Meta Ridley from Prime 3. The second skin of the Ridley Mini-Skin Series. PHAZON



Some time after surviving his ordeal on Tallon IV, Meta Ridley becomes loyal to Dark Samus due to her particular strain of Phazon and is a member of the Pirate invasion of Norion. Under the command of Dark Samus, the Pirates distract the G.F.S. Olympus
and its fleet of starships with a sneak attack through a wormhole,
giving the troops sufficient time to land on the planet's surface.



He then heads out into the battle to take out the GF defense base personally. At one point of the battle, Samus and a fellow Federation PED Marine
watch helplessly as Meta Ridley single handedly wipes out an entire
platoon of Marines on the other side of the base. Meta Ridley also
attacks Samus multiple times throughout the invasion, striking her while
she is traveling in a tunnel in Morph Ball form, seemingly attempting
to impede her from reaching the last power generator. Interesting to
note is that Meta Ridley seemingly returned with less cybernetic
implants and has gained a blue-ish tint on his entire figure. Meta
Ridley also appears to have his wings damaged, suggesting that he has
not fully healed from his injuries in Prime.

BattleEdit

Samus battles Meta Ridley in Corruption.



Samus confronts Meta Ridley once more after fixing the generator.
Meta Ridley ambushes her and tries to tackle her to the ground. However,
due to his immense weight, the two fall through the glass platform and
into a very deep shaft under the generator. Meta Ridley is notably
weaker than in his previous encounter.



The battle alternates between three phases. The first is when
Samus is falling above Meta Ridley, and has to avoid his flame breath
and also debris as a result of Ridley attempting to slow his falling by
grabbing onto the shaft's walls; if he slows himself enough to get
within reach of Samus, he will bite her, causing tremendous damage.
Samus can shoot into Ridley's mouth when he is preparing his fire breath
attack or whenever it is open. This is usually represented by a very
large, bright light (plasma attack) or a yellow glow (his mouth is
open).



After some time, the second phase of the battle begins in which
Ridley brakes, swoops up and grabs Samus. Ridley tries to strike her
with the front and back of his free hand, bite her and spit fireballs at
point blank range, but she can prevent this by shooting the glowing
weak spots on his free hand and mouth. After a period of time, Meta
Ridley lets go of Samus, and the battle enters the third phase, with
Ridley pursuing Samus from above. In this phase, he uses different
variants of his fire breath: the plasma laser he used in the first
phase, along with small and large homing fireballs (the latter attacks
reminisce of his fireballs seen in 2D Metroid games), and an
attack where he charges at Samus. Samus can shoot into his mouth again,
but it is now more difficult because he will be moving anti-clockwise
around the edge of the tunnel, which makes him difficult to hit.




Samus fires into the mouth of her nemesis.



If Samus does not defeat Meta Ridley before the meter counter reaches zero, it results in an instant game over.
Repeating this pattern, Samus is easily able to wear him out. She
defeats him once again and, before being rescued at the last minute by Rundas, Samus forcefully opens Ridley's mouth and shoots vengeful blasts from her Arm Cannon directly down his throat and leaves him for dead.


Source:http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Meta_Ridley