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'''Ninten''' ({{tt|ニンテン|Ninten}} ''Ninten'') named '''Ken''' in the novelization<ref name=Ninten/> is the main character and protagonist in ''[[Mother (video game)|EarthBound Beginnings]]'', the first game of the [[EarthBound (series)|EarthBound series]]. He lives together with his [[Carol|mother]], his [[Mimmie and Minnie|sisters]] and his [[Mick|dog]] in a [[Ninten's house|house]] in the northern outskirts of [[Podunk]].

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 toy.<ref name=NintensFavoriteThings>[[:File:NintensFavoriteThings.gif|Excerpt from Ninten's Encyclopedia Mother Entry]]</ref> 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 expanded ending of ''{{vg|Mother}}''. The Tokyo Giants tickets were brought to him by his father after a trip to Japan, which Ninten believes is the "sister team" of the [[wikipedia:San Francisco Giants|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. Ninten received the ball signed by Shigeo Nagashima 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, Ninten keeps the penguin toy due to his interest of penguins. When penguins were introduced at the [[Choucream Zoo|local zoo]], it made a really big impression on him, as he previously only had seen them on pictures and TV.<ref name=kenisu/><ref name=NintensFavoriteThings/>

Even though no reward will be given from the mayor for the deed, a cave to the east of the zoo will become accessible. Inside of the cave, Ninten will come across a strange rock-like object, that telepathically will ask him a vague riddle-like question. When he finds a corresponding answer in his great-grandfather's diary, and then says it out loud, he will be transported to the mysterious land of [[Magicant]]. Upon entering a [[Queen Mary's Castle|castle]] in the northern portion of Magicant, Ninten will meet the the governing figure of the land, [[Queen Mary]]. She requests him to retrieve the eight notes of a song, which she herself has forgotten, and then return to sing it for her. Ninten then exits Magicant through an [[Magicant Underground|underground maze]], and is sent to another rock-like object located inside of a cave.

The party returns to Union Station, where they discover that a small portion of the tracks leading to the east are demolished, making it impossible for the train to transport them beyond that point. They do instead make a detour around the cliffs north of the tracks, leading to them ending up in [[Yucca Desert]]. In the desert, the party come across a cactus with some facial features. After using [[Telepathy]] on it, it will start to sing the fifth melody. To the east of the cactus resides a man, who will let Ninten and his friends borrow his tank once they have obtained ten [[List of key items in Mother#Ticket Stub|Ticket Stub]]s, which can be purchased from him from prices between {{$}}5 to $15. After the tank has been obtained, the party heads further to the east, to the [[Ruins of Desert]], whose entrance is guarded by an [[R7037|enormous robot]] that must be battled in order to enter; the tank must however be sacrificed during the battle with it. The ruins are inhabited by various monkeys and has a maze-like layout; when the party manages to traverse the ruins and reach an entrance leading to a cave with yet another rock-like object, they will yet again be transported to [[Magicant]].

===Stat growth rate values===

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!Stat

|Fight

|☆☆☆☆

|4

|Speed

|☆☆☆☆

|4

|Wisdom

|☆☆☆

|4

|Strength

|☆☆☆☆

|4

Stars represent the comparison between other characters' stat growth rate.

Unlike the other main protagonists, Ninten never made an appearance as a playable character, and instead just a random sticker in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]], and a Spirit in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]].

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{{Gallery/cell|Ninten sprite.png|Ninten|Ninten's regular appearance.}}

{{Gallery/cell|Ninten(Japanese).png|Japanese|Ninten's regular appearance from the Japanese [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] version.}}

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*Ninten's name was not officially confirmed until Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In Japan he was named '''Boku''' (which means "Me") in the instruction manual, and the novelization named him '''Ken'''. When his recent clay model released in Japan he was named Ninten.

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|"Well, now that the Earth's crisis is finally over, I think I'll just lay down for a moment and Zzzzzzzzz"

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:As Ness is implied to be talking when leaving [[Magicant]] in [[EarthBound]] and Lucas talks prior to Chapter 4 in [[Mother 3]], Ninten is the only protagonist in the series to never talk at all in Japan.