Ninten: Difference between revisions

|jpkana={{tt|にんてん|Ninten}}/{{tt|ニンテン|Ninten}}<ref name=Ninten>[http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/03/ninten-isnt-exactly-ninten/ Ninten isn't Exactly Ninten - EarthBound Central.] Retrieved March 16th, 2011.</ref>

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==Biography==

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:Ninten's Favorite Things.png|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 ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]''. 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/>

===History===

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==Game data==

===Stats===

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===PSI level up list===

Ninten learns [[Teleport]] from a baby in [[Youngtown]] after talking to it via [[telepathy]].

==Similarities to [[Ness]]==

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Fans have noted the resemblance between Ness and Ninten in the past. Because of their similar appearances many fans consider them to be the same characters, although recent evidence points towards them being different. Even though Ninten and Ness share many similarities, they have several differing qualities, mainly being visible in their official clay models. The brim of Ninten's cap is pointed to the left of his head, whereas Ness's points to the right, although Ness's brim is directed backwards in his American clay model, being slightly pointed to the left. Ninten's forelocks have a more spiky look, while Ness's are more rounded, although his American model has been altered to be more spiky-looking. While Ninten has red socks and blue shoes, Ness instead wears white socks and red shoes. Ness additionally carries around a backpack, whereas Ninten does not. It appears Ness's resemblance to [[Ninten]] was left as ambiguous by [[Shigesato Itoi]] intentionally as he intended for players to decide if they're the same character or different<ref>[http://yomuka.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/famitsu-06191992/ Weekly Famitsu – June 19, 1992]</ref>, he seems to have even ''suggested'' for players to think of them as the same.

==Gallery==

===Game appearances===

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===Ninten's favorite things===

==Trivia==

*Ninten's name comes from the first six letters in Nintendo.

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*The name Ninten was used in manuals for other [[Nintendo]] media when referring to a character who the player names<ref name=Ninten>[http://earthboundcentral.com/2011/03/ninten-isnt-exactly-ninten/ Ninten isn't Exactly Ninten - EarthBound Central.] Retrieved March 16th, 2011.</ref>.

*Ninten has the most known family relatives of the series' main protagonists, having six (seven if Giygas is counted, which in that case would make Giygas his adoptive grand-uncle) compared to Ness having three, and Lucas having four.

==References==