AWKWARD ZOMBIE

I knew he was intelligent and tactical - I couldn't recall where I'd read that, however, and since I knew I wouldn't be able to back it up, I didn't put it forward.

My best defense would be "You don't get to work for someone called Mother Brain, much less as one of her top lieutenants, by being dumb muscle."

I also can't remember where I picked up that Ridley was a high-ranking Space Pirate...or for that matter, anything beyond "SPACE DRAGON!".

It's also worth mentioning that I never said they have no personalities, but more that it doesn't seem to be a big factor in Metroid games. Narratives, dialogue, discussion, fleshing these people out...it's kinda scarce compared to other features. Like exploring environments and blasting the everloving hell out of everything you meet.

As a slightly more personal aside, "Fans of Metroid know" - stop there. No thanks. That steps dangerously close to trying to say what qualifies you to be a "true fan".

Glad you enjoyed it. I just wish I didn't procrastinate on making it for as long as I did.

It mostly took so long to get started because the task of having to tear down an entire wall and rebuild it so Ridley could have a plus-sized room to fit his large disposition was rather troublesome. After all, a giant purple space dragon that leads an entire space army of space pirates needs more space to stretch his wings before his return trip to space: in Space!

But I really couldn't just stop there; I had to break down the wall to the other room, of course. That was a lot of effort in and of itself, and as you can probably imagine, Samus wasn't too fond of the idea. However, after a bit of debating and bargaining, I finally managed to get Samus moved to the Ice Climbers' old room.

So, after getting her room cleared out, and boxing up a bunch of old upgrades she apparently lost under the bed, it was time to redecorate for Ridley! Unfortunately, regular beds don't work to well for heavy creatures like giant purple space dragons. So, I decided a nest-style sleeping space would work wonders, and Ridley was quite agreeable. I also considered changing the wallpaper, but we decided a fresh coat of paint would be just fine.

And that's how I fit Ridley into that room.
Come, to think of it, I forgot to widen the door. So I guess he's still stuck in there. Oh well.

And there's your explanation for why that edit took so long to make! And you didn't even have to ask! Yes!

The argument that Ridley only displays animalistic behaivour and never talks english as a reason to not be included in smash falls apart when the Villager is a literal blank slate, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Lucario, Greninja, Charizard and the Duck Hunt dog are all actual real animals and Little Mac's defining character trait is "good boxer".

I mean Nintendo is built on characters who don't make their personality obvious.

I believe both of his trophies from melee and brawl explain his intelligence.
Also Ridley doesn't work for Mother Brain per se, he is a big wig for the Space Pirates, and when he led an attack on Zebes he found MB as like a rogue Chozo A.I. and they sort of agreed to work together for mutual benefit. (I might be wrong here, but I think that's how it went down)

Yeah personalities have never been much of an "on the surface" thing in any Metroid game (or any Nintendo game now that I think about it) Then again that's what makes it cool find out more about these characters. It really has stopped me from judging any Nintendo character at face value.

Sorry if the "Fans of Metroid" thing rubbed you the wrong way, I didn't mean it like that. I was just saying that people who like Metroid a lot are usually the ones who know Ridley's backstory, I wasn't trying to imply anything.

Katie drawing makes Wolf (1/0+) time more smexy :3

Definitely.

While I agree with this sentiment, Kirby is a really bad example. Besides Dedede, Kirby destroys every single villain he encounters. Hell, in some games, he even destroys their SOULS! Honestly, after Squeak Squad, I came to believe that Kirby is the REAL villain of that series.

He destroys them because if he didn't, they'd stop at nothing to destroy or take over Pop Star.

Meanwhile the Squeak Squad, Dedede, Meta Knight, and several others he has fought were spared because they surrendered. Hell, Magolor survived and he didn't surrender.

AND you beat up his soul. So, I guess maybe he just fights their souls to cleanse them of evil?

-Killed the Great Deku tree.
-Threatened the Gorons with starvation if they didn't comply.
-Tried to kill Lord Jabu-Jabu.
-Killed the composer brothers.
-Killed at least one guard when attacking Hyrule Castle.
-Stole the Triforce with the intent of using its power to impose his will onto the world.
-Burned Hyrule Castle Town to the ground and filled it with ReDeads. (Or maybe that just happened on it's own, I don't know. Either way, the soldiers probably just let him do his thing unopposed.)
-Filled Kokiri Forest with monsters (along with all the temples).
-Imprisoned the Gorons so that he could feed the entire race to an ancient dragon that he revived in order to set an example to the other races. (Granted; Genocide < Killing the party's healer.)
-Froze all the Zoras except for the one that got away.
-Grew his eyebrows into his hair.

But yeah, he's probably innocent.

Makes me wonder why the Hyrulean Gorons are extinct in the downfall timeline though...

Pretty sure Ganon killed Link's parents. Like, a couple times.

Arson, Murder and Jaywalking, eh? XD

Sorry guys, haven't seen the originals for Katie's Smash Comics yet so there may be a reason for this, but is there a particular reason why every Original Smash character but Jigglypuff is represented in this comic?

Well if you do what I've done with Jiggles in Melee and Brawl, then it should be obvious: Jigglypuff is off the side of the screen, jumping up into the air, and spamming Rollout back onto the stage and/or Rollout spamming related suicides. Repeatedly.

Jigglypuff is too hard to draw, obviously.