, and an Ultrathermal Flamestrike Projector. Meta Ridley is also a formidable melee combatant, making any sort of engagement a risky proposition.
That 5/8 beat is fantastic
Then the 6/8 switch-up in the "chorus" section.
5/8 time signature for awhile
3 measures of 4/8
1 measure of 3/8
5/8 time signature for awhile
8 measures of 3/8
2 measures of 2/8
repeat
To this day, hearing this theme, still perfectly makes me recall the intimidating image of Ridley's massive frame sweeping across the skies of the artifact ruins while you were confined to the ground, feeling like little more than a sitting-duck against his aerial mastery.
who else tried to save the chozo statue just to see if there was something secret that was going to happen
i save 5 of them. at least i tried.
So basically you’re fighting a cyborg alien dragon pirate? Only in Metroid is that possible lol
I consider this as one of the most memorable moments of the Metroid series. The music magnifies its exellence as well.
The fact that this boss is so hard even when you fight with all upgrades and at basically full power is really a testament to how well this boss was designed and how to amp the player up for the final showdown with their nemesis
The first time I beat the game I went through it without ever learning how to lock on side dash this made Meta Ridley particularly hell for me
Best scene? Watching Mete Ridley fly in the distance while there is a super misile plus a misile trying to hit it and the asshole avoids them. You stare at Ridley with a poker face and you will be like "Ok...."
The familiar music starts, and that's when I affectionately say:
"Heeeeere's RIDLEY!!!"
Goddamn it, Ridley. You beat Ganondorf and Bowser by a friggin' lightyear!
This was the best Ridley boss battle in history.
Blackflare71 omega ridley was pretty good
The music was the best Ridley theme, too.
I think its the fact that you fight him while falling into a 10 miles deep hole
@@IschmarVI wrong meta Ridley
Idk man, for me the first Meta Ridley fight in Metroid Prime 3 was the best
We need Ridley in monster hunter 4
Alexander Ilthari That would be a cool reference, we have a samus costume and weapon
+Alexander Ilthari Yian Garuga is close enough
+Adam Stewart If we actually had ridely in that game, well....good luck with his pin attack..
+Shadow Armor Indeed
+Shadow Armor that's why we have dung bombs, friend
This is one of the best boss battles I ever played. I loved when Ridley would fly like 10 miles out and come strafing through like an A-10.
Best boss in the game by far. When he came down as you put the final chozo artifact, it scared the hell out of me. One intense fight. Great music too
I remember beating Ridley in Hypermode in Prime 1 took like 30 min. The last part of his life bar is taking forever xD
What the hell were you shooting him with, just power beam? :S
QuintemTA Nahh, was using Plasma Beam for the last part but go and check him out again in hypermodus. U will be surprised how less dmg u deal to his breast plate, its ridiculous xD and it feels like u need hours to beat him :D
Because Ridley likes to jump ...jump...jump...xD
Rundas I do want to play through the games again. Hyper mode is same as hard on GC version. Also I knew how to stop him jumping and make it him charge at you more. Probably helps how I use super missiles when he is grounded.
I think I would constantly go behind him and make him tail swipe, avoid the tail swipe and go backwards and he would be more likely to charge at you. Something weird like that. I had it down years ago. :)
QuintemTA Not sure about the RNG in Ridley Ground fight, but this giant space dragon just wanted to jump on me so badly... sigh... i would like to use Super Missile in groundfight but charging up and fire it takes too long to hit him, thtas why i used plasma over Super Missile.
And im not sure but i think Hypermodus is in fact not like Hard in GC Version, its again harder. Dont quote me on that :)
Rundas I did not unlock hyper mode on Trilogy but from my experience with MP3 hypermode is the same as Hard. I don't know maybe you could tell me. In normal (GC) or veteran (Trilogy) the burrowing beetles have 5HP which is 5 power beam shots. In Hard (GC) they have 10HP, so I would guess they have 10HP in Trilogy hyper mode too.
Basically hard/hypermode doubles the HP and Damage of all enemies.
Another example would be Space Pirates. They have 45 HP in normal/veteran and of course 90 HP in hard/hyper. It takes 3 missiles to kill one in normal/veteran or 1 super missile. Since a missile does 15 damage and a super missile does 90!
Yes I did work out the HP of enemies and damage of weapons :< not all mind.
Having played through the whole series, this is still THE Ridley fight for me.
Still waiting for my Metroid Prime Wii U
Keep believing bro!!
As long as we can keep the source code away from Sakamoto, we should be good
KieraDieHund I'm currently playing Prime for the first time also. I'm really liking the game. I'm on the Phazon Mines part.
Well I'm waiting for the trilogy to download right now for my wii u
Diggerty right Ten u beat it yet?
Now we fight. IN FULL HD!
I literally blast metroid prime music in my car haha it's so good and has a very unique ost
It's interesting to watch characters change over the years. I remember back in the day, way back, when Ridley was just a little 8-bit critter hopping around shooting bits of pixelated nonsense at you. Now look at him, he's a cybernetic killer dragon the length of a bus with the arsenal of a battleship.
One of my favorite boss fights ever is back, now remastered!
After all these years, I'm just now noticing the Tourian melodies in this theme!🤯
This is sick
This theme is just- MMMF!! Everything about Ridley’s theme encapsulates this feeling being on a timer, and the clock is ticking fast. Not only that, but a reminder that Ridley is not your average boss fight. He is cunning, fast, and can be tricky at times to pin down. But I mean just look at his boss fight in Prime 3. YOU FIGHT HIM WHILST PLUMMETING DOWN TO UNCERTAIN DOOM!!! That’s so epic, I mean WHO TF COMES UP WITH THIS?!
But watch the altimeter on your radar the next time you face him. Watch as how the distance from you and the ground is, no pun intended. Plummeting. This theme is so awesome, it perfectly creates the feeling of being rushed, slightly fearful, but most importantly. It creates the sense of an epic dual between Samus and Ridley. You’ve killed him how many times, yet Ridley just keeps coming. Yet that doesn’t stop you, cuz you have a score to settle with the fire breathing mofo.
MOM. MOM MY FAVORITE SONG MADE ONE MILLION VIEWS ON TH-cam
I was named after Samus Aran by my brother and i played metroid before basically almost all other games and this is my favorite song of all metroid songs
Samus is such a badass name to have. Well done to your brother.
Man I love this theme. It's my favorite boss theme.
Who's here after the Dread announcement?
From the beginning up until this particular point in the game, I really loved Metroid Prime, but when this music started to play I realized that the Metroid series had really stolen a piece of my heart. The music envoked such strong memories from the amazing Super Metroid that I was moved to tears.
This is one of the best boss themes ever composed in video game history it really gives you a sense of danger and not to mention it is just badass to listen to and is one of the best boss fights I had ever experienced and played!!!
Now here's an interesting parallel you can draw. Ridley is pretty much like the Joker whereas Samus is like Batman. And just like Batman and Joker... These two were practically destined to do battle with one another.
+mrguy22494 How is Ridley anything like the Joker?
David Li He's bat-shit insane. And kills because he wants to.
What? No. He's not insane, he's a pirate. He kills to protect his assets. Ridley makes money, Joker makes jokes.
I've read the manga. No media portrays Ridley as being schizophrenic or clinically insane.
David Li The games don't portray that. And in the Manga Ridley describes how he likely ate the corpse of Samus' parents in order to heal his injuries. And he quite enjoyed breaking down Samus during that bit.
OUR BOY'S IN SMASH
This is Meta Ridley you idiot.
I can get through the first phase damageless (without the boost ball trick either) but something about the end of the dash phase can still take 3-4 energy tanks from me. Best fight theme in the game, need the nostalgia even though I've only had the game for a year.
Ridley was the most badass recurring villain in the Metroidverse once, then he took a Boost Ball to the wings.
Boost Ball between the legs, you mean?
jacobdean35 Same effect either way lol
Is it naive that I thought they just let me pass the teleporter and nobody would try to stop me? :D
This song sounds...I would say calming but similar to that and intense at the same time because you kinda just here this chill beat and all the choir pops in and it switches to intense and all the techno noises on top of it
This song played in my head when I saw the remaster get announced
One of my favorite songs from the series tbh, It took me a minute (because I was younger and less skilled at the time when I first beat this game) but I got his attack pattern down, then he was easy to beat afterword! He was a boss I was happy to learn, the hard way, to beat. In learning it made me a better player.
Love this track, if you get him going right, Ridley actually sort of fights to the beat.
I like to think of him as an equivalent to The Joker, if Samus were equated to Batman. You just can't get rid of him, and of course he's awesome.
seriously...the best way to enjoy the start of this fight is going to temple being like:
"ok i got all of the artifact...time to go to the impact crater and finish this...wait...i feel like i forgot something..."
*ridley shows up and music starts*
"oh...right"
I still think this is the best version, even better than Ultimate´s
This is good beyond words
Simply awesome, just like every Ridley theme.
This has got to be my favorite theme
I also struggled a lot fighting meta ridley
Honestly he was THE only boss that almost beat me. Truly a great boss fight so epic.
Ridley is currently my second favorite villain of all time. He rules.
This is probably the best part of the whole game. I have a save right before this fight so I can play it whenever I want
Same! I’ve done it for every Ridley Bossfight in every Metroid game, and I’m thrilled to hear that I’m not the only one!
This was reused in SSBB.
Ridley the infamous cheater of death, such an amazing boss fight this is :)
Certified banger
When I saw Ridley destroying the Artifact Temple I was like: "Oh shit, here we go"
@maconwriter Yes, but by Prime's start she's only defeated him once
Zero Mission end Total: 1
Prime end total: 2
Prime 3 end total: 4
Super Metroid End Total: 6
Not sure how many on Other M, not yet finished, but at least 7 now
So at the end of Fusion it's 8 times
But the point still stands, when this music plays, is her second in game encounter
(Prior to Zero Mission Ridley killed her parents then years later beat Samus, then Zero Mission happened)
While I agree that the Other M version is objectively better... I still prefer this version over it. I do like the epic, orchestrated feeling that the Other M version has, but I think the techno, sinister vibe this one has fits Ridley better.
+Sagan Rauscher (pinipigbomb) "Objectively"
I thought music was a subjective medium.
Then again, I hate everything about Other M, so maybe I'm biased. :V
Meh. This one was synthesized and the Other M one was partially orchestrated. And pretty much everyone I've talked to liked the Other M version. :P
+Sagan Rauscher (pinipigbomb) because they never had the real version. Other M was basically the game that ripped everything the Metroid series has built up for 30+ years right down, and ruined it completely to appease to the new spoiled brat generation.
To put it nicely, 1. Awsome gameplay, and 2. A weak story.
giorgioskb Exactly what I tell people is other m is basically fusion with sound thats the ONLY difference.
It relieves me to know that so many people still choose to remember the classics rather than dash off the play the next game that "looks cool".
Whenever Ridley does his ram attack when he's about to die I always say, "OH I really pissed him off now!". XD
This was the ONLY boss that actually killed me in Hard Mode. The entire Hard Mode fight was a test of endurance, had a feeling Ridley wouldn't go down easily. And oh boy, did he not. When I finally delivered that last Super Missile to his core, I felt way too powerful to be stopped at that point. Amazing fight, overall!
Put it on 0.5 speed. If it had better sound quality it would sound really awesome.
Bryce Olson I think .75 sounds pretty cool
The beat sounds like that of a heart’s.
Fitting.
Imagine trying to pick up a girl and this music is in background
so you have to try and get a girl to go out with you while falling down a hole for 3 hours?
When she tells you her name is Ridley
*Pteranodon + xenomorph + dragón + robot = Meta ridley*
Ridley was a tough bastard in Metroid Fusion, not so much in this game though, still a rad battle though, I miss playing this on the gamecube tbh
+RappinMobbStyle my friend you have never played hypermode. You want a challenge play that i promise you you will die at least once
+raptorjesus101 On Veteran he took 8 OF MY BARS!!!!
DAT DUCKING SHOULDER BARGE HURTS!!! AND FAST!
Did You now that you can actually hit Meta Ridley when he charges his
Dash? Shoot at the Right Time with a Charge Shot so you hit his Mouth and you actually
interrupt his Dash Charge! It's very useful!
@BakanoJutsu I never realized Metroid was so complicated but that does make me think what would it be like to see something from Ridley's perspective considering all the changes he's gone through
by far my favorite boss of all time, I had a save file backed up just so I could fight him whenever I wanted
I remember as an 8th grader the first time meta ridley appeared and this song played...i melted into phazon infused love
meta bigley
Pixel Potaters
meta bigsmoke
This is the best part of Metroid Prime: the battle with Meta-Ridley.
Meta Ridley for Dark Souls anyone?! :')
I actually mute _Dark Souls_'s music and play this track on loop sometimes when I fight Kalameet.
The music actually alows you to envision the fight sequence itself, is what is best about this theme. You can picture the jumping and lazerz and explosions as u listen
Alduin
Every damn Dragon > Alduin > Something that doesn't exist
Grigori>Alduin
That's way to obvious alright how about Alduin and Smaug I honestly didn't find smaug from the desolation of smaug that impressive like Alduin so how about them both
Adam Stewart
Smaug might have the advantage in size and strength. But alduin can summon meteors.
What an amazing remix! Definitely fits the META in Meta Ridley
Probably my favorite boss in the whole game (along with Metroid Prime), tho I think it feels a little too long after he loses his wings.
Ridley is my favorite antagonist in... Well, any game. Even if he is a jackass during his fights, his appearance matches his threat level, and this music portrays it perfectly.
The best out of all his theme songs.
While I thing the Brawl rendition of Ridley's theme is the best one, this is a pretty close second.
@Thereisnodaddy There are two Ridleys. The first Ridley lasts from Zero mission to Super Metroid. After his defeat in Zero Mission, he is healed via space pirates to become meta ridley. In Metroid Prime 3, he is infused with Phazon to become Omega Ridley. The phazon heals his body so he is organic in super metroid. There he dies for real. He is cloned in Other M, and an X parasite takes his form in Fusion.
i remember playing the old version of metroid for the nes, and omg that game was hard, i love all the metriod games and the music is just fucking epic!!!!!! i love how the storylin stays pretty much the same. and i wish metriods were real so i could have one as a friend, not pet but a friend yes i know they're dangerous. but i still want one if they were real
マザーブレイン倒した後の自爆装置起動のBGMを機械めいた感じにしたものだから、このBGM聞くと「逃げなくては！」という気持ちがして急かされてる気分がするぜ
スーパーメトロイドが懐かしいわ
its also reused when u fight him in Prime 3. but it still fits awesomely there and im glad they didnt change that.