Thread:TheUltraman/@comment-4696205-20140503122307/@comment-4075764-20140503150239

The situation is no different than it was when he First unveiled Pyrosphere! We know now that it's SOME Form of Ridley, but we pretty much already guessed that to begin with! Sakurai never Mentioned Ridley, and what capacity he would appear in, and although he Strongly Implied it, He never outright said anything about him.

However, he made DAMN Sure that we saw him, keeping the camera focused on his shadow for a good 10 seconds. He Wanted us too see this. he wanted to make Damn Sure that we were talking about this. but why? publicity. He wants more people talking about this game. he wants these arguments because it helps to circulate interest in this game.

another thing I wanna bring up is Waluigi, whom many wanted to be a playable character, but wound up as an assist trophy. why do I bring this up? When Sakurai Unveiled him, he "Ripped the Band-Aid off right away", so to speak. he let us know from the moment we saw him that Waluigi was an assist. however, he didn't do this with Ridley.... who was FAR More wanted than Waluigi. now, think about it this way: if people go into E3 expecting to see Ridley as a Stage Boss, and Sakurai reveals Ridley as a Stage Boss, people are gonna be ".....eh, okay, we know.". BUT, if people go into E3 expecting to see Ridley as a Stage Boss, And Sakurai Reveals him as a Playable Character, That would Generate a TON of hype- maybe even more than Mega Man and Little Mac Provided. and with the 3DS version coming not long after....... I think you get the point.

Personally, That's what I think Sakurai's doing.