Dog (Mother)

Dogs are recurrent characters in the Mother series, often as enemies. In Mother, similiarly looking wolves also appear. Dogs usually have the option to bark in battle, which has no effect and instead gives the player a free turn. The main way to attack for these enemies is to bite.

Ninten's Dog
The unnamed pet of Ninten is a dog who, at the beginning of the game, is carrying a key necessary to reach his house's basement. After that, he is not important at all in the story.

Stray Dog
A common dog found before Podunk. One also guards a factory later in the game.



Wolf
Wolves are commonly seen in overworld areas such as the one near Merrysville.



Silver Wolf
Silver wolves are found in the snow land of Snowman.



Lone Wolf
Lone wolves are found in Snowman, just like Silver wolves.

King


King is Ness's dog, who joins the party briefly at the beginning of the game, along with Porky Minch. Later in the game, he appears in Ness's memories and thoughts.

Runaway Dog
These dogs appear near Onett at the beginning of the game. It may either bark or bite normally.



Desert Wolf
A poisonous wolf found in the Dusty Dunes Desert. It may bark, bite normally or with poisonous fangs.

Boney
Boney is a main playable character in Mother 3, and the only fully playable non-human character in the Mother/EarthBound series.

Stray Dog
A Stray Dog appears constantly through Mother 3. At first, one barks Duster in Tazmily Village at the beginning of Chapter 2. Later in the game, in Chapter 5, when Lucas's group is travelling through the Pork Bean, one stray dog can be found hungry. If it is given a Doggy Biscuit, it will thank the player with a Pencil Rocket.

Chilly Dog
These strange-lookin dogs appear in Snowcap Mountain.

Chimeras
The Dogfish, Top Dogfish, and Muttshroom are chimeras from Mother 3 with a dog part.