Ridley is a space pterodactyl and is one of the main villains in the Metroid series of video games. He is directly responsible for the murder of Samus Aran's mother and partially responsible for the death of her father. Ridley also has an upgraded cybernetic version of himself named Meta Ridley. Aside from the Metroid series, Ridley has appeared in all four games in the Super Smash Bros. series, a