Ninten and His Handkerchief

My guess would be a trait to create a distinction between Ninten and Ness, at least in terms of art. Unless the kercheif has existed in art pre-Mother 2. Then I have no clue.

Wasn’t it because Ninten wore a handkerchief in the live-action trailer? It’s where his tri-colored shirt came from, which some fanartists prefer over the blue and yellow shirt to distinguish him from Ness.

Its in the mother 1 commercial… I thought everyone knew that! o.O

The commercial Ninten has a handkerchief and a red, blue and white shirt. That pretty much where the design came from. Some people still give him a yellow and blue shirt w/ a red handkerchief for some odd reason to though.

I’m more interested in knowing what the deal is with the strange angle of the line dividing his shirt from his shorts. Am I the only one who can’t make heads or tails of what that’s supposed to be?

Half his shirt is tucked in if that’s what your talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQUN7QAnMp0
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It was because of the commercial. The same applies to the red-blue-white set of colors of his t-shirt some fanartist make.

In my case I always draw him with kandkerchief, but with his original set of colors.

Lumi, NessPSI, 2Sang and Chivi-chivik have it spot on. As far as I’m concerned the only real reason why fan artists keep this design is to properly distinguish him from Ness. Otherwise the only real difference would be his socks and shoes!

I’m pretty sure the handkerchief thing is a thing for two reasons: 1) to differentiate he and Ness from one another and 2) because he wore it in the commercial.

@ HairyStick
Don’t forget Ness’s backpack! ^_^;

Hey Mato! After digging around the forums on Starmen.Net, I found the topic you were talking about and replied to: http://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother1/Ninten-s-Bandanna

Woah, thanks! So, it was from a commercial, then? Cool! I saw that commercial a while ago, but I didn’t notice the handkerchief… Thanks!

Yeah as the others said it was from the commercial. I kinda wish they would have stuck with it so he would look a little more different from Ness.

That is still the most incredible game commercial I’ve ever seen. At least, in a way that inspires awe. The original Smash Bros. commercial is the most genuinely funny ones I’ve ever seen, and the “POOOLE POSITION” commercial is the most insanely over the top commercial I’ve ever witnessed.

Frankly, that commercial alone makes me want Stephen Spielberg to direct a Mother movie, done in the style of an 80’s movie with 80’s based practical effects.

I think he does have a bandanna cayuse in the commercial he has one. Plus, when I cosplay as Ninten I want people to know that I’m him and not Ness lol.

Also, Loid has brown hair. I guess it was pretty hard to find a Japanese 10 year old with grey hair, lol.

Oh, gosh… I just registered and I can’t believe that’s my sprite. o_O

No worse than mine. Although I always forget to log in. Hahahaha

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You both have encouraged me to create an account even though I’ve been a visitor and commenter since the site has been created. I wonder what icon I’ll get…

Perfect. Now if anyone tries to erase me, I shall erase them first!

Yep, I might not be longing in for a while… I’m still the anonymous ZeroSquared. lol

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But seriously if you have an eraser eraser eraser, don’t come near me.

@2Sang

Your inspiration from them has inspired me.

The Oreo cookie thing was made up by the fans and kind of stuck there, especially once we started using it in RPing.

Here’s the commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJpd1gtpMk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

@2Sang It isn’t any weirder than mine. Seriously. Having a dead character who is the opposite gender of mine is not fun. WordPress likes to log me out even when I check Remember Me though, so I’m usually not logged in. Nobody usually wants to steal my username, anyway. Although some fool from, like, Portugal or something stole it on gmail. >:(

That’s simple: The handkerchief simply come from the costume of Ninten in the Mother 1 Japanese commercial (That was posted by Animegame97.). A lot of pepole found the design of the claymodel too similar to Ness, so they based on the commercial design that was much developped to draw him. Same goes for Ana (For wearing a tie at her waist.) and Loid (His red shirt turn into a jacket and he have a yellow shirt below it.). This fantasies enable to complexify the designs and make the caracters way more interesting.

It’s from the commercial.

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Goddamnit guys. Now you all made me create an account, too, just to see what icon I’d get.

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A lot of people tend to draw Ninten with a lot thinner of yellow lines on his shirt, since that’s the way his model looks anyway.

Mato I did some digging around and noticed that in the Mother 1 commercial ,where there are live actors, Ninten wears a handkerchief so that might be why so many people associate him with it.

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@Carl

You aren’t the only one baffled by the divide between his shirt and pants.

@Carl

It kind of looks like Ninten’s shirt is tucked in on one side and hanging loose on the other.

Ness likes Oreos? Huh, I guess that’s one thing he has in common with the Martian Manhunter.

Woo! Everybody’s getting accounts around here 😀

I hope you all don’t have a sprite curse…

So speaking of getting accounts, i don’t suppose i can change my icon can i?

It came from the japanese ad for the game.

Wow, I thought everyone knew about how the handkerchief came from the commercial. Wow…

intresting idea there! I always wonder about that too, why people draw him with a handkerchief, and his official art, he doesn’t! Good job explain it, Nice job! 🙂

Well, I, as the person who asked this question, made an account. Which sprite did I get?

Haha, Mini Barf! 😀 Love it.

Interesting