8. Ridley – Metroid
It’s a giant space pirate dragon, what more is there to say?
Like Pac-Man’s ghosts, Ridley is not a particularly deep character. Arguably, he’s not a character at all. In the games he appears in, he’s usually little more than a ferocious enemy for Samus to overcome. Yet, like with the ghosts, people remember Ridley. They remember the tense battles in Super Metroid or the huge public demand that he become a playable fighter for Super Smash Bros. or even that moment he swoops in during Metroid Prime. For a franchise that often features minimal dialogue, Ridley is actually very appropriate as a villain with little to say.
He does have a character of course and an important role in the series, but to the average fan, they just see a big space dragon. That’s all you really need sometimes.
