Ness

Basic Attacks

Two punches, followed by a straight kick.

A sweeping high kick

Ness raises both arms in the air, releasing a short energy burst.

A low kick.

Dash Attacks

Ness will release an energy ball in front of him.

Smash Attacks

A powerful baseball swing

Ness will swing his yoyo upward.

Ness will swing his yoyo around him on the ground

Special Attacks

Ness will release an explosive energy orb. You can control its direction by holding the Special button. Releasing the button will make the orb explode or it will explode automatically after 3 seconds.

Ness throws a small fireball that hits an opponent multiple times if it connects to the target. When used on the ground, the fireball travels in the straight line. When used in mid-air, Ness will throw the fireball to the ground, in a slant direction.

PK Thunder (Up Special)

Ness releases a controllable lightning ball. If it hits an opponent, it deals minor damage. If you steer it back to Ness, it will detonate and pushes Ness to the direction it was facing when it explodes. Ness suffers no damage. Finally, after looping back the lightning and it hits Ness, he can deal massive damage to an opponent.

Ness covers himself in a magnetic sphere that absorbs projectiles and heals up damage for every projectile it absorbs.

Air Attacks

Ness spins around with his arms outstretched.

Ness creates an energy ball in front of both of his hands.

A backward dropkick.

A mid-air headbutt

A downward kick with a small energy ball at the tip of his foot.

Final Smash

Ness calls down a rain of stars which direction can be controlled to the left or right. Aside from getting damaged, enemies are pushed toward the direction where the stars fall so controlling the stream of stars towards the edge of the stage is an effective way of finishing off enemies.

Recovery

Ness lacks any reliable horizontal or vertical recovery moves. His double jump has good height and distance but unlike other characters, he doesn't have good special moves to rely on. His PK Thunder (Up Special) requires proper use and positioning in order to be successfully used as a recovery move. When Ness uses PK Thunder in mid-air, you need to control the lightning ball and steer it towards Ness. Once it hits Ness, he will be thrown to the direction where the ball was headed (he doesn't get damaged). This is quite tricky since failing to hit Ness successfully will leave him in a fall state.

Gameplay

Don't be fooled by Ness' small size. He is considered as an average-weight character. His movement speed and agility allows him to close the distance quite well and use his moves effectively. Ness has a good variety of projectile and melee moves. His second jump during a double jump is higher than other characters which can be used for escape and recovery.

Ness' Baseball bat swing Smash can be very potent and has good launching power. His PK Thunder can quite damaging as well if he directs the energy ball back to him and he hits another opponent after he gets launched. PK fire doesn't deal that much damage but it is a good harassment move as it locks down an opponent in position for a follow up combo or break their charge. His Psi Magnet is good from protecting Ness against energy projectiles and allow him to heal a bit of damage per energy projectile absorbed.