- PK Rockin: A powerful psychokinetic wave that damages all enemies. It is not resisted by any enemies, but is the only offensive PSI that can be avoided.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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40-120 points of damage to all enemies
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10
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Ness
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8
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β
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90-270 points of damage to all enemies
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14
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Ness
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22
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γ
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160-480 points of damage to all enemies
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40
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Ness
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49
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Ω
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320-960 points of damage to all enemies
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98
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Ness
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75
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- PK Flash: A glorious flash of light that has various effects.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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7/8 (87.5%) chance of causing crying 1/8(12.5%) chance of causing strangeness
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8
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Ness
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18
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β
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5/8 (62.5%) chance of crying 1/8 (12.5%) chance of strangeness 1/8 (12.5%) chance of paralysis 1/8 (12.5%) chance of instant defeat
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16
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Ness
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38
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γ
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4/8 (50%) chance of crying 1/8 (12.5%) chance of strangeness 1/8 (12.5%) chance of paralysis 1/8 (12.5%) chance of instant defeat
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24
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Ness
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61
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Ω
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3/8 (37.5%) chance of crying 1/8 (12.5%) chance of strangeness 1/8 (12.5%) chance of paralysis 3/8 (37.5%) chance of instant defeat
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32
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Ness
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67
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- Lifeup: Heals himself and/or his allies.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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Recovers 75-125 HP for one person
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5
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Ness Poo
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2 15
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β
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Recovers 225-375 HP for one person
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8
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Ness Poo
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20 15
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γ
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Recovers all HP for one person
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13
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Ness Poo
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39 46
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Ω
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Recovers 300-500 HP for the entire party
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24
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Ness
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70
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- Healing: Removes status ailments depending on the level used.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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Heals colds, sunstrokes and sleeping
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5
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Ness Poo
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10 15
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β
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Heals colds, sunstrokes, sleeping, poisoning, nausea, crying and feeling strange
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8
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Ness Poo
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24 15
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γ
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Heals every status ailment, and has a 75% chance to revive an unconscious party member, albeit not to full health, like a Secret Herb
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20
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Ness Poo
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53 36
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Ω
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Heals every status ailment, and has a 100% chance to revive an unconscious party member to full health, like a Cup of Lifenoodles
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38
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Poo
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52
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- Shield: The user creates a shield of light that reduces the damage of physical attacks.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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Creates a three layered shield for one target that halves the damage of all physical attacks. Each layer is depleted by a single hit, and the entire shield is destroyed by a critical hit. Using this while a shield is already active will add three more layers onto it, though if a psychic shield is active, it will be replaced.
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6
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Ness Poo
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12 15
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β
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Creates a three layered power shield for one target that halves the damage of all physical attacks and reflects half of all received damage from physical attacks back at the attacker. Each layer is depleted by a single hit, and the entire shield is destroyed by a critical hit. Using this while a shield is already active will add three more layers onto it, though if a psychic shield is active, it will be replaced.
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10
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Ness Poo
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34 16
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Σ
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Creates a three layered shield for all allies that halves the damage of all physical attacks. Each layer is depleted by a single hit, and the entire shield is destroyed by a critical hit. Using this while a shield is already active will add three more layers onto it, though if a psychic shield is active, it will be replaced.
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18
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Poo
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15
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Ω
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Creates a three layered power shield for one target that halves the damage of all physical attacks and reflects half of all received damage from physical attacks back at the attacker. Each layer is depleted by a single hit, and the entire shield is destroyed by a critical hit. Using this while a shield is already active will add three more layers onto it, though if a psychic shield is active, it will be replaced.
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30
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Poo
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51
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- Hypnosis: Causes the affected targets to fall asleep.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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Puts one enemy to sleep
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6
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Ness
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4
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Ω
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Puts all enemies to sleep
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18
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Ness
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27
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- Paralysis: Paralyzes an opponent's body, preventing them from performing physical actions such as attacking or using items.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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Paralyzes one enemy
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8
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Ness
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14
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Ω
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Paralyzes all enemies
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24
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Ness
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29
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- Teleport: Allows teleportation to anywhere he has previously been.
Rank
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Effect
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PP
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Characters
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Level learned
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α
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Allows for teleportation to known areas by running in a line
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2
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Ness Poo
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Event 17
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β
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Allows for teleportation to known areas by running in a circular pattern
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8
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Ness Poo
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Event 18
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Other
Standard Tactics: Ness primarily fights using his powerful physical attacks, though he has access to a plethora of useful PSI at his disposal. Ness has access to PK Rockin, which is the single most powerful offensive PSI in the series, though most of Ness's PSI is centered around supporting his teammates, having access to the best set of healing PSI as well as two powerful status inducing PSI with Hypnosis and Paralysis. If Ness is completely cornered, the player will directly intervene with his battle in order to save him.
Weaknesses: Ness is a pacifist and chooses not to kill his enemies. Occasionally becomes homesick if he hasn't visited or called home recently, though this weakness is eventually overcome. Cannot use PSI if his concentration is disrupted. Unable to interact with anything as a ghost.
Note: Despite overlapping the universe with his consciousness, we cannot assign him 2-C as such a tier would require all of his attacks to have an energy output equivalent to the energy of the entire universe, which is not logically consistent with what is shown in game. Due to his only source of scaling, Giygas, having an unquantifiable level of power as well as the fact that the power he absorbed from the Earth cannot be properly quantified either, he is simply listed as Unknown.
Game Progression
- Early Game: Begins at the very start of the game and ends after the third melody is recorded (Level 1 - 30).
- Mid Game Begins after the third melody is recorded and ends when Poo rejoins the party in Deep Darkness (Level 31 - 60).
- Late Game: Begins after Poo rejoins the party in Deep Darkness and ends right as Ness awakens his true power (Level 61+).
Gallery
Images & Artwork
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Ness's standard walking sprite in MOTHER 2.
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Ness's body after his soul is removed from it.
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Ness appearing as a ghost after falling in battle.
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Ness after failing to teleport.
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Ness after being inflicted with mashroomization.
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Ness after being diamondized by an enemy.
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Ness as a baby, appearing in a flashback sequence.
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Ness and his companions as seen from the projector room in New Pork City in MOTHER 3.
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Ness as he appears on the cover of the official MOTHER 2 manga.
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Ness and his companions as they appear in the Mother 2 manga.
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Ness as he appears in a piece of concept art from a pitch for a Mother game on the GameCube.
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Ness as he appears on the cover of Pollyanna.
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Ness as he appears in Super Mario Maker, serving as an amiibo costume for Mario.
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Ness's official artwork for the original Super Smash Bros.
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Ness as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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Ness as he appears on the character selection screen in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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Ness as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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Ness as he appears in Project M.
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Ness as he appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.
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Ness as he appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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Ness as he appears on the roster mural for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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Ness performing PK Starstorm with Paula and Poo in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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Ness's character bio in the original Super Smash Bros.
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Ness's primary trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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Ness's second trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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Ness's third trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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Ness's trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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Ness's final smash trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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Ness's primary trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.
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Ness's second trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.
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Ness's final smash trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.
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Ness as he appears in the intro movie for Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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Ness meeting Lucas for the first time in the Subspace Emissary after saving him from the King Statue.
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Ness saves Lucas from Wario's dark cannon by pushing him out of the way.
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Wario holding Ness after having transformed him into a trophy using the dark cannon.
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Ness and Luigi standing over King Dedede after he had been revived by the two.
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Ness's congratulations screen for 1 player mode in the original Super Smash Bros.
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Ness's congratulations screen picture for Classic Mode in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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Trivia
Trivia about Ness
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- Because of their similar appearances, many fans consider Ness and Ninten to be the same characters, though it has been directly confirmed that they are different due to their roles in the narrative of the series and the fact that they are treated as different characters in the Super Smash Bros. series. Even though Ninten and Ness share many similarities, they have several differing qualities, mainly being visible in their official clay models. In terms of appearance, the brim of Ninten's cap is pointed to the left of his head, whereas Ness's points to the right, Ninten's forelocks have a spiky look, while Ness's are more rounded, and while Ninten has red socks and blue shoes, Ness instead wears white socks and red shoes. Ness additionally carries around a backpack, whereas Ninten does not. It appears Ness's resemblance to Ninten was left as ambiguous by Shigesato Itoi intentionally, as he intended for players to decide if they're the same character or different, and he seems to have even suggested for players to think of them as the same.
- Ness's alternate "Don't Care" names are Alec, Roger, Will, Brian, Tyler, and Lane. In the original release of MOTHER 2, the alternate names are Hat, Takuya, John, Sarumaru, Mario, and Chinchin.
- John being one of Ness's "Don't Care" names in MOTHER 2 is a reference to John lennon of the The Beatles, with the rest of the characters the player is able to name having "Don't Care" names for the other members of the band, as well as Yoko Ono, John Lennon's wife.
- Mario being one of Ness's "Don't Care" names in MOTHER 2 is a reference to the Mario series, with the rest of the "Don't Care" options for the things the player is able to name including references to pieces of the Mario series.
- Ness's favorite food is Steak. There are several other foods that Ness may like from his "Don't Care" options, including Pie, Pasta, Cake, Eggs, Bread, and Salmon. In the original release of MOTHER 2, Ness's favorite food options include salisbury steak, sukiyaki, mori soba, honey pie, banana, mushrooms, and dog food.
- The alternate "Don't Care" names for PK Rockin are Hammer, Love, Gifts, Slime, Gaming, and Boxing. Interestingly, Love would later become the signature PSI move of Lucas, the protagonist of MOTHER 3.
- In the commercial for EarthBound, Ness's name was spelled as "NessA".
- Early footage of the Nintendo 64 build of MOTHER 3 shows a character resembling Ness riding a Pork Bean and walking through a forest.
- In the Super Smash Bros. series, Ness is voiced by Makiko Ōmoto, who also voices Kirby.
- During the development of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Ness was intended to be removed and replaced by Lucas. However, due to the numerous delays and the cancellation of the Nintendo 64 build of MOTHER 3, Ness was kept in the game. Ever since this decision, there has been an unspoken rule in which all 12 members of the original Super Smash Bros. must be in every game in the series. Thus far, Ness has appeared in every single Smash game.
- In the MOTHER-inspired RPG, Citizens of Earth, a message in the Police Station can be read alerting units to a "spiteful youth" who was seen "beating crows with a cracked bat", a reference to the beginning portion in MOTHER 2
- The ESP copy ability in the Kirby series references Ness. In addition to wielding psychic powers like Ness, Kirby also wears a hat similar to the former's. It is further referenced by the Ness and Lucas amiibo giving Kirby this copy ability.
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Battle Records
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