Square Enix has finally released Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and in doing so rekindled an age-old fan debate: is Red XIII a dog or a cat? It didn't take long for Rebirth players to incite conversation around the species of Red XIII, the first but not the only animal party member who joins the likes of Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith in Final Fantasy 7 and the ongoing Remake trilogy. He kinda looks like a lion to me, and gives me Lion King vibes," said Boned80 on Reddit . "But then he acts like a dog sometimes too.
I'm torn. What do you all think?" The answers came in droves. "Unknown species," said HydratedCarrot.
"He's a good boy," said Temnookslostbrother. "Well he's not quite a dog and he's not quite a lion," said MountainImportant211. "The answer is yes," said Hapless-Frog.
"Neither, he's a unique species," said morbid333. The conversation continued on ResetEra . "An NPC just jokingly referred to Red XIII as a dog.
But he's a big cat, right?," asked Magnus. "Am I crazy for thinking that over the past 25 years?" PlanetSmashed replied: "He looks like a lion to me, but he howls like a dog." I don't even think Square really knows.
" Users on the Penny Arcade forums weighed in too. "His design is ambiguously canine and feline," said BahamutZero. "He's clearly a cat! Drives me nuts," assured Prohass.
But popular X/Twitter account Can You Pet the Dog? , which tells gamers if they can, well, pet the dog in various video games, featured Red XIII on its page. Barrett sarcastically refers to Red.
