User blog comment:TheFoolisherFoolishFool/More Ridley things that no one cares about./@comment-4151849-20140816192543/@comment-32390199-20140816202659

Yeah. Look at previous characters that many people thought/hoped would get in. Sakurai immediately deconfirms them without teasing them or anything. Examples: Skull Kid, Waluigi, Dillon and the more recent Takamaru. Why wouldn't he just to the same with Ridley. I would immediately accept that he is just a stage boss, but he doesn't.