User blog comment:Darth Phazon/Ridley? IDK..../@comment-24835190-20140429170957/@comment-6137196-20140430213807

You didn't saw the Spirit Train stage,don't you? When Toon Link enters in the stage,Alfonzo drives the train,the same can happen to Ridley when he fights in the Pyrosphere stage.

Too,the game needs more villians,the ONLY villians that was confirmed as playable characters so far are Bowser and King Dedede,just this 2 villians,Ridley is also a villian,so there's a big chance to appear.

Just because Ridley only appeared in the Pyrosphere stage,doesn't means that Ridley won't be playable.