Nintendog



The Nintendog is a giant puppy that is going to appear in the new game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is confirmed to be activated by an item, but the item's appearance is unknown. Regardless, when activated, the Nintendog will paw and bark at the player, obscuring their vision and distracting them.

Origin
The Nintendog first appeared in the video game seires "Nintendogs" where all of the Nintendogs games are released for the Nintendo DS. The Nintendog series have become very popular.

Trivia

 * Mario, Luigi and Bowser cameo in some Nitendogs games.
 * Nintendog is a portmanteau of Nintendo and dog.