Onett

Onett
File:Earthbound Icon.gif
Universe	EarthBound
Appears in	SSBM SSBB
Availability	Starter (SSBM and SSBB)
Tournament legality Melee Singles: Varies Doubles: Varies

Announced at E3 2001, Onett is the home of Ness, a stage centralized around the EarthBound world. It consists of two buildings on the far right and left, and a series of unstable awnings in the center. The awnings in the center of the stage will eventually give way, if enough players jump onto it. The awnings will be reset after a short period of time. On occasion, an exclamation point (in both Brawl and Melee) will appear onscreen, signifying that a car or van will pass by the bottom of the stage. These can hit you or your opponent, so they must be avoided or guarded against. Characters can only be KO'd off either side of the stage or the top of the stage, as there are no drop-off points on this stage. Although Ness appears in EarthBound which is Mother 2, the music comes from the original Mother.

In All-Star mode, this stage is played on when you face Ness and any of his teammates.

Melee Stages: Onett

Onett returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as Melee Stages: Onett. One change in the stage is that the right edge of the left building's roof can no longer be grabbed. Another slight change to this stage is that in the background, the red cross on the building of the Hospital has been removed. Its likely been removed due to censorship, as it was in the original EarthBound game. However, it could be a reference to its removal in the game. Also, there is a slight lip on the left side of the house on the right. This prevents characters against this wall from jumping to avoid cars. However, the cars in this version of Onett are far weaker and have potentially 0 KO ability.

Trivia

• If the player stands just to the right of the blue house and pauses, zoom out to see the "Onett Message Board" to the right. It reads "Caution, A black van driven by this guy (seen in the picture right of the message) has been spotted driving recklessly through town. Be careful!".

• Said black van belongs to a musical group in Onett named the Runaway Five. Two of the members appear in the opening sequence for Melee as well, nearly getting run over by Ness.
• In Melee, if you set the language option on English, the black van will show the word "RUNAWAY" which comes from the band named the Runaway Five in EarthBound. However, if you set langauage to Japanese, the van will now show the word "TONZURA", which comes from the band's name in MOTHER 2 (or the Japanese version of EarthBound), the Tonzura Bros.

• If you pause and angle the screen slightly, you can see the meteorite, Lier X. Agerate's, Ness's house, the Minch house and the hospital from Mother 2 in the background. However, the stage's geography differs drastically from the original one in Mother 2, as the Drug Store should have a burger joint next to it and be at the north end of the town, whereas the Drug Store in Melee incorrectly appears at the south end and the Hospital is at the north when it should be at the south, like it is in Mother 2. There is not a straight road going through town in Mother 2 and no tunnels leading out of the town; and the cave holes in the mountains are placed incorrectly, but the general motif remains.(the meteorite doesnt appear in brawl)
• Pause and angle the screen when a vehicle is passing by. The license plates read 'ONETT'.
• The actual music of Onett from Earthbound does not appear.
• Bizarrely enough, though the cars are on the street, the fighters on the sidewalk can be hit by them.
• in Melee if you angle the Camera You can See the cars wheels are flat, they have only one set snd no left/right side [depending on the direction the car goes in and no bottom.

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