Ness (SSB4)

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Ness in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	EarthBound
Other playable appearances	in SSB in Melee in Brawl
Availability	Unlockable
Final Smash	PK Starstorm

Ness returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Ness was officially confirmed on October 3rd, 2014, but was leaked beforehand on September 11th by a leaker's Twitch stream. His profile art matches a previous leak.

His appearance is different from his other Smash Bros. appearances, Being overall thinner, especially in the face, and the colors of all of his clothing items being much more brightly colored, like in his original game. The brighter colors also go with the rest of the characters' new looks, being overall brighter. His face is also missing the slight pink blushes on his face in past games. His head is also smaller and more proportional. His shirt is missing a yellow stripe at the bottom that has been present in all prior games Ness has appeared, although it was also missing in Melee's opening animation.

Along with Fox, he seems to have a new voice. His new voice is slightly higher pitched, and he seems to have more of an American accent rather than an Japanese accent from his appearances in the past iterations, for example, how he says "PK Thunder" or "PK Flash".

Changes from Brawl

Ness has been greatly buffed from Brawl, most notably with his almost unique (shared with Lucas) and detrimental extended grab release animation removed.

• Ness has overall faster speed.
• PK Thunder travels slightly faster, and has a larger hitbox.
• Forward tilt has been sped up.
• Dash attack is stronger.
• Neutral air deals more damage.
• PK Flash seems to travel slightly faster.
• PSI Magnet has less ending lag.
• PK Fire travels much farther.
• The extra 10 frame grab release animation has been removed.
• Up throw has strengthened to the point where it can KO reliably.
• Down aerial is much faster, now almost as fast as its Smash 64 iteration.
  • It has much less base knockback.
  • Ness spins before attacking.
• Ness no longer enters into his helpless state when bumping into a wall with PK Thunder 2, though this can only be done once.
• Can no longer absorb Megavitamins with PSI Magnet.
• Forward smash is slightly slower.
• Forward air is less damaging and has a smaller hitbox.
• PK Starstorm has a much smaller horizontal range, leaving blind spots.
  • The stars are more concentrated, however.
  • The Final Smash may be angled left or right to catch any opponents, similar to Aura Storm.
• Dash attack has more intense lighting effects.
• PK Thunder appears to be a brighter shade of blue.
• PSI Magnet also is a light blue color.
• PK Flash is a much darker green.
• PK Fire's effect after hitting an opponent produces darker colored flames, and produces more smoke.
• Up tilt changed to his Smash 64 animation.
• Up Smash and Down Smash now charge with Ness holding the Yoyo rather than having the Yoyo on the ground.
  • Because of this, Ness can now use his smashes while standing on a ledge.

The following moves appear unchanged:

• Neutral attack
• Back aerial
• Up aerial

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	PK Flash	Rising PK Flash	PK Freeze
Side Special	PK Fire	PK Flame Pillar	Flying PK Fire
Up Special	PK Thunder	Piercing PK Thunder	Big PK Thunder
Down Special	PSI Magnet	Attraction PSI Attack	Frontal PK Magnet
Final Smash	PK Starstorm

Palette swaps

Trophy

Ness has two trophies in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. One is a trophy of his Official Artwork for the game, and the other is a trophy of his Black Palette Swap. Additionally, he makes a cameo appearance in a trophy of Magicant.

• NessTrophy3DS1.png

  Ness's trophy.

• NessTrophy3DS2.png

  Ness's All-Star trophy.

Trivia

• Many of his alternate special moves are similar, if not identical, to Lucas's special moves from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.