Ness (SSBU)

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Ness in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Universe	EarthBound
Other playable appearances	in SSB in Melee in Brawl in SSB4
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	PK Starstorm

Ness (ネス, Ness) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed on June 12th, 2018.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Aesthetics

• Like many other characters, Ness faces more on the screen than the previous games.
• Many of Ness' PSI moves now have their respective PSI graphics from EarthBound.
• Ness no longer swings his arms in his idle animation.
• Ness' socks has more visible vertical lines.
• Airdodge now has a different animation, similar to Melee.

Ground Attacks

• Ness' Yo-yo now says "MOTHER 2018"
  • The Yo-yo now makes windy spheres when moving. Instead of the former dark gray sphere traces.

Aerial Attacks

• Up Air now has a new animation where he waves PSI with his hands in the air in a manner similar to Peach's up air. It deals good knockback.
  • This attack now has multi-hit properties, and produces a magic effect.
• Neutral Air now has PSI emitting from his hands, similar to Zelda. This increases his range.
  • It also uses a different sound effect.
• Down air now has reduced endlag.

Throws/other attacks

• Ness now grabs and holds his opponents and pummels them with PSI, mirroring Zelda's grab.
  • The pummel makes a magic effect and a magic sound effect instead of a normal punch effect.
• Ness' down throw uses the PK Fire effect from Earthbound.
• Ness' pummel is noticeably slower.

Special moves

• Ness no longer free falls after using PK Flash in the air.
• PK Flash moves more quickly and travels much longer.
• Ness poses differently when firing his PK Fire, pointing in the direction of the move instead. He also gets some slight pushback, similar to Lucas's pushback after using it on the ground.
  • Ness leaves a red spark on his shooting hand until he Fires PK Fire. Similar to Lucas' Down-smash.
• PK Fire starts up more slowly.
• PK Thunder now has an angle indicator to indicate Ness's PK Thunder 2 trajectory when the ball of lighting travels close enough to him.
• PSI Magnet now has the on-screen effect from EarthBound and visible suction around the outside of the magnet.
• PSI Magnet is now slightly larger, with a hitbox similar to Lucas's version of the move.
• PK Starstorm is now similar to its Brawl iteration, firing slower meteors that spread out over the stage. Paula and Poo join Ness in his Final Smash, and PK Starstorm background effects from EarthBound also appear during the Smash.

Trivia

• This is the second time Ness has been included in the boxart in the Super Smash Bros. series since Melee.
  • Additionally, like Melee, he was confirmed once again at E3. Coincidentally, both games make him a starter character.