Board Thread:Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time discussion/@comment-4565334-20130107221321/@comment-4356024-20130109182447

Nah, I think it's likelier that he is something else. Characters are often not shown in full until the "perfect" moment, and that could be the reason as to why they (Sanzaru) are still revealing that he exists, but only showing glimpses of him. Clockwerk was never seen in color until you fought him in the last level of Thievius Racoonus, even though he was very obviously something eagle or owl-like in appearance. The same was true for the rest of the Fiendish Five until their particular episodes.

What would the story gain from him being a raccoon? Just more uneccesary complexity; it's already a time-traveling plot, and those are notorious for being convoluted and hard-to-follow.