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NESS Ness was a secret character in the original Smash Bros., and now he's one of the starting characters in Melee. Ness has only appeared in one game, not including the original N64 Super Smash Bros. That game is the sequel to the Japanese game Mother, Mother 2. Mother 2 was released in the US as Earthbound in 1995. Ness uses mostly psychic type attacks and uses his handy-dandy baseball bat and yo-yo to whip the competition into shape. Ness is a pretty powerful character, although he is a shell of his former glory. He excels at both long range and short range attacks, which makes him very good to use once you figure out the game. However, don't even think of playing exclusively as him until you've mastered his abilities, or else his power is wasted on your inability to successfully play as him. With patience and a lot of practice, Ness is easily one of the best characters in the game. CLASSIFICATION: Long Range Regular Attacks Ness whips out his baseball bat and hits a home run when you use his forward smash attack. If you're close enough to the edge when you hit another player, and that player has a relatively high percentage, you can certainly kiss 'em goodbye. The yo-yo of death comes into play here. Pressing down and A will make Ness twirl his yo-yo underneath him in a quick, half-circular motion. Though not very powerful, it does move from back to front, thus damaging people on both sides. Not recommended for use if you intend to do major damage. Exactly like Ness' down and A move, only above him. The yo-yo's lack of power is quickly remedied, however, if you use his other up A attacks, which are more powerful and can send a player flying. Special Attacks PK Flash: Press and hold the B button, and a green ball of psychic energy will come out of Ness' head. Once it comes out, you can maneuver it wherever you wish for it to go, but only for a short time. It also moves very slowly. If you would like for it to be more powerful, just hold down the B button. Very good when players are rushing toward you and you have enough time to pull it off and blow them off into space. Also fun to use on large clusters of players. PK Fire: Ness' second psychic attack is a short range projectile attack that can damage the enemy multiple times, though it doesn't cause too much damage. Helpful when someone is trying to jump back to the level and you don't want them to. Good when you feel like being bastard and annoying people. PK Thunder: One of my personal favorite moves, if only for it's excellent ability to blow people away. While some may detest that it's an unnecessarily hard to pull off triple jump, when perfected, it can pretty much bring you back from the dead. Just manuever the thunder bolt underneath Ness' body and hit him in whatever direction you would like to travel. Not very useful in narrow pits, like in between buildings and such. If you need to use your triple jump there, you're pretty much dead. Now, if you wish to blow people away, like me, just use it while standing on flat ground near other players and fire yourself into them. Trust me, it's fun and it works. Finally, you can just fire it off and make it hit someone doing about 8% damage, but where's the fun in that? PSI Magnet: This move isn't particularly useful, though it can be helpful sometimes. Use it before getting hit with a projectile like Fox's laser and your percent will go down a little. Strategies for Ness Swordsmen -Link -Young Link -Marth -Roy Ness' projectile attacks are very effective against the swordsmen, as long as you don't get too close. His PSI Magnet move is totally ineffective against these characters, so don't even try it (well, maybe Link's arrows and boomerang will succumb to it). PK Flash works well against them, as does the many different ways to use PK Thunder. PK Fire is helpful when the swordsmen is getting too close for comfort. Just fire it off and they will be incapacitated for a second, and you can make your getaway. Speedsters -Fox -Falco -Pikachu -Pichu -Captain Falcon As Ness is a slow mover at times, these characters can seriously get on your nerves. Just remember to stay on your toes (roll a lot, jump at the sight of them charging you, etc.) and you'll do just fine. Also, these characters are easy to grab and throw, which can be used to your advantage, since Ness has a very good throw move. Close Range -Dr. Mario -Mario -Luigi -Yoshi -Mr. Game & Watch -Ice Climbers Short range characters generally don't have too many projectile attacks, so you can sit back and fire away at them. However, if you must go up close, frequent dodging and repetitive strikes will get you out of the situation. Keep them away from you, and you'll do fine. Lightweights -Kirby -Jigglypuff -Peach -Zelda Combos are these character's specialty, so be careful. They may go flying when you hit them with your bat, but they can still beat you up when you get too close and fall into their web of combos. Throws are effective against these characters, but they all have an excellent return ability, so guard the edge and smash attack them off the screen. Heavyweights -Donkey Kong -Bowser -Ganondorf Probably the easiest out of the group to beat for Ness, as they are slow and don't have projectile attacks. Ness can stand in one area and fire off his attacks at them, and still have enough time to make a getaway if they get too close. Also, if you choose to go short range on them, you should be fine. While they are very strong, Ness isn't exactly a character who is thrown around easily. That doesn't mean you can just waltz up to them and not expect to be KO'd, but don't think they will win as quickly as you may think.