List of Mother characters
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Mother is a Nintendo Entertainment System video game, and has a sequel titled Mother 2 (known in North America as EarthBound).
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[edit] Playable characters
[edit] Ninten
Ninten (ニンテン?) is the first controllable character in the Nintendo Famicom video game Mother.
In the prologue sequence of Mother, Ninten must control the influences of a mischievous poltergeist on the ornaments within his house. Examples of such items under the control of the poltergeist include a lamp and a doll, both of which Ninten must battle. After that he is set to investigate the origin of these strange phenomena, which also occur in the rest of the world, that are actually caused by Giygas.
Ness is said to be the equivalent of Ninten in the sequel Mother 2 (known as EarthBound in the USA). Both Ness and Ninten share similar roles in their corresponding games, in addition to having similar appearances. These similarities extend to both characters having names relating to Nintendo (Ninten being the first two syllables of the company name, and Ness being phonetically identical to the widely-used acronym of the Nintendo Entertainment System, NES). The most notable difference is that Ninten has asthma while Ness suffers from homesickness.
[edit] Loid
Loid (ロイド Roido?) is one of the major characters of the NES game Mother. Loid is considered as the weakling among Ninten's teammates (as well as Loid's own schoolmates) and usually uses guns to substitute for his weak physical strength. His offense power increases little by little as the game progresses, rounding him out to be the second weakest character. Loid also suffers from not knowing any PSI powers, though his greater range of attack items helps to balance this out. He is the only character in the game who can use more powerful attack items, such as bottle rockets and bombs. In the beginning, Loid was considered a nerdy boy that no one was fond of and was picked on by the other children. Because of this, Loid usually hides within the garbage to avoid people from picking on him. He finally joins Ninten's team after Ninten shows him some bottle rockets. It should also be noted that Loid is the counterpart of the Mother 2/EarthBound hero Jeff in that both were very intelligent with glasses and skilled at building inventions, though Jeff actually is respected by his partners.
[edit] Ana
Ana (アナ?) is one of the major characters of the Famicom game Mother (unofficially known as Earthbound Zero) and has a crush on the game's protagonist, Ninten (Mother's counterpart of EarthBound's Ness). Ana is considered (similar to Princess Peach from the Mario series) as a stereotypical heroine with weak physical strength. She attacks using her frying pans along with many powerful PSI spells. Before joining up with Ninten, Ana lived along with her father in Snowman where she was famous for her psychic powers. It should also be noted that Ana is the counterpart of the EarthBound heroine Paula who also wear a pink dress and was considered a skilled psychic, though Ana also wears a hat, which is required to find in order to make her join Ninten's party.
[edit] Teddy
Teddy (テディ Tedi?) is one of the major characters of the NES game Mother.
Though he has no knowledge of PSI, he does have enormous physical strength, as well as an arsenal of swords and knives at his disposal.
In Mother, it is revealed that Teddy's parents were killed by mountain beasts, forcing Teddy to become self dependent. Later on, he became the leader of the Bla Bla Gang, a notorious gang in Valentine, though once he sees the power of Ninten, he decides to join Ninten's group to avenge his parents, replacing Loid. Later at the game, he is severely injured, which forces him to leave the party. His place is filled by Loid again.
[edit] Temporary party characters
[edit] Pippi
Pippi is a young girl who wandered from her home to the cemetery south of Podunk. Ninten is requested by the town's mayor to rescue her. After Pippi is rescued, she asks Ninten two "yes or no" questions. If she doesn't consider them as rude, she will give him the Franklin Badge, an item that deflects the PK Beam attack. Once she is brought to the mayor's office, she will leave the party and the mayor will give Ninten $100.
[edit] Flying Men
The Flying Men live together in a small house north of Magicant. If Ninten talks to one of them, he will join the party until his HP runs out. Once a Flying Man is gone, he cannot be revived and will be buried by his home. There are five in all, and only one can be in the party at a time.
[edit] Enemies
[edit] Giygas
Giygas is Mother's main antagonist. He was originally raised by Ninten's grandparents, George and Maria. His weakness is the Eight Melodies found throughout the game. Once sung to him, he is defeated, and the game ends.
Giygas is the same character who apprears in Mother 2/EarthBound.
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Mother / EarthBound video games
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