Characters part VI : Kraid

Kraid is giant lizard who can launch various spiked projectiles. Along with Ridley (and Draygon and Phantoon in Super Metroid) he guards the entrance to Tourian. Why he never went as far as Ridley did, I don't know. After Super Metroid, Ridley went on to Metroid Fusion, his first game without Kraid; he then left Kraid behind and went into 3D in Metroid Prime. There was an idea to put Kraid in Metroid Prime (as seen in the right most picture above), but it was rejected and replaced with the Omega Pirate (the largest phazon effected pirate). But, Kraid came back in the remake of Metroid Zero mission, playing the same role. Even then he was still over shadowed by Ridley. Ridley was given a post as leader of the Space Pirate army, while Kraid was just a stinking giant lizard hundreds of miles underground. You could say that after Metroid, Kraid's career plummeted: he was actually harder than Ridley in Metroid, but in Super Metroid he was, indeed redesigned as a much fearful monster, but Ridley was harder and given the role of kidnapper of the baby metroid. Then Kraid was left behind until Metroid: Zero Mission, but things hadn't changed much. He hasn't been in a game since.... poor Kraid.