Ness (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Ness appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about him in general, see his article on Fandom's Earthbound wiki.
Ness is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. He debuted during Season 5, alongside his hometown, Onett.
==In his own universe==
Ness is the star of Earthbound, the second game in the Mother series, as well as the first (and for 20 years, the only) game in the series to be released outside of Japan. His adventure is a near carbon copy of the one Ninten took in the prequel, in that he is sucked into an adventure alongside Paula, Jeff Andonuts, and Poo after strange events happen just outside of his house.
==Attributes==
For much of his life, Ness has been a low-tier performer, although since Season 36, he has improved to mid-tier, and was even on the lower end of high tier for most of Season 49 thanks in part to the changes St. Clair Publications had to make that season for Covid-19. His strengths are his high and curvy double jump, a good air game, and his down special essentially making projectiles useless. However, his up special has a high learning curve to be used as a recovery, and if a smart-enough opponent tries to "intercept" the bolt by intentionally taking the hit, he's screwed. He's also slow, and has short range.
===Changes===
Yes.
*Seasons 15-35: Developed a glitch where if his Up or Down Smash were cancelled at a specific spot, an extra hitbox would be attached to him that could lead to some shenanigans, such as being able to Meteor Smash opponents just by touching them, or by killing them with a PK Rocket when they were all the way over on the other side of the stage.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Uses PK Teleport to warp in, but botches it and burns himself; he then shakes off the ash.
Move Name	Description
Neutral Special:
PK Flash	Ness emits a blue flash of light that travels in an arc in front of him. Use to steer. The move can be held until the arc completes (roughly 3 seconds), at which point an explosion of light happens. The move gets stronger the longer it's held. This is Ness's best killing option, but also his most unwieldy.
Prior to Season 39, he seemingly mispronounced the move as "PK Cross". Since Ness is voiced by the same woman who voices Kirby, Makiko Omoto, and since Kirby pronounces the move's name right when he uses it after copying Ness, this gaffe has never been fully explained.
Can kill at 50% when fully charged.
Side Special:
PK Fire	Ness shoots out a lightning bolt in front of him. If it hits something, it then erupts into a pillar of fire that burns opponents for slight damage and knockback. Lasts one second and travels horizontally on the ground, but diagonally down in the air.
Cannot kill.
Up Special:
PK Thunder	Ness shoots out a ball of electricity that you can steer with . Anyone hit takes little damage, but moderate knockback. If Ness hits himself with the thing, he becomes a mighty rocket that does insane damage and knockback to anyone he hits.
Kills at 400% normally, 75% with PK Rocket.
Down Special:
PK Magnet	Ness puts up a shield that absorbs projectiles. Any projectile that hits the shield heals Ness by 1.5× what the damage would have been, up to a maximum of 30%. The move can be held indefinitely; however, Ness can't move or take any other action while using it.
Cannot kill.
Final Smash:
PK Starstorm	With the help of Paula (unless she's an opponent), Jeff, and Poo, Ness unleashes a cascade of shooting stars that does heavy damage and knockback to opponents. The stars start out in the center of the screen and fan outwards as they fall down. You can use to aim the move slightly. The big danger from this move is the sheer frequency at which the stars rain down; any opponent that hits just one star could be comboed into several more, leading to an easy death.
Since Season 39, a sound from Earthbound accompanies the move. Before Season 47, Ness used the move by himself, which he couldn't do in Earthbound; in that game, it was Poo who used PK Starstorm.
Ashley Variant: No one accompanies Ashley. Whereas Ness just shouts out the move's name (corrupting it into "PK TAR-TORRRRRM!!!" in the process), Ashley shouts "JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE!!!", which led to an awkward moment in Season 47's Overwatch-themed Halloween special when she and Ness actually faced off against Pharah.
Kills at 80%.
===Taunts===
*Up Taunt: Nods and says "Okay." (His infamous "okey" pose.)
*Side Taunt: Waves a baseball bat.
*Down Taunt: Shoots out PK energy bolts in an S motion.
===Victory===
*Pose: Skips a few times, then makes his "okey" pose.
*Theme: Team Earthbound's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Earthbound's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*White: His shirt is plain. This may resemble the character Fuel, from Mother 3.
*Yellow: May reference a Japanese baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers.
*Green: His shirt is yellow and orange, possibly referencing Everdred.
*Blue: May resemble his younger self, who he sees in Magicant.
*Black: He wears a purple hat and shorts. His shirt is plain aside from a Mr. Saturn sprite.
*Morning Ness: Ness in his PJ's with no hat, as he appears when you start the game.
*Purple: Wears a blue plaid shirt similar to the file select/"name your character" screen in Earthbound.
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