Board Thread:Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time discussion/@comment-70.118.175.85-20130324190846/@comment-5578822-20130412024227

Believe it or not, Sucker Punch and Sly 3's cutscenes have confirmed that the sole reason Penelope made the Black Baron disguise was to get past the ACES' strict age limits. Afterwards, she began putting on the costume more often only after she got fame from her fan base in Holland. When the gang offered her to join, she gave up and joined no problem.

If Sanzaru makes a Sly 5 and make Penelope an antagonist again, they need to better explain her backstory and make it more of a surprise. To be honest, I would have not seen Penelope's betrayal coming had it not been for the Black Knight's pink scheme and the logo on the mech's chest. It's like if Sanzaru was literally giving all Penelope fans a slap to the face intentionally saying, "Hey, your favorite character is evil now!" I personally liked Penelope and would like to see her get a shot of redemption in a future game, seeming as she in a way thought that Sly was evil and showing that she was misunderstood about Sly and Bentley's brotherly relationship. In her boss fight in Sly 4, she sometimes tells Sly, "Die you monster!" I also want Bentley to have a love interest so he's not alone with Sly.

In a way, I noticed Penelope was like Captain Qwark from the Ratchet and Clank series, as both start off nice but work for the main villain (Drek in Qwark's case, Le Paradox in Penelope's case). However, in the following games, Qwark resigns his selfish ways, becomes a protagonist, and starts helping the title characters starting with the next game. I don't know if Sanzaru and Sony are doing this similarity with the two characters on purpose, but if this is true, Penelope fans might be happy in a possible Sly sequel.

But overall, these are just my views. I don't know, but this is what I'm thinking.