User blog comment:DerpyPanda24/Opinion/@comment-5972662-20140730031825/@comment-5972662-20140801035103

Also if you've ever bothered to check, Ridley's shadow in the direct moves very oddly into view

Right when he shows up, he does a little dive motion that reminds me of something like a side special or aerial and also the fact that Ridley moves very slowly following Pikachu, something a boss wouldn't be doing

There's also the fact that Ridley doesn't attack when his shadow is shown, he only moves, and if we compare this to the Yellow Devil, the YD attacks every few seconds or so, so why doesn't Ridley attack in any form? Because he's playable