zaccheus said:
kinda o-t
i never really got into earthbound/mother however i am curious as to what moves ness/lucas actually used in their games. i know that ness stole his moves from that one girl. what were his real moves/spells/abilities in earthbound? did ness have high hp, low mp, i just want a general understanding as to why he was made the way he was. did ness' down+b move in mother absorb energy attacks?
same for lucas, did he actually have pk thunder, pk fire, etc etc?
just curious as to how the translation of character from rpg -> character in fighting game works.
Ness was highly altered from his original Mother 2 appearance.
In Mother 2/Earthbound, Ness' main attribute was his physical power. He had the highest offense out of any character in the game, as well as the highest defense. He used both baseball bats and yo-yos, though bats were exclusive to him while yo-yos could be used by any character. Ness' PSI/PK abilities were very different from what he has in Smash. PK Flash is the only move that's legitimately Ness'. However, in Mother 2, PK Flash was a multi-target attack that inflicted a variety of status ailments on all enemies. The lower levels of the spell would make enemies cry (blind them) or confuse them. The higher levels could paralyze enemies or defeat them outright. It didn't inflict damage, though as I said, it could be an instant-death move.
Ness' only other offensive PSI move was PK Special, which the player could name. It was basically a multitarget, non-elemental attack that inflicted major damage but consumed a lot of PP. It's more Final Smash suited than normal B attack.
PK Fire, Thunder, and Magnet were all taken from Paula, the game's main offensive PSI user. Magnet wasn't a shield as it is in Smash, but rather would drain PP (essentially MP) from one or more enemies and add it to Paula's. Fire was a multitarget fire attack and Thunder hit random enemies for major damage, but would miss if there were few enemies around.
The rest of Ness' Mother 2 PSI set was based around healing and support. His LifeUp spell recovered HP and his Healing move could cure just about any status ailment, including death (assuming the spell level was high enough). He did have a shield move, but it halved the damage from physical attacks. He also had spells that could inflict paralysis and sleep.
As for Lucas, he doesn't have PK Freeze, Thunder, Fire, or Magnet either. I haven't played Mother 3 yet, so I don't know everything of what he does, though I do think he has a move called "PK Ground" (which is apparently his down smash) and PK Love, which is apparently Mother 3's equivalent to PK Special.
Hope that was helpful.
KevinCow and I both noticed the circle is far, far tighter than before. It's really noticeable the second time in Delfino Plaza.