Ness

## Personal Status

### Status

Uknown (due to Porky killing and stuffing certain characters from Mother 2 in MOTHER 3)

## Summary

**Ness** is the main protagonist of Mother 2, localized as EarthBound outside of Japan. After discovering a meteor that had landed near his home, a bee from the future explains his destiny to be one of the Chosen Four that will defeat Giygas. He is tasked with meeting the other three children to stop Giygas in his most powerful state by learning the Eight Melodies, similar to the ones that Ninten used to defeat Giygas 5 years ago. Sometime after his adventures, Ness learns new abilities from his friends.

## Stats

**Destructive Ability:** At least **Superhuman Class**, possibly **Building Class**

**Strength:** At least **Superhuman Class**, at most **Building Class**

**Speed:** At least **Human Class**, because it is implied, though not confirmed, that Ness can dodge lightning.

**Power:** At least **Superhuman Class**, at most **Building Class**

**Durability:** **Building Class**

**Range:** Extended melee range with weapons and PSI

## Powers & Abilities

* **Teleportation** (Teleport)
* **Telepathy**
* **Regeneration** (LifeUp, likely **Superficial**)
* **Sleep Manipulation**
* **Stat Amplification** (PSI Shield)
* **Paralysis**
* **Empathic Manipulation**
* **Instant Death**
* **Energy Manipulation**

## Named Abilities & Techniques

* **PSI Rockin (AKA PK Kenji):** A powerful PSI attack that can attack multiple enemies and is named after Ness' favorite thing.
* LifeUp: Regenerates Ness
* Healing: Heals Ness from things such as poisoning
* PSI Teleport: Allows the user to teleport.
* **PK Flash:** A powerful PSI attack that can give a varying number of effects, including: uncontrollable crying, strangeness, paralysis, and instant death.

## Equipment

* Baseball bats
* Yo-yos
* Various miscellaneous items
* Franklin Badge: Reflects all electric-based and some energy-based (like PK beam) attacks back to the user.

## References

1. ↑ Can defeat sentient trees, bears, and vehicles in combat.
2. ↑ Can defeat dinosaurs and krakens far larger than himself, seemingly with ease, especially during the end of the game.
3. ↑ After the events in Magicant, Ness could fight stronger Krakens by himself. However, there is no shown peak for Ness' destructive ability after his empowerment in Magicant.
4. ↑ Though he does not show the ability to ever being able to harm Giygas, It is heavily implied that Ness is Giygas' equal, as it is shown that Ness and Giygas would fight forever in the game's code, so it is arguable that Ness' powers are on a universal scale.
5. ↑ See Sources 1 and 2,
6. ↑ Some enemies in the Mother series, such as the conducting spirit (which is literally a spirit made out of lightning), the Electro SWOOSH, and the UFO, have speeds that are faster than an average human being's, and ness has been able to outrun several of them in the later parts of the game.
7. ↑ See Sources 1 and 2,
8. ↑ Survives impacts from the dinosaurs and krakens.
9. ↑ Ness has the power of Courage, which allows him to go back in time an unlimited amount of times after being defeated.

1. ↑ Can defeat sentient trees, bears, and vehicles in combat,
2. ↑ Can defeat dinosaurs and krakens far larger than himself,
3. ↑ After the events in Magicant, Ness could fight stronger Krakens by himself. However, there is no shown peak for Ness' destructive ability after his empowerment in Magicant,
4. ↑ Ness is not on a Universal level due to not actually ever being able to harm Giygas,
5. ↑ See Sources 1 and 2,
6. ↑ No enemies in Mother have any significant speeds or attacks of their own that are above superhuman levels,
7. ↑ See Sources 1 and 2,
8. ↑ Survives impacts from the dinosaurs and krakens,
9. ↑ Offensive PSI that hold no elemental ties is ambiguously Energy Manipulation,