Ridley

Articles About Ridley
Notable Appearances	Metroid - Super Smash Bros.
Other Variants	Ridley Clone - Neo-Ridley
Non-Canon	Nintendo Land

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“	Hmph! After setting back my plans, it looks like they studied our last raid and strengthening their shielding, but in the end it's just an "egg shell" you geezers! ...Now... This time... I will have my fill!!	„
	~ Ridley invading the Chozo's planet

“	Reborn and evolved through Pirate technology, Meta Ridley is a fearsome enforcer. Its armored hide is extremely resilient, save for the chest, which has thinner plating. The Pirates have fused a number of potent weapons to the creature, including a Multi-Missile System, a Kinetic Breath Weapon, a Meson Bomb Launcher, and an Ultrathermal Flamestrike Projector. Meta Ridley is also a formidable melee combatant, making any sort of engagement a risky proposition.	„
	~ Meta Ridley's description

“	Revived and regenerated through Phazon exposure, Omega Ridley has been energized to a new combat threat level. Target retains extremely durable, Phazon-enhanced armorskin, as well as protective armored plating. Scans indicate that a recent injury has not fully healed: expose and target wound to inflict damage. Target will act to protect this vulnerability: seek ways to stun the enemy and leave it open for deadly attacks.	„
	~ Omega Ridley's description

“	Samus' greatest nemesis makes a return in this game to put a stop to her Metroid eradication. It was Proteus Ridley, Mother Brain, and the Space Pirates that harnessed Metroids for evil during Samus' first mission, and they clearly found it to their liking. Proteus Ridley’s not about to allow Samus to wipe out such a formidable source of power and an equally devastating weapon—not without a fight.	„
	~ Proteus Ridley's description

“	SA~MUS~! Such a miserable and helpless little girl! Your existence is like a bad dream! I'LL ERASE YOU FROM THIS AND EVERY WORLD!	„
	~ Ridley before fighting Samus

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Background

Ridley is a high-ranking Space Pirate, the archenemy of Samus Aran, and one of the most common recurring characters and antagonists in the Metroid series, appearing in most of the games. He is generally considered as the main antagonist of the Metroid series, although he is usually a secondary antagonist in each appearance and is only the final boss in one game.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Ridley’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Next to nothing is known of Ridley's pre-military background (if in fact he even had any), but it is safe to say that he made his way up the ranks until finally he was designated military leader of the Space Pirates (or took the role by force). He also appears to have been held in considerable favor among members of High Command. Gray Voice said that he corrected Ridley's "genetic flaws" with Chozo technology, though the extent of this modification is unknown. Ridley is also outfitted with at least one cybernetic implant prior to becoming Meta Ridley, as he has a transmitter located at the base of his skull that allows his minions to communicate with him. Ridley's introduction took place on the Star Colony K-2L, on which he conducted a massive raid with the main goal being to steal the planet's Afloraltite, but he also allowed his soldiers to destroy whatever they wanted. During the raid, he met a three-year old girl holding her pet Rabbilis Pyonchi. This little girl was named Samus Aran, and she and Ridley would have a long history together. Amid all the destruction, little naive Samus went up to and asked to befriend Ridley. Initially feeling pity towards her, Ridley promptly decided to kill her, despite thinking that she was "so cute". Before he could strike, however, Samus' mother pushed her out of the way at the cost of her own life. Ridley was largely unphased by this action, however, as he simply intended to torch everything due to no longer needing to hold back upon gaining access to the Afloraltite. Meanwhile, Samus's father destroyed the supplies the pirates were after, but was himself killed in the blast. Ridley noticed the ship bursting into flame and pondered why it was on fire before the wreckage started heading towards him, to his disbelief. Ridley also appeared to be injured by the wreckage, but he survived, later claiming to have survived by consuming the flesh of the deceased humans and regrowing his own cells. Little did Ridley know that by orphaning the young Samus, he unknowingly created his own worst enemy (and the enemy of all the Space Pirates) - a mistake that would eventually cost him his life. Years later, Ridley arrived at Zebes to establish a Central Command Center beneath the planet's surface. The Pirates would designate Mother Brain as the supreme leader after Ridley's forces annihilated most of the native Chozo civilization established on its surface. Ridley once again met Samus, who suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder upon the sight of him. Ridley pains her even further by making sadistic remarks about how he survived the destruction of K-2L by devouring the corpses of dead humans and implying that he may have eaten her mother, stating "At least pay your respects!" However, she escaped and recuperated with the help of her comrades and foiled the Pirates, who were creating genetically engineered troops. Ridley killed Gray Voice when the latter tried to shut down Mother Brain, the rogue Chozo computer (he pretended to join the Space Pirates until he could get close enough to Mother Brain to bring her down, having realized her treachery), first by mortally wounding Gray Voice via impaling him with his tail, then by using his plasma breath on him after the latter interfered with the Space Pirates' attempts to prevent Samus and the others from leaving Zebes. Later in the manga, Ridley confronted Samus during her Zero Mission, although she was able to triumph over her PTSD and defeat Ridley, even growing bold enough to mock him. Up until this time, the Galactic Federation had disregarded Zebes as a low priority, class XIII Wanderer Planet. The Space Research Vessel Marina had begun returning from SR388 to Galactic Federation Headquarters with a newly discovered specimen, dubbed the Metroid. The Pirates swiftly attacked the vessel, destroying it and seizing the specimen, bringing it to Zebes. The Pirates discovered the Metroid's dangerous ability to drain life energy from organisms, its invulnerability to conventional weapons as well as being able to multiply within 24 hours by exposure to beta rays. Ridley's personal flagship, the Space Pirate Mother Ship fought the fleet under the command of Adam Malkovich, but he later returned to Zebes after receiving a distress signal following the defeat of his comrade Kraid. He reached his lair just in time to come face to face with the brave challenger who would dare invade Zebes, and was surprised to find the challenger was Samus Aran, now a young woman, a Bounty Hunter employed by the Federation to destroy the Metroids and Mother Brain. Samus was also surprised and disturbed to find Ridley, but was able to fight and defeat her nemesis, allowing her to leave with the Unknown Item she had just obtained. At the end of Samus' Zero Mission, after crash-landing near the Mother Ship, she encountered an incomplete cybernetic construct built by Ridley himself, Mecha Ridley. Built in his image, it was designed to be used as a powerful weapon. She managed to destroy it, but in doing so she triggered a self-destruct sequence that was set to obliterate the ship in five minutes. Samus escaped via a hijacked Escape Ship. Ridley, though wounded beyond fighting capability, was still alive, even after Samus had supposedly killed him. After the destruction of Tourian, several Pirate ships that were in Zebes' orbit had managed to escape to regroup their strength elsewhere; the crippled Ridley was brought onto one of them, the Frigate Orpheon. The Space Pirates, by order of High Command, reconstructed his body and infused it with machinery, turning him into "Meta Ridley". His transformation would reach its final stages when the Orpheon arrived on planet Tallon IV's orbit. The crew intended for him to become a mainstay of the Tallon IV group's security force, with their guessing that it would be a job the draconian leader would "certainly relish." When the Parasite Queens broke out on the Frigate Orpheon, Ridley's mechanization wasn't quite fully complete. He re-encountered Samus while she was escaping the exploding frigate, then decided to escape himself. While she stood in shock witnessing her reborn nemesis, Meta Ridley broke free of his restraints and escaped the frigate, flying down to Tallon IV. Samus raced back to the Exterior Docking Hangar and tracked him to the planet below. As she pursued Ridley, she lost tracking of him, and was required to search for him via ground-based recon. She saw him flying over the Phendrana Shorelines when she arrived at the Phendrana Drifts, and watched him fly away, presumably to the Glacier One facility or even the Phazon Mines to alert the Pirates occupying these bases that the Hunter was here. After Samus destroyed both laboratory operations, she had collected the twelve Chozo Artifacts needed to access the Impact Crater. While preparing to open the Artifact Temple, Meta Ridley flew in and destroyed the Chozo Totems, preventing Samus from accessing the crater. In retaliation, she battled him once again, ultimately doing enough damage to him that the Space Pirate enforcer's plasma wings shorted out and forced him to continue the battle on the ground. At the battle's conclusion, the temple's Chozo Statues, implied to be out of retribution to Meta Ridley destroying the Chozo Totems, blasted Meta Ridley and sent him hurtling into the Impact Crater, where an explosion was seen. Despite his fall, Meta Ridley somehow survived and returned to the Space Pirates yet again. Sometime before the events of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Dark Samus used the power of Phazon to make not only the Pirate ship Colossus's crew, but also all the inhabitants of Urtraghus (a Pirate homeworld) bow to her will, with Meta Ridley included. Now loyal to her, he played a role in the Norion invasion, where Samus fought him once again. He was first seen by Samus from afar when he easily decimated a squad of Federation Marines. He later tried to attack Samus while she was crossing through a Morph Ball tunnel (where she was quite vulnerable), but she managed to use her Bombs to escape his grip. He then ambushed her in Generator C after she had begun activating it, with the intention of crushing Samus, but instead broke through the glass floor, sending both of them hurtling down the Generator Shaft. Samus had no time to react to his sudden appearance and was forced to battle him again. Ridley was not fully healed from his fight on Tallon IV and still quite weak, allowing Samus to easily defeat him. At the battle's conclusion, she delivered several shots directly into his throat, leaving him to fall the rest of the way down the Generator Shaft as she was rescued by Rundas. Despite this long fall, Ridley still managed to survive the duel: however, he was so badly wounded this time that he needed pure Phazon to recover. Travelling to the Pirate Homeworld, he eventually became the Pirate Seed's guardian; the massive quantities of raw Phazon given to him directly by the Phazon Core healed his injuries and turned him into "Omega Ridley". Whether or not he willingly approached the Leviathan for healing or was forced (by Dark Samus, his fellow Space Pirates, or even the Leviathan itself) is unknown. Nevertheless, Samus encountered him in the Leviathan and defeated him. However, Ridley's disintegration (unlike other Leviathan guardians) was never actually seen. He may have potentially fled the seed before Samus could notice, due to the massive corruption she herself was receiving. As suspected, Ridley had indeed fled the Leviathan, having survived his crushing defeat as Omega Ridley. He had presumably also managed to regenerate to the extent of shedding roughly half of his cybernetic implants, now taking the name of "Proteus Ridley". With Phazon now lost to them, the Space Pirates turned their attention to the Metroid species once again. Ridley himself traveled to SR388, presumably to retrieve any Metroids, but by the time he arrived, Samus had already killed all but one of the Metroids on the planet. As Samus was attempting to leave the planet with the infant Metroid in tow, Ridley revealed himself and attempted to abduct the specimen. Although Samus immediately noticed him and attempted to intercept the hatchling, Ridley managed to grab the Metroid and proceeded to do battle with his hated nemesis. After taking some damage, he attempted to escape with his prize, but Samus gave chase, managing after a brief scuffle to grab onto his chest and fire repeatedly at point-blank range until Ridley was forced to let go of the Metroid. Samus promptly grabbed the hatchling, broke away from Ridley, and spun mid-air to fire a blast at his wing before he could close the distance, causing him to slam into the nearby cliffside and pinning him beneath the resulting rubble. Just when the battle seemed won, however, Ridley broke free of the rocks and immediately redoubled his offensive. Samus held him off, but using his mechanical arm to block her blasts, he managed to buy himself enough of an opening that he was able to fling her against the wall and pin her down before she could recover. As Ridley prepared a direct blast to finish off Samus once and for all, he failed to take notice of the Baby, who latched onto his head and began draining him of energy. Ridley was able to break free of the creature, but at the cost of releasing his grip on Samus and giving the Baby the opportunity it needed to rejuvenate Samus with his energy. In this fashion, Samus and the last surviving Metroid proceeded to fight off Ridley together until he could finally take no more, and he collapsed. However, shortly after Samus and the Baby's departure, a post-credits scene reveals that Ridley discarded some or all of his mechanical parts afterwards, implying that he had at last fully regenerated the organic components of his body. His discarded robotic claw was nearly eaten by a Hornoad before it was suddenly consumed by a mysterious shapeshifting entity. After escaping SR388 completely unnoticed and shedding all of his remaining cybernetics, the now fully organic Ridley presumably followed Samus to the Ceres Space Colony, where she had delivered the Baby to the station's scientific staff. Samus had already departed the station when Ridley arrived there, and mercilessly killed the scientists. Fortunately, a distress call sent out by the scientists was intercepted by Samus, who quickly returned to the station. Ridley remained hidden in the shadows until Samus came upon the baby's containment capsule, ambushing her just before she was able to take the capsule. Samus returned fire, eventually forcing Ridley to activate Ceres' self-destruction sequence and flee with the Metroid hatchling. Samus escaped and pursued Ridley. He led her back to Zebes, where, as she discovered, some Pirates had stayed behind to rebuild the fortress and return to their old method of raising Metroids. Samus began a rampage through Zebes, killing the reborn Kraid and the newly recruited Phantoon and Draygon before she descended for Ridley's Lair. She dropped down into a chamber and Ridley appeared, preparing to fight her. With the loss of the armor plating from his previous form, he was now much more vulnerable to attack, and Samus was able to defeat him once more. Unfortunately, she found in the connecting chamber the baby's broken capsule, with the baby itself nowhere to be found. Samus then figured that the Metroid must be in Tourian, and because she defeated all four Pirate leaders, she now had access to the rebuilt Tourian. She proved correct, encountering the baby, now a Big Metroid, and killed Mother Brain for the final time, but not before she witnessed the baby's brutal murder. Samus escaped the self-destruction protocol, destined to obliterate all of Zebes, and it exploded, eradicating from the galaxy Mother Brain, the Space Pirates, the Metroids, and Ridley. This event marks the first true death of Samus' nemesis; currently, all of his future chronological appearances are either clones or imitations of the original individual. It is unknown how or why Ridley went from his Omega form from Metroid Prime 3 to his purely organic body seen in Super Metroid. It is known, however, that Phazon contains healing properties and also worth noting is that Samus was fully cleansed of all traces of Phazon in her body following the destruction of both Dark Samus and Phaaze; these two factors may have significance on Ridley's curious return. However as shown in Samus Returns, Ridley had apparently slowly begun regenerating his organic body discarding some of his the mechanical parts of his Meta and Omega Ridley forms. By the time he faced Samus on SR388, Proteus Ridley retained only some of his cybernetics. Following his battle with Samus and the Baby, Ridley managed to completely restore his organic body, completely discarding his cybernetic components. This explains why he appears completely organic by the time he confronts Samus on the Ceres Space Colony which occurs shortly after their fight on SR388.

General Information

Name: Ridley

Origin: Metroid

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Cunning God of Death

Species: Unknown

Occupation: Former Leader of the Space Pirates

Status: Other (Killed by Samus Aran during the Zebes mission, though by Prime he's ressurrected into Meta Ridley)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Killed Samus Aran's parents and bragged about it to her while she had a PTSD attack)

Name: Ridley

Origin: Metroid Prime

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Cunning God of Death, Meta-Ridley, Cybernetically Enhanced Ridley, Omega Ridley, Phazon Infused Ridley

Species: Unknown

Occupation: Former Leader of the Space Pirates

Status: Other (Killed by Samus Aran during the Prime 3, though he comes back to life as Proto Ridley in Samus Returns)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Name: Ridley

Origin: Metroid

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Cunning God of Death, Space Pirate

Species: Unknown

Occupation: Former Leader of the Space Pirates, Proteus

Status: Deceased (Killed by Samus Aran during Super Metroid)

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Codex Statistics

Key: 2003 Manga | Metroid: Zero Mission

Tier: 8-A | 8-A

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: City District level (Fought and ended up killing Grey who could break through Mother Brain’s shields which Mother Brain stated were the same shields protecting the planet that required planetary tech from Ridley to penetrate a small part of it through. Mother Brain could also transform the entire planet of Zebe into a fortress) | City District level (Can harm Zero Mission Varia Suit Samus Aran)

Durability: City District level | City District level

Striking Strength: City District Class | City District Class

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can travel as fast as Samus Aran, if not faster) | Superhuman

Attack Speed: At most Relativistic+ (Can tag Zero Mission Varia Suit Samus Aran, , who uses speed boosters, which are the same equipment that enhances spaceships capable of intergalactic travel, can react to spaceships mid-flight during these states. With the ships moving this fast during intergalactic travel) | At most Relativistic+

Reaction Speed: At most Relativistic+ | At most Relativistic+

Lifting Strength: Class M (Can physically grab and lift Samus Aran with her having a hard time breaking his grip)

Stamina: Superhuman (Can survive and escape deadly situations such as the explosion on K-2L, consuming the remains of Samus' parents to endure and going on to survive many other seemingly lethal situations. Living through his defeat on SR388 and going on to immediately fly to Ceres, intercepting Samus once more and battling her one last time on Zebes)

Range: Several Meters via sheer size, Hundreds of Meters with various attacks (Can do numerous airborne attacks), Higher with Darkness Manipulation (Cloaked an entire room in darkness to hide himself)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Ridley is the leader of the space pirates and has consistently led them to victory in battle, consistently beating the galactic federation. Is a consistent rival to Samus Aran. Made black hole technology)

Key: Metroid Prime | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Tier: 8-A | 8-A. His Phazon can harm Transcendent beings

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: City District level (Became far more powerful due to his cybernetic enhancements made by the Space Pirates who could make tech to sustain Phazon. Can fight Phazon Suit Samus Aran) | City District level (Far more powerful then before, has a massive amount of phazon exposure, fought Hypermode PED Suit Samus Aran right before she would fight end-game Dark Samus). His Phazon can harm Transcendent beings (Can fight and kill the Chozo Ghost, who exist in a higher hierarchical layer beyond the standard reality of the multiverse, with the Chozo Ghost viewing the regular reality as “temporal and fragile” within a single dimension, where the Chozo were forced back down from the higher layers, back to the dimension in which Tallon IV laid)

Durability: City District level, Higher with armored plating (Noted that his armor is extremely resilient to Samus’ attacks) | City District level, Higher with armored plating (Invulnerable to all attacks except for phazon energy with his weak spot)

Striking Strength: City District Class | City District Class

Travel Speed: Unknown on feet, At most Relativistic+ Flight Speed (Outran Samus’ ship, to the point where her trackers could no longer find him which can track alternate solar systems even during hyperspeed. With her ship moving this fast during intergalactic travel) | Unknown on feet, At most Relativistic+ Flight Speed

Attack Speed: At most Relativistic+ (Can tag Phazon Suit Samus Aran) | At most Relativistic+ (Can tag Hypermode PED Suit Samus Aran)

Reaction Speed: At most Relativistic+ | At most Relativistic+

Lifting Strength: Class M (Can physically grab and lift Samus Aran with her having a hard time breaking his grip)

Stamina: Superhuman (Can survive and escape deadly situations such as the explosion on K-2L, consuming the remains of Samus' parents to endure and going on to survive many other seemingly lethal situations. Living through his defeat on SR388 and going on to immediately fly to Ceres, intercepting Samus once more and battling her one last time on Zebes), Limitless with Phazon (Will continuously have a limitless supply of phazon as long as it exists)

Range: Several Meters via sheer size, Hundreds of Meters with various attacks (Can do numerous airborne attacks)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Ridley is the leader of the space pirates and has consistently led them to victory in battle, consistently beating the galactic federation. Is a consistent rival to Samus Aran)

Key: Metroid: Samus Returns | Super Metroid

Tier: At least 8-A, likely Far Higher | At least 8-A, likely Far Higher

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least City District level, likely Far Higher (While losing majority of his mechanical parts should be far stronger than before as he still retains some of the mechanical parts. Could fight Gravity Suit Samus Returns Samus Aran) | At least City District level, likely Far Higher

Durability: At least City District level, likely Far Higher | At least City District level, likely Far Higher

Striking Strength: At least City District Class, likely Far Higher | At least City District Class, likely Far Higher

Travel Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman

Attack Speed: At most Relativistic+ | At most Relativistic+

Reaction Speed: At most Relativistic+ | At most Relativistic+

Lifting Strength: Class M (Can physically grab and lift Samus Aran with her having a hard time breaking his grip)

Stamina: Superhuman (Can survive and escape deadly situations such as the explosion on K-2L, consuming the remains of Samus' parents to endure and going on to survive many other seemingly lethal situations. Living through his defeat on SR388 and going on to immediately fly to Ceres, intercepting Samus once more and battling her one last time on Zebes)

Range: Several Meters via sheer size, Hundreds of Meters with various attacks (Can do numerous airborne attacks), Higher with Darkness Manipulation (Cloaked an entire room in darkness to hide himself)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Ridley is the leader of the space pirates and has consistently led them to victory in battle, consistently beating the galactic federation. Is a consistent rival to Samus Aran)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Human Achievements (Is the leader of the Space Pirates and is shown a capable strategist), Genius Intelligence, Large Size (Supersize; Seems to be around 4–6 meters in size), Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance; Can breathe and operate in space), Stealth Mastery & Darkness Manipulation (Remained completely hidden to Samus in a room before revealing himself and later was shown making an entire room pitch black to hide himself), Flight (Naturally flies while attacking and can fly through space), Natural Weaponry and Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration; Ridley's claws and tail are highly dangerous weapons capable of piercing terrain and Samus' Power Suit), Immortality and Supernatural Resilience (Regenerative Immortality; Was capable of surviving and being able to feast off flesh while being burned alive), Absorption & Consumption (Physical Consumption; Absorbed the flesh of the people he consumed in order to bolster his own regeneration), Regeneration (Low-Mid; Regenerated from being completely burned alive through consuming flesh), Adaptation (Could adapt to the gravity of Zebes and Talon IV with no issue), Transformation (Permanent Transformation; His clone based completely off of him could transform throughout its life cycle eventually becoming his fully matured self), Energy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Plasma Manipulation & Breath Attack (Spits out plasma beams can breathe out fire, and shoot out fireballs), Invulnerability (Physical Invulnerability; Enters a state where he is completely invulnerable to attacks as Samus’ charged shot bounces right off of him).

Resistance to Radiation Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, and Biological Manipulation (Could withstand the gravity of Zebes with no issue and can survive in space), Extreme Heats (Is shown to be completely fine while in the molten depths of Zebes), Ice Manipulation (Unaffected by the ice beam), Durability Negation and Plasma Manipulation (Unaffected by the plasma and wave beam)

All previous powers and abilities to a far greater extent, Cyborgization (Partial; Meta Ridley is composed of organic parts and cybernetic parts), Plasma Manipulation & Breath Attack (With Kinetic Breath Weapon, can fire a red plasma laser in repeated fashion), Explosion Manipulation (With Meson Bomb Launcher, Meta Ridley drops bombs that are powerful enough to damage the landscape), Homing Attack & Curtain Fire (With Multi-Missile System, Meta Ridley can shoot multiple homing missiles to hit Samus), Fire Manipulation & Shockwave Generation (With Ultrathermal Flamestrike Projector, Meta Ridley can slam the ground and create a fiery shockwave to damage Samus).
Resistance to Extreme Heats, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, and Durability Negation (Can take repeated damage from Samus' various Beam Cannon attacks)

All previous powers and abilities to a far greater extent, Phazon Manipulation (Has contained so much exposure to phazon that he is able to use it in combat), With Phazon he has: Power Bestowal (Phazon gives one abilities), Statistics Amplification (Phazon increases one's strength), Size Manipulation (Phazon increases one’s size), Morality Manipulation (Phazon increases one’s aggressiveness), Adaptation (Phazon also gives one "unforeseen evolutions", essentially giving a creature Adaptation and Adaptation. Giving one enough phazon will allow them to survive on any planet), Biological Manipulation & Transmutation (Phazon has the power to mutate organic lifeforms, this extends to non-organic beings like machines), Madness Manipulation (Phazon induces madness), Mind Manipulation (Can degenerate one’s brain and muscle tissue), Illusion Creation (Phazon induces hallucinations), Radiation Manipulation (Phazon is a natural radiation exposure that induces all of these abilities), Life Manipulation (Phazon can give sentience to non-organic, non-sentient objects like rocks), Ice Manipulation (Phazon gave Thardus the ability of ice), Power Nullification (An explosion of phazon can overload Samus Aran’s visors), Corruption (Phazon can corrupt beings such as undead transcendent ghost, and other beings, including machines), Healing (Phazon can heal wounds), Regeneration (Varies on the level of phazon one has intake. Lower levels showing Low-Mid levels of regeneration as it can regenerate damaged tissue and organs, higher levels can regenerate from cells, to regenerating from particles, with fully fueled phazon users having up to Low-Godly to Mid-Godly, with Omega Ridley coming back from complete destruction and Dark Samus being able to regenerate as long as she has phazon), Invulnerability (Metaphysical Invulnerability; Phazon can give one invulnerability to all forms of conventional attacks), Space-Time Manipulation (Phazon caused a massive rift in space-time on Aether creating an alternate universe known as the Dark Aether), Forcefield Creation (Phazon allows one to create forcefields), Reactive Power Level (Everytime a phazon being that is defeated regenerates back, they become far more powerful), Resurrection (Phazon can resurrect a being), Possession (Phazon can possess beings altering their DNA completely in the process to fit their need), Data Manipulation & Hacking (Phazon can affect even data AI programs), Mind Manipulation (Phazon can control one's mind, keeping a being it's corrupted alive, with a will of it's own), Existence Grounding (The Chozo were forced back down from the higher layers, back to the dimension in which Tallon IV laid), Dimensional Travel, Intangibility, Technology Manipulation, Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; Phazon gave the Chozo Ghost the ability of spatially intangible beings that can travel in and out of existence, along with turning off all the technology around him. Along with phazon manipulating one’s souls), Power Absorption (Phazon amplified Metroid Prime to absorb the entire DNA of a being along with their powers), BFR (Application Based; Phazon created a transdimensional flux sending one's atoms existing in both the Light Aether and Dark Aether).

Resistance to Homing Attack (Phazon can negate auto lock ons and homing attacks), Radiation Manipulation (Users of phazon have resisted it’s radiation that could kill the space pirates), Precognition (Phazon could skewer with and mess up the precognition and psychic abilities of the Chozo)

All previous powers and abilities, with the exception of Phazon related abilities and Meta-Ridley related abilities. Cyborgization (Partial; Retains some of his cyborg implants), Self-Sustenance (Respiratory Self-Sustenance and Restful Self-Sustenance; Ridley, being part cyborg, does not need physical rest), Regeneration (Low-Godly, possibly Mid-Godly; Regenerated from the complete destruction of his body and possibly his soul as Omega Ridley. Later returned in Super Metroid after his death in Samus Returns, now having outgrown and removed his cybernetics), Plasma Manipulation & Curtain Fire (Can fire a purple plasma projectile in a five-way spread attack), Shockwave Generation (Can strike the ground with enough force to create shockwaves which damage the terrain), Explosion Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (Ridley's plasma blasts are potent enough to create an explosion which fires off shockwaves of plasma flames).

Resistance to Absorption (Can have his lifeforce sapped by a Metroid several times and still remain alive)

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Equipment

Nothing notable. | Cybernetics

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Notable Techniques

After being reconstructed by the Space Pirates, Ridley's powers were augmented. As Meta Ridley, his strength and speed have been increased to new heights, and with his new wings, he even demonstrates the ability to fly through space unaided. Ridley's armor is extremely resistant, save for the chest, which has thinner plating. He also has an arsenal of powerful weapons built into his body, making him a lethal opponent in battle. These include:

• Kinetic Breath Weapon: A red plasma beam shot from his mouth.
• Meson Bomb Launcher: Meta Ridley drops bombs that are powerful enough to damage the landscape.
• Ultrathermal Flamestrike Projector: Meta Ridley can slam the ground and create a fiery shockwave to damage Samus.
• Multi-Missile System: Meta Ridley can shoot multiple missiles to hit Samus.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Ridley will shoot out fire breath, fly around and use his tail to attack, along with physically attacking and dropping various different attacks. Omega Ridley will do constant phazon attacks.

Weaknesses: His core is not completely armored making it a weak spot. | He is still recovering from the damage done to him by Samus making his core a weak spot. | He is very temperamental and overconfident. | He is very hostile and irritable, as such he can easily fly into a rage upon meeting Samus the archenemy.

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