Ninten: Difference between revisions

|caption=Clay model from [[Mother (video game)|Mother]]

Ninten weighs 42kg, is 152cm tall and has blood type A.<ref>[[:File:SomeNintenInfo.jpg|Part of Ninten's Mother Encyclopedia Entry]]</ref> He has short, black hair, although he usually wears a red cap with a blue brim, likely due to his interest to baseball, making his hair unable to be seen in-game; in his clay model, he is also shown to have visible forelocks. He wears a striped t-shirt, with the colors blue and yellow; however, the t-shirt of his Japanese sprite was originally colored blue with one black stripe. He also wears blue shorts, blue shoes with white edges, and a pair of red socks, which together makes a portion of his legs visible. Red blushes can also be seen on his cheek on his clay model, being a typical property of several Mother characters.

Ninten displays little distinct traits and personality throughout the game, due to him being having the role of a typical [[wikipedia:Silent protagonist|silent protagonist]]. He has only one sentence of dialogue in the entire game, being in the ending sequence of the game, where he merely states that it'd be nice to have some rest, as the Earth's crisis is over. He is however shown to be the only main character in the game who is [[Status ailment#Asthma attack|asthmatic]], being a property which affects him negatively in-game if he's exposed to exhaust gases, and can only be cured by the use of [[List of recovery items in Mother#Asthma Spray|Asthma Spray]]. He and [[Ana]] are also the only party members that can utilize [[PSI]], although Ninten is known for being unable to use offensive PSI moves. His main weapon are [[Baseball bat]]s, being the only items in the game that only he can equip, and which also is a property that is succeeded by [[Ness]] in [[EarthBound]]. His personality has been more expanded and elaborated on in several guides and books, however, though the degree of canonicity in these are debatable.

In Encyclopedia Mother, he is depicted as an energetic and adventurous boy, being compared with [[wikipedia:Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones]]. His dog, [[Mick]], stands him very close, especially during his years as an infant. He's very popular in school, and has been chosen as "Mr. Leader" by his fellow classmates. He displays a strong interest for baseball, as he is a "team regular" in the boys' baseball team, and thus plays baseball routinely. His favorite baseball team are the [[wikipedia:San Francisco Giants|San Fransisco Giants]]. He also enjoys playing the electric guitar, which his father has gotten for him, while being accompanied by Mick. His [[favorite food]] is prime rib, which his mother serves him for dinner once a week.<ref>[http://kenisu.webs.com/motherencyclopedia.htm MOTHER Encyclopedia - The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant]</ref>  Ninten also loves penguins, even owning a penguin toy, which is one of his most cherished possessions.

Among Ninten's favorite things are his baseball cap, a ticket to the Tokyo Giants, a photo of [[Maria|his great-grandmother]], a ball signed by [[wikipedia:Shigeo Nagashima|Shigeo Nagashima]], a bent spoon, and a penguin doll. He got the baseball cap from his father, and it is considered to be his trademark; he rarely takes it off, being mainly when he showers, when it comes off as a result from a powerful swing when playing baseball, or when he sleeps, as can be seen in the ending of {{vg|Mother}}. The Tokyo Giants ticket was brought back by his father after a trip to Japan, which Ninten believes is the "sister team" of the San Francisco Giants, being his favorite team. The sepia-colored, elliptical-bordered photo of his great-grandmother is kept in his desk, and is something he really treasures. The right half of the photo, which is thought to depict her husband, [[George]], has been torn off. The ball signed by Shigeo Nagashima did he get when he was watching a match in the big leagues, and thereafter noticed that Nagashima sat next to him, recalling him from a special feature in a baseball magazine. The bent spoon became curved when he played with it during a dinner, when he already was full due to earlier having eaten at a hot dog stand, and as a result was unable to restrain himself, and bent the spoon through unknown means. Lastly, the penguin toy does he keep due to his interest of penguins. He will never forget the day the day when penguins were introduced at the [[Choucream Zoo]], as he earlier only had seen them on pictures and TV.<ref>[http://kenisu.webs.com/motherencyclopedia.htm MOTHER Encyclopedia - The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant]</ref>