Thread:Teenbat/@comment-24894472-20160701020141

I agree with the facts laid out by EH28, but I would like to add, even the "broad" categories like birds and reptiles reveal major aspects of a Sly Cooper character's personality. They also help us make predictions, and connections to characters. For example, all birds in the Sly Cooper series are evil and cold hearted. General Tsao was sexist, and simply wanted to spread his family name. Clockwerk's sole purpose was to destroy the entire Cooper line. Arpeggio would enslave people to gain immortality. On the other hand, reptiles and amphibains have unique personalities that no other charater comes close to. They also go through unique tranformations like reptiles and amphibains do in real life (molting and transition from land to water respectively). Raliegh was a bored privelged frog turned pirate. Dimitri went from an artist to a gangster/forger to a cruise ship instructer to a deep diving Cooper gang member to a guardian of the Thievius Raccoonus. Therefore, animal categories are needed to maximize the user experience. 