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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Ness wears a blue shirt with yellow stripes, a brown backpack, blue shorts, red | |||
===Physical appearance=== | |||
Ness wears a blue shirt with yellow stripes, a brown backpack that is described as yellow by some NPCs, blue jean shorts, red sneakers with white socks, and a red baseball cap with a blue bill turned to its side. According to the ''[[EarthBound Player's Guide]]'', his cap has his favorite baseball team's logo on it. Ness is implied to be overweight by several NPCs, plus in the game's epilogue a person says that Ness has lost weight further implying this. While his original papier mâché model and appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Brawl'' depict him to be overweight, his American papier mâché model and appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' and onward depict him as being more slender. Like many characters in the series, his eyes are depicted as black, but are shown to have a purple hue in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. | |||
Ness shares many similarities to Ninten, the protagonist of ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]'', although with a few minor differences: Ness's cap is pointed left while Ninten's is pointed right, Ness's hair is rounded whereas Ninten's is more spiky, Ness wears white socks and red shoes while Ninten wears red socks and blue shoes, and Ness carries a backpack which Ninten lacks. Shigesato Itoi confirmed Ness was intentionally designed to be similar to Ninten in appearance to allow the player to choose whether they were the same person or different<ref>[http://yomuka.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/famitsu-06191992/ Weekly Famitsu – June 19, 1992]</ref>. | |||
===Personality and other characteristics=== | |||
Ness's age varies depending on the source. The earliest known instance of Ness having a confirmed age was in the [https://earthboundcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/preview2.jpg Nintendo power preview] of ''EarthBound'' stating him to be 13 years old, which was also his age in the [[EarthBound Player's Guide]] and the European website <ref>"The future remains uncertain for teenage hero, Ness. Although just 13 years old, he is the undisputed champion of the world." -''EarthBound Player's Guide''</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Super-Nintendo/EarthBound-771110.html#Characters EarthBound page on UK Nintendo site, characters page]</ref>. Despite this, when asked by Clyde Mandelin regarding his age, Shigesato Itoi stated that Ness was never intended to have an "official age", and instead compared him to his daughter who was in fourth or fifth grade at the time<ref>I don't think he had an 'official age', actually. Plus the game's development took so long, he might have aged overtime anyway. However my own daughter was in fourth or fifth grade at the time, which held a very strong spot in my mind. She would put on a backpack (just like Ness's) and head out to all sorts of places, you know?</ref>. Furthermore, Ness is stated to actually be 12 years old in the Japanese guidebook for ''[[Mother 1+2]]''. | |||
Ness lives on a hill in the northern outskirts of the town of Onett along with his family: his mother, father, and his sister Tracy, along with their dog King. Ness appears to have an interest in baseball due to his primary choice of [[weapon]]s being [[baseball bat]]s and his baseball cap having his favorite team logo on it. Ness's [[favorite food]] is steak, it's implied that his family has steak often because of him, as in the ending his mother says that his family hasn't been having steak as often since he left. | Ness lives on a hill in the northern outskirts of the town of Onett along with his family: his mother, father, and his sister Tracy, along with their dog King. Ness appears to have an interest in baseball due to his primary choice of [[weapon]]s being [[baseball bat]]s and his baseball cap having his favorite team logo on it. Ness's [[favorite food]] is steak, it's implied that his family has steak often because of him, as in the ending his mother says that his family hasn't been having steak as often since he left. | ||
Personality wise, little is said about Ness's personality, much with most {{wp|silent protagonist}}s. Ness is shown to be kind, selfless and helpful, while also being strong and courageous. Ness is implied to be willing to put others' needs before his, one implied example being when he used the [[Wad of bills]] to free the [[Runaway Five]] of their | Personality wise, little is said about Ness's personality, much with most {{wp|silent protagonist}}s. Ness is shown to be kind, selfless and helpful, while also being strong and courageous. Ness is implied to be willing to put others' needs before his, one implied example being when he used the [[Wad of bills]] to free the [[Runaway Five]] of their debt instead of using it for himself. Throughout the game, Ness is shown to be willing to endure any dangerous situation to save the world or those in need. While the level of canonicity is debatable, this can also be seen in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''{{'}}s Subspace Emissary mode where he risks his life to save [[Lucas]] from being hit by the {{sw|Dark Cannon}}. Ness is implied to be close to his home and his family, as implied by how he starts feeling [[homesick]] if he is away from home for long. Outside of certain events that automatically fully heal the entire party (such as Dr. Saturn or reaching a Sanctuary) the only way to cure his homesickness is talking to his mother, implying he is in particular close to his mother. | ||
==In ''EarthBound''== | ==In ''EarthBound''== | ||
