Boney

Boney is one of the main characters in Mother 3. He lives with Flint and his family, and first appears in Chapter 1.

History
Boney's first appearance is in Chapter 1, before Flint goes inside of Sunshine Forest to search for his family. He decides to take Boney along with him, who fights alongside him in battles. Boney is later used as a messenger of sorts, when Wess ties a yellow ribbon around his neck and is told to go find Duster. The yellow ribbon is a special message of sorts, and Wess is positive that Duster will know what it means. He successfully finds him, asleep in his house, although Boney ends up having to drag Duster along the ground for half of the trip before he wakes up.

He later appears in Chapter 4, when Lucas takes him out on a walk, which quickly sprouts a chain of various events leading to an important journey. Boney accompanies Lucas for the rest of the game, even when the rest of the party ends up being separated. He is a very loyal and smart dog, although he prefers not to do tricks, such as shaking his paw. Boney can also stand on his hind legs for a long period of time, as demonstrated in Chapter 4 when he must be disguised as a person to get into Club Titiboo.

Special abilities
His special in-battle ability is to "sniff" out any weaknesses and resistances a given enemy may have, listing off the enemy's "type", one PSI weakness and one resistance when used. This technique works similarly to Jeff's ability to spy on enemies, although unlike spying, it does not list off the enemy's stats.