Ridley vs. Rayquaza
Vs.
It's space dragon versus poke-dragon. Ridley, leader of the space pirates from the Metroid-verse, battles Rayquaza, one of Pokemon's most legendary and fearsome beasts.
Round 1: Rayquaza fights Organic Ridley
Round 2: Ridley in his Meta form seen in Metroid Prime 1-3
These fights take place near a volcano.
Who wins?
Hm.
I'm not sure what to make of this one, given how difficult it's going to be determining Rayquaza's abilities. It has one scene in Emerald where it calms down Kyogre and Groudon, but is otherwise featless. Meanwhile Kyogre and Groudon have the potential to flood the planet or cause extended droughts, respectively, putting Rayquaza roughly on that level of power with the ability to calm the weather instead. I haven't seen the anime or read the manga where it appears, so I've got nothing there.
Ridley, on the other hand, can survive ship self-destructs and regenerate by eating meat, which I'm assuming aren't available. Defensively, even his adolescent form is immune to bullets and is only seems to be fazed by plasma, while his adult form can temporarily shrug off plasma attacks, but not larger explosives. He breathes fire, which Rayquaza's Dragon typing has resistance to, but Ridley also wrecks a mountain in the Metroid manga. Otherwise, Ridley has few other notable attacks aside from claws and his tail. He has a chameleon-like ability to disguise himself and be almost invisible, and his screeching sends animals into a frenzied bloodrage; not sure how exactly that will work, but could be advantageous .
Meta-Ridley is a bit different, with plasma breath, bombs, missiles, a lot more armor and in Omega form, Phazon powers. Not too many feats aside from destroying statues and bending metal bars, but he's definitely more powerful than standard Ridley. Phazon in particular gives him a good edge.
As for the battlefield, Ridley isn't too bothered by being near magma and Rayquaza seems to deal with Groudon well enough. The volcano shouldn't affect either of them too adversely.
Originally posted by The Scenario
Sure, I'll accept that if you tell me which movie it was in, because I want to watch it now.
From what I recall in Emerald, Rayquaza merely calmed down the two using Hyper Voice, then they went back to their respective lairs, but in an actual battle Kyogre's Ice Beam alone would OHKO Rayquaza.
As for the movie, Ray merely got one lucky shot in when Deoxys' defenses were down and was getting tossed around like a ragdoll before that, but based on the Mystery Dungeon thing, I guess he does pretty much win here still. Huh.
