Board Thread:Super Smash Bros. Discussion/@comment-14355010-20150106155005/@comment-32390199-20150413193554

Nightshade1712 wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: Ridley is already a stage hazard. I don't think stage hazard and AT's can be promoted to playable. If it was on-disc then it wouldn't matter but downloadable is a whole different story. (I love Ridley though, I wanted him in too)

You have to remember that Link is also in a stage, but he is still a playable character. The difference between those two are that the Toon Link on the Spirit Train track can easily be replaced as it has no function for the stage besides decorqtion. Ridley however is a stage hazard who can't be replaced because it almost has a moveset of its own. Plus who would replace him? Meta Ridley is already a transformation... Robo-Ridley? Omega Ridley? Little Birdie? None because it also has to transform into a stronger version.