Meta Ridley

Meta Ridley
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A boss in	SSBB
Universe	Metroid

Meta Ridley is a mechanized version of Ridley.

Character description

Meta Ridley first appeared in Metroid Prime. After being badly wounded by Samus in Metroid, Ridley was revived by the Space Pirates using cybernetic technology. He was equipped with additional weapons, including a mouth beam, missiles and energy bombs. Samus first sees him while trying to escape the Frigate Orpheon. She quickly pursues him in her ship to the world of Tallon IV, but loses him. She briefly sees him in the Phendranna Drifts, but their final confrontation comes when Samus attempts to access the Impact Crater.

Meta Ridley's weak points are his mouth and chest. Eventually, Meta Ridley's wings burn, so he battles Samus on the ground, and is still lethally fast. Despite this, Samus defeats him.

Meta Ridley returns in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. When the Space Pirates attack Norion, Samus sees Ridley wipe out several Galactic Federation Marines. He briefly harasses her as she goes through an exposed rail while in Morph Ball form. When she goes to activate a reactor, Meta Ridley pounces her and they begin a free fall battle down the reactor shaft. Again, Meta Ridley is defeated and Samus is saved at the last minute by fellow bounty hunter Rundas.

Ridley, however, still surives. When Samus goes to destroy the Leviathan in the Pirate Homeworld seed, a large living meteor that corrupts planets with phazon, she finds that Ridley is guarding the core. He is now enhanced by phazon and appears as Omega Ridley. Still, he is defeated and returns to his organic form in Super Metroid.

Role in The Subspace Emissary

After R.O.B., Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon, Pikachu, Samus,and Captain Olimar make their way out of the doomed Bomb Factory flying away in the Falcon Flyer, they are attacked from behind by the resurrected Meta Ridley, who is out for revenge on Samus and Pikachu.

Meta Ridley's attacks can additionally send the Falcon Flyer reeling about. In this battle, he is attacking the ship as well and you have 2 minutes to beat him, similar to the battle in Metroid Prime 3. He has completely different moves from Ridley and you have to jump whenever he hits the ship or you could fall. He is later defeated when he is burnt by the Falcon Flyer's engines and the massive amounts of Subspace Bombs explode, covering the island in Subspace, taking everything in it, including the charred remains of Meta Ridley, into the Subspace. Tabuu, the leader of Subspace, revives Meta Ridley in The Great Maze to attack the heroes (oddly, both Ridley AND Meta Ridley appear in The Great Maze), but is defeated like last time, presumably leaving him out of the picture for good.

Trophy Stands appear frequently even on high difficulties, especially if the character is equipped with a strong Trophy Stand producing Sticker.

Tips on capturing Meta Ridley

-get to the stage with your best characters equipped with trophy stand drop stickers.

-Weaken Meta Ridley until it has just a bit of health left.

-Now, wait... when the trophy stand pops up wait until Meta Ridley attacks with the big fireball in the middle of the stage(The best character for this is Kirby or any other character who repeatedly jumps) time the attack, and throw the trophy stand dead on.

-Grab the trophy QUICKLY! If you don't capture Meta at first, keep trying, you'll get him.

Meta Ridley's Attacks

- Meta Ridley flies off the screen to the left, then attacks the Falcon Flyer, making it shake.

- Meta Ridley roars, and then sweeps low to attack.

- Meta Ridley flies off the screen to the left, then sweeps low with his tail.

- Meta Ridley flies off the screen to the left, roars, and then shoots multiple fireballs. The fireballs can be reflected easily.

- Meta Ridley grabs the back of the Falcon Flyer and tries to drag it down, while shooting large fireballs. A strong attack will shake him off. The flames from the engine also do a little damage to him.

- Meta Ridley jumps and lands on the Falcon Flyer,causing it to move off the bottom of the screen. You must jump when he uses this or you will be K.O.'d off the bottom.

-Meta Ridley flies to the middle of the ship and fires a single fireball. This is the best time to hit Meta Ridley with a Trophy Stand.

Trophy Info

The meta form of Ridley, revived using the Space Pirates' genetic engineering and cybernetic technologies. His thin chest plate--and weak point--is protected by a highly resistant membrane. Meta Ridley is highly mobile and features a multimissile system, a bomb launcher, and powerful wings. Ice attacks are particularly effective in dealing damage to him.

• Metroid Prime (2002)

Notes

• Meta Ridley is considered to be very difficult to turn into a trophy, mostly because of the time constraints during the fight, the difficulty of reaching to Meta Ridley, and the setting of the stage that when Meta Ridley turns into a trophy, the trophy will fall relatively fast that would require a fast faller to grab the trophy. However, if he goes for a fireball attack or an attack that causes him to go over the Falcon Flyer, then throw the stand up at him. The trophy will then land on the blue booster covering and time doesn't slow, like the other bosses when defeated. If you get a trophy stand, but the most opportune moment to turn him into a trophy does not arise within the remaining time, it may be best not to risk turning Meta Ridley into a trophy and either killing yourself or letting the time run dry. This way, you can Continue and try as many times as you like to give yourself the best chance, without having to re-play the whole level again.
• There is no time limit for fighting Meta Ridley in Boss Battles mode and in the Great Maze (However neither produce Trophy Stands during these fights).
• Aside from Tabuu. Meta Ridley is the only Boss to have an One-hit KO, though that attack is the easiest to avoid.
• Interestingly, the music that plays during the Meta Ridley fight is actually Vs Ridley, not Vs Meta Ridley