If you’ve played the new Super Smash Bros. you know two characters that really deserve some credit are Little Mac and Ness. You have to feel bad for Mac. All he can really do is punch people in the face. Granted, he throws a pretty hard jab and causes plenty of damage but you can’t really call his moves inspired. Then there’s Ness, an obscure character no one saw coming in the Nintendo 64 original. His moves are largely borrowed from Paula, an ally from the original 1994 role-playing EarthBound. Still, that baseball bat packs a wallop.
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