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title: "Ridley"
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description: "Ridley is the leader of the Space Pirates in the Metroid™ series and Samus’s long-standing rival in battle. He looks like a pterosaur but has high intelligence and a brutal nature."
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Ridley | Nintendo amiibo Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![Ridley](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/ridley.png "Ridley")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/ridley.png)Series: Super Smash Bros.
Release Date: December 2018
Presented by: Nintendo

Ridley is the leader of the Space Pirates in the Metroid™ series and Samus’s long-standing rival in battle. He looks like a pterosaur but has high intelligence and a brutal nature. Ridley utilizes wings for a full range of flight and attacks with fireballs from his mouth and whips of his tail.

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