Ridley was the 2nd most requested chracter to be Playable in SSBB! but was sadly outbeat in popularity by King DDD lol
 So most are assuming sakurai will most likely make him playable in SSB4(yes!!) but others disagree.

 People who are Anti Ridley always say thing over and over again why he cant be playable "He's too Big!" if thats your only excuse, then you must be a Moron who's retarded. 
Olimar, Kirby and Pokemon are too Small! yet are playable, they look weird being bigger, since they have always been small and cute, but that doesnt stop them from being playable. 
Bowser and Ganondorf have been bigger in thier own games, especially bowser. now all Nintendo did was shrink them down to an appropriate size and taa daa! they are viable to fight now!
But it just annoys me that people rant Ridley is too big, he should stay a boss or be a Stage!? lmao
Seriously, people have done hacks of Ridley in SSBB, hes slighty bigger than Bowser, but he works out fine and looks normal!
And for the People who say, Ridley is iconic for being large and huge!
Last time i recalled, Super smash Bros is a Canon game people! they are trophies, thus not the real fighters, so Nintendo can Gladly make Ridley smaller and playable, because it isnt the actual ridley. Just like Pikachu isnt the size of Ness, since pikachu is only like 2ft tall.
Im really Hoping Nintendo finally realizes, Ridley is highely wanted by so many to be playable! so Sakurai better do the good thing to include him because thats what the fans want is Ridley! hes one of the few Importent chracters not yet playable in SSb series.
 Ridley is on par with Mewtwo to be playable in SSB4

Cool story bro! 4 year old, done-over and over and over and nobody cares anymore arguments for the win!!!!!

Let me summerize-
Fan boy just made an entire post about some character he really wants in the game but stands not a shot in hell of gaining a character slot.

I thought only Wapanese kids circle jerked so hard for their favorite character.

Ridley is Super Smash Bros. 4? Who knows? It may happen and, if it did, it would be interesting!

Well to be fair, he did make some valid points and the "Too Big" argument needs to die.

I smell a Stupid Ridley hater..(looks at Slaanish)

Slaanish You could have at least put some facts of Why Ridley cant be in SSB4, But you Failed at that.

I hear 2 different stories from people
1.) Nintendo wont add Ridley because he would be very difficult to make and Balance out, due to having large wings and a long tail.

2.) Nintendo is too LAZY and wont waste time adding Ridley, because they dont want to waste so much time on a character (That Is highely demamded)

I agree with Both, but im mostly towards Option #2.
Any character can be turned into a smash fighter, heck look at Ivysaur and ROB.
If they spent time and effort, Ridley can be playable! 
Another thing people rant is " But Ridley is so huge in Brawl as a boss, and making him smaller in SSB4 will look stupid!" 
Um Pikachu was the size of a pokeball in the Original SSB intro, and its almost as big as Mario in the ssb series??
Speaking of intros, Ridley was slightly bigger than Samus in the Meele intro, but turned bigger in brawl??
point is, Size in Spin off games doesnt matter, since SSB series is a spin off itself, thus not the real fighter(merely Trophy versions of them)

Point is, If Nintendo spent time on Ridley, he can be Playable.
But i do agree that Nintendo is actually kinda lazy when it comes to fan service and other needs.
EX.) No patches on Brawl, and MK over dominates

Well, keep in mind that someone made a Ridley vertex hack for Charizard, and it doesn't look TOO out of place, sizewise...

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f161/jeremie_1992/al_090919_0222binout.jpg

IMHO, I could legit see Ridley in Smash 4 as a playable character, but I'd wager the odds of it actually happening are looking to be around 50/50.

dead link? :O

To be fair, Ganondorf and Bowser were at most 1.5x taller than Link/Mario. Ridley is about 3x-4x taller than Samus, which a MUCH bigger difference.

There has also been times when he has been shown to be of a much smaller height, such as Melee's intro and the NES Metroid.

Ridley is an obscure boss that debut in an snes game has been seen seldom after, if we are gonna give character slots then might as well give it to just about any character.

He is just a dragon also, there is no original or interesting trait about him. He barely has a backstory (Leader of an incompetent space pirate ring), and never even shows off any interesting moves in the games he has a place in. The only thing he has going for him is the nostalgia, but there are far better choices for a character slot then some unoriginal robot lizard.

Ridley can be made playable. The fact that "he's too big" is completely irrelevant, as they have rescaled character sizes to compensate for a Smash Bros. game. Bowser is a good example, as his size is always inconsistent in the Mario games. As for a moveset, I'm sure they can think of something, since a lot of the moves given to characters in the series have been made up, or even altered; Falcon Punch, Dolphin Slash and Spinning Kong are good examples of made up moves, while Rest being able to do damage, Extremespeed doing no damage, and Ness's ability to use PK Fire is a good example of moves altered for the sake of the game.

Ridley's made a cameo in the background of Planet Zebes in Smash 64, made a cameo in Melee's opening and as a trophy, and became a boss in two forms in Brawl. It wouldn't be too far of a stretch if he finally became playable in Smash 4. Does it mean he's guaranteed a playable form? No. But his odds of being a playable character is rather high at this point.

Ridley may be on par with Mewtwo for being playable, but when has a scrapped character ever made it back to the character roster?

Ridley being too large may not be a good argument, but I think the biggest problem might have to do with his fighting mechanics as a whole. He's a flying, awkward character. Hopefully they can pull it off.

That being said, Ridley does have a good chance compared to most other potential candidates.

Yet he was still 3-4 times bigger than Samus. At least Bowser is only 1.5x - 2x bigger than Mario, unless that Koopa on a broom comes by and makes it a special means. In Brawl, Bowser is also 1.5x-2x bigger than Mario, the same as in other games. He also isn't as difficult to make a moveset for, as he is actually seen on the ground commonly.

Making a moveset for Ridley would be extremely difficult, especially since you're not trying to clone Zard's animations.

While I think it CAN be possible, it would be extremely awkward and they would either have to shrink the whole cast, or make Ridley way too big. He's been portrayed as Samus' antogonist, and would probably stay as only that in the Metroid series, UNLESS they show he's had baby Ridleys and dies (Very unlikely), or gets shrunk in one of his games.

Holy ****, shut up.

Not sure if serious.

Ever seen Bowser in Super Mario 64, Sunshine, or Galaxy? I'd say he's about 3-4 times the size of Mario in those games, with Sunshine being an exception; he's freakin' massive in that game...

Just sayin'.

He almost has a background story (a space pirate ring incompetent leadership), never even show any interesting in-game action, he has a place in.

Ridley is pretty big.. Meta ridley could take down the whole stage and could kill you.