Talk:Fang the Sniper

Weasel?
Looks like a kangaroo to me. Big feet, bounces on his long, tapering tail, wears an Australian hat. If nobody objects, might I change that odd 'wolf/weasel' bit?
 * I'd say remove any reference to him being a wolf, sure, but don't throw in anything suggesting he's a kangaroo or even resembles one. The character's official name was Nack the Weasel, so that's the animal we must assume he is.  --L T Dangerous 13:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * In America that's his name, but even that was abandoned after his first appearance. American games returned to his canonical name, Fang the Sniper. Sniper isn't an animal, and it's quite clear he's a kangaroo.. Damn, where's Yuji Naka when you need him?
 * Fang's profile on Sonic Central lists him as being a weasel-wolf hybrid. Kangaroo?  Geez.

If Fang still has a character profile on the Sonic Central website, does that mean he might return? And you said he could make a return because Shadow has a gun. I hope he does come back.(Fang is actually a jerboa)
 * The original creator said he had a jerboa motif in mind (a somewhat popular pet in Japan. or at least nobody else keeps them as pets). Keep in mind a jerboa is easily confused with the kangaroo rat. I think it's safe to say he had Australia on the brain (rather than the north African deserts where jerboas live) given the "Crocodile Dundee" hat with the half-flipped-up brim and everything. Even if he wasn't meant to be a kangaroo, he was obviously meant to evoke one. That's probably as close to canonical truth as we're going to get. (Now let's not even get into how Bean the Dynamite is a woodpecker who is the son of a duck (and a pet duck at that) or we might go mad.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.204.139 (talk) 07:41, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Comics
I've expanded the section on the comics with STC/STC-O stuff. =) --L T Dangerous 02:29, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Oooookaaaaaaaayyyy....
Yosh, "semi fan-filled". Not fixing, 'cause I'm not going to be dunce'd again like in Sonic 2006. -- Alexie
 * Which bit are you referring to? If you don't want to edit it, let us know which bit you didn't like so someone else can see if it's worth a go.  --L T Dangerous 13:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * darthno* Okay, I suck now. It's fixed..... sorta. But, at thy time in which I put this here........ it had some serious exclamation points. I don't really like exclamation points in articles. I am not worried anymore..... boo! K, no more complaining from me.... :) -- Alexie

X-treme
How does one know Fang would have been in X-treme at all? It's certainly possible, but I don't know where that info was gotten from. 68.190.167.252 22:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Sonic X-treme developer Chris Senn confirms it at his forum at http://www.senntient.com. There's a whole Sonic X-Treme subforum over there. As such, I've removed the "citation needed" tag in the main article. H Hog 17:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

More stuff found on Fang in X-Treme. I direct you here: http://sost.emulationzone.org/sonic_xtreme/nack/index.htm

Pictures from Sonic Triple Trouble
Shouldn't we have pictures of Fang from Sonic triple trouble since that is the game where he actually has a significant role.

Well, if you have one or know a place where to find a free-use picture, then go ahead and upload it! Of course, it's not necessary to get one. --71.104.188.207 06:42, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Clean-up
You know, this article is in need of major clean-up because:


 * It does not have notes or references, and not enough external links. What especially need references are things like the rumor section.


 * Some parts are not encyclopedic, such as saying he is "popular".


 * Some parts of the article are too short.

I am going to try to fix some of these problems right now. If I find it too difficult, I'm gonna put a clean-up tag on this article. I would prefer it if other Wikipedians help! --71.104.188.207 06:40, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I fixed up two of the problems somewhat, but the biggie one is still the reference thing. Oh, yeah, the pictures need more info, such as which website it came from or where did it come from (i.e. was it scanned from issue #? or a screenshot of some game?)?  Although they're all sourced, they're needing some more information. --71.104.188.207 06:54, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Mature?
he uses a pop gun for heaven's sake! how could that be mature? Diddy Kong uses a pope gun. --PopiethePopester 17:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Rofl. Pope gun.

Actually according to his DK Rap verse they're pistols.--Coconutfred73 23:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Pure wolf in Japan?
Could someone could explain the origins of this claim? It was initially from Japanese information that I learned Fang even had the "half-wolf, half-weasel" element several years back, so this one's kind of throwing me for a loop. --Matt S. 17:08, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Anti-Hero ?
Shouldn't this guy be moved to Anti-Heroes in the character section on the Sonic main page ? I'm not sure how evil he is, but I don't think he's THAT bad.

What do you think ? --4.229.39.191
 * Your definition of an anti-hero appears to be "their bad, but not too bad." If you want to know if he qualifies as an anti-hero see anti-hero UnDeRsCoRe 00:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't really call Fang a villain, he would be neutral really. While he is motivated by greed, nothing he does is truly evil. He isn't a killer(that said, death was something that wasn't mentioned back in the Sonic games of that era). He doesn't have plans for meglomania(Eggman), omnipotence(Black Doom possibly could fit this catagory), revenge(Metal Sonic) or the end of time(Mephiles) like the other major villians do.Michael Mad 19:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

In the polls in Japan...
Should it be noted that Fang has appeared in a japanese poll on Sonic Channel?Aramjm 22:54, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Depends on what the poll was about, as well as its outcome. If, say... it was a poll asking which character Sonic fans would most like to see return, and Fang came out on top, then I'd say it deserves a mention.H Hog 12:21, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The poll was on "who is your favorite character In the Sonic Series?". Fang appeared, despite his lack of appearances.68.73.4.99 00:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Double redirect
This page is was double-redirecting. By the way, have you Nacked your weasel today? TenPoundHammer 02:36, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Merge? Nah.
I don't think this page should be merged at all. It's got enough to stand on its own.
 * Gah, I keep forgetting to sign. The above comment was mine. TenPoundHammer 16:35, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 26 June 2014
There is a double redirect from this article to List_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog_characters

MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:43, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Fixed. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 04:56, 26 June 2014 (UTC)