10 Video Game Villains That Made The Biggest Impact In The Smallest Time

1. Ridley - Super Metroid

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Nintendo

Time On Screen: Approx 5 mins

He might have popped up in the previous two Metroids beforehand, but Super Metroid is the one that really made the series what it is today - alongside being one of the best games of all time.

Ridley though? He's a pterodactyl-looking demon... thing that appears out the darkness at the very beginning, terrifying millions of our childhoods and making off with the Metroid itself.

At this stage in Samus' progression, you can't even make a dent. But come a few hours later when you're face-to-beak with Ridley all over again, and a suped-up suit with a TON more firepower sees you shatter Ridley into a handful of body parts.

Still, considering how him being added to Smash 24 years later still shook the Nintendo fandom to its core, it's safe to say Ridley's 5ish minutes on screen went down in history all over again.

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