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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 ''[[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]].

==Biography==

===Physical appearance===

Ninten weighs 42 kg, is 152 cm tall, and has blood type A.<ref name=SomeNintenInfo/> He has short, black hair, although he usually wears a red cap with a blue brim, likely due to his interest in 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 make a portion of his legs visible. Red blushes can also be seen on his cheek on his clay model, being a typical feature of several ''Mother'' characters.

His physical appearance is compared with [[wikipedia:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] from the ''Star Wars'' franchise by several of his female classmates.<ref name=kenisu>[http://kenisu.webs.com/motherencyclopedia.htm MOTHER Encyclopedia - The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant]</ref>

Ninten displays few distinct traits and little personality throughout the game, due to him having the role of a typical [[wikipedia:Silent protagonist|silent protagonist]]. He has only one sentence of actual dialogue in the entire game, being in the ending sequence of the game, where he merely states that it would be nice to have some rest, as the Earth's crisis is over.<ref>"Well, now that the Earth's crisis is finally over, I think I'll just lay down for a moment and Zzzzzzzzz" - Ninten</ref> 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 is 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 only capable of using defensive PSI moves. His main weapons are [[Baseball bat]]s, being the only items in the game that are unique to him, and which is also a trait that is succeeded by [[Ness]] in ''[[EarthBound]]''. His personality has been expanded and elaborated on in several guides and books, though the degree of canonicity in these are debatable.

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/>

He does, however, also makes a cameo appearence in the {{SSB|Magicant}} stage featured in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''Ultimate'', where one scene shows him outside of his house with [[Mick]] and the other shows him meeting [[Lloyd]] on the roof of the [[Twinkle Elementary School]].

==Gallery==

===Game appearances===

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==Trivia==

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

*Ninten is the only main protagonist to not appear as a fighter in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.

==References==