Ridley

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This article is about the enemy, Ridley. For the section of Zebes, see Ridley (area).

Ridley File:Ridley2.jpg Official artwork of Ridley.

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Ridley is a reoccurring dragon-like antagonist in the Metroid series, appearing in all but three Metroid games. He is the leader of the Space Pirates military. Ridley appears in different forms such as his normal form and his Omega Ridley form. In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Samus fights his meta form and Omega form. In the official Metroid manga, Ridley is capable of speech. He is the second to last boss in every game he is in.

Ridley

Ridley's main form is an armored and highly powerful Space Pirate leader. First appearing in the original Metroid, he was the second guardian to Tourian. Much like Kraid, he is found in his own hideout. The battle is relatively simple and, with good positioning, Samus can defeat him without taking any damage. After he is defeated, the path to Tourian and Mother Brain opens up.

In Super Metroid, Ridley appears much larger than his past form and has many more attacks. In the beginning of the game, he kills the scientists of the Ceres Space Colony and, after a breif duel with Samus, captures the Metroid Hatchling. Much later, Samus encounters him again in the depths of Norfair. He is the fourth and final boss needed to open the path to Tourian. Expecting to locate the Infant Metroid, Samus finds all but the creature's broken statis chamber and an Energy Tank.

Ridley also makes an appearance in Metroid: Zero Mission, larger than how he was in the original game, but loses the ability to fly.

Meta Ridley

See Meta Ridley

In Metroid Prime, Meta Ridley appears right as Samus is going to place the Chozo Artifacts at the Artifact Temple. He destroys the main entrance to the Impact Crater and engages Samus in a battle. She must defeat Ridley in order to gain access to the Impact Crater and Metroid Prime.

In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Meta Ridley makes a very breif entrance to the battle at Norion after a Galactic Federation Marine exclaims "What the heck is that?" He next appears when Samus is rolling through a maze of tubes in Morph Ball mode. He attempts to kill her by firing lasers but is unsuccesful. He finally appears in an actual boss fight after Samus activates Generator C in Norion to enable the Planetary Defense System. He was hiding at the top of the generator and knocked Samus and himself down the shaft under it. His weak spots are his chest and hands. After dealing sufficient damage to Ridley, Samus escapes the shaft with the assistance of Rundas.

Omega Ridley

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Omega Ridley appears in the Leviathan

Main article: Omega Ridley

Omega Ridley appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in the Space Pirate Homeworld to protect the Leviathan. Omega Ridley took another form change after he, as Meta Ridley, was defeated on Norion. Once Omega Ridley is defeated, Samus obtains the Hyper Grapple and she is free to overload the Leviathan core to destroy the Leviathan itself. Although Omega Ridley was killed and seemed damaged beyond repair, Mecha Ridley appears in Metroid Fusion, despite being chronologically after the events of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.