User blog comment:Darth Phazon/Ridley? IDK..../@comment-24835190-20140429170957/@comment-32390199-20140430214105

Nope no one can chance his mind, but you'll never know what King Troll aka Sakurai can do. And I'm also going to correct your post.

Again, I think that's highly unlikely. Just because Metroid is popular, up until Other M, does not mean that Ridley, a villain in the Metroid series, is playable in this game. In my opinion, Ridley must stay as a stage boss, exclusively on the Pyrosphere stage, never to be playable this time around, else I will kill myself. Obviously, the Direct can be interpreted in various ways. But nothing any of you can do could make Sakurai change his mind.