Has Nintendo written Metroid into a corner?

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Snesboy said:

Smeags said:

I've never played fusion (I know I know...) but I've heard that Ridley is gone for good.

Is this true? Apparantly he had a "splitting" headache... (pun!)

If that is true... consider me one sad panda.

EDIT of "Duh!": Cloning... nevermind.

He was frozen in a chamber in Fusion and you fight him and he dies but I am still not sure if he's dead. He was in Prime and Prime 3 so I am not sure. Maybe.

The events of Metroid Prime 1 and 3 happen before Fusion.