Talk:Sniffer Dog

Male vs. Female
'Ello there, beautiful men and women (because men are beautiful too). c:

I've wondered this for quite a long time now, and finally chose to ask- are there actually any written, official words that discern the Sniffer Dogs' genders? And if so, where? I don't doubt that their different colorations indicate their sexes, I've just been curious as to where the information originated. If there is concrete evidence as well, I do believe we should cite it in the article.

Thanks guys! --.&#124;&#91;&#91; 0zz. . . (talk) 02:42, October 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * Maybe in one of the game's strategy guides? There's one by BradyGames, another by Piggy Bank. Sadly, I don't have access to any of the guides! — Alex Shepherd   ツ  03:24, October 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * Sadly don't have a guide myself... Had to buy the game without the case since the store didn't have any in stock. But, if it's mentioned by two known sources (one which I know many people trust), it seems legitimate enough to me. Thank ya, Alex!  ╟_Ωzz… 03:34, October 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * I just checked the game's instruction manual and there's nothing in there besides character bios for Henry and Eileen. That's the thing about Silent Hill, it's really a niche series that's getting older and older (SH4 is almost 10 years old!), the developers have gone separate ways and contacting them is difficult, people forget details with time (such as Ito), plus there's a language barrier between Japanese and English, and a lot of materials for the game such as guides are very rare unless you're an eBay collector like Whitney. The game is for a rather dead system now (the PS2, everyone's talking about the PS4 now), and Konami apparently doesn't want to do a decent HD remaster of SH4 so that's more accessible to gamers. Ah well, no problem. :/ — Alex Shepherd   ツ  03:52, October 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * Alex is not saying that it's definitely mentioned in the guides; just that he suspects it may be, but doesn't know for sure. Until we know for sure, the line needs to either be rewritten to include that it isn't necessarily true, or a citation tag should be added.  AlessaGillespie  Talk   Contributions  04:24, October 4, 2013 (UTC)


 * True, true. I remember just only a few days back was another SH birthday... they grow up so fast. Hopefully, we'll see a version for SH4 for the newer platforms, and I recall some time back you were talking about hopefully having a PC port for Downpour once, too. Just gotta sit and wait, it looks like.
 * And you're right, Alessa. Today I plan on checking out especially BradyGames to see if there's a way of contacting them about the male/female differences. I believe it enough to say it's certainly worth investigation; I absolutely love to watch the behaviorism of monsters in the game, specifically the ones that engage in teamwork, and it's relatively obvious that the more purple-tinted ones act as the "leader" of the pack. Certainly believe we need to take note that citation is needed, though.
 * Lastly, while we're on this "gender" note, this is something I'm in the neutral stance about right now, although I used to believe it more adamantly: Do you think we should do the same for the Weeping Bats? They have some coloration variants as well, regardless of what "world" Murphy is in, and this would seem pointless lest it discerned genders or something... Of course this would need a citation as well, considering it's only something I've pondered over. In the meantime, I can endeavor to contact whoever was the monster designer for the game... Does anyone even know who it was? o_O -- ╟_Ωzz… 16:03, October 4, 2013 (UTC)

I found this image lurking around the internet, apparently from a strategy guide of some sort:

http://images.anhuinews.com/articleimage/200406/1086052665115.jpg

So yep, they're female. — Alex Shepherd   ツ  07:13, December 28, 2013 (UTC)


 * All right, thanks, Alex!  ╟_Ωzz… &#12288; t a l k 14:46, December 28, 2013 (UTC)