as much as everyone says it, i don't think red XIII is a feline. i mean he howled like a dog and stuff. i dunno, what do you think?

Whoever said he was a cat MUST be smoking something.

Hmm... he's "designed", I guess you could say, like a cat. But, his attitude makes him like a dog. Kinda hard to choose!
I guess I'd say a dog. But, not like a house dog. I think he's like a wolf.

Oh, christ on a bike.
Hes a frikkin dog. Ok?
End of.

Yep certainly a dog

Cat? Or do you mean more specifically a tiger?

Meh, his limit breaks prove that he's a dog.

He's a damn BEAST.

Maybe hes a cross bread like a Dog and a Beast

Well, given that he isn't CONFIRMED a cat or dog, a beast would most certainly describe him. If you read the Instruction Book, it says "Red XIII. Occupation: Beast".
But, "beast" is pretty vague. He could have a name from the planet that game is on (9:Gaia, X: Spira, etc.). Like, he could be a "Cosmo Canyon Lamarino" (I just made up that name, so it's kinda dumb), and a "Lamarino" isn't a dog OR a cat, it is its own thing.

I don't know why some people want to absolutely know what is Nanaki..it is not a dog nor a cat. So Eikofan69 is right.

I think he's a kitty.
But then, I love cats, so no one really has to respect my opinion.

I love cat's too! I think Red XIII is a lion; his body is more in form of a cat, his face is like a cat, and his tail is like a lions.

It's confusing on what he is, because he does also howl like a dog, and the kids in the Costa Del Sol scene call it a dog. It's like a kitty barking hee hee. Better yet, Red XIII is probably a CatDog;

http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/toonroom/catdog/images/catc.gif

Yeah..lol, I remember CatDog...lol and you two are not the only ones that love cats!

He really isnt either. Probably just some made-up species, 'cause neither a cat nor a dog has an awesome firetail! (unless of course you make it that way) I think he's based on a lion, but just a made-up species.

Lion sounds more like it.

Originally posted by Shinra Turk
Lion sounds more like it.

But a lion is a cat, a cat family big cat, but it's still a cat. Cat's and lions are relatives, just the evolution thing.

Well weatever he is he very intellegent

Originally posted by TifaGirl


But a lion is a cat, a cat family big cat, but it's still a cat. Cat's and lions are relatives, just the evolution thing.

OK, genius.

Its not a lion, cat,dog or a duck.

Red XIII is a beast. It may act like a cat, dog or a duck, but it is a beast.

Well, a "beast" isn't a name of a speices. A lion could be a beast.

I think that Red is part lion, part wolf/dog. He looks like a lion but he howls.

I always thought of him as feline, but in the FF world, who knows? ;) This is like asking "What is the correct way to pronounce [insert some odd name]"

Dog.......cat.......lion......beast.......it's putting too much pressure on me even though it's not vital to my life. Why....WHY!!!!!!!

Its not a lion, cat,dog or a duck.

Exactly...I don't know why they can't listen that RedXIII(Nanaki or whatever is name you gived him) is a made up(I was searching the word lol) specie!!!!!! ARGHHHHH!!!! It piss me off.

He looks a bit like a lion and a dog to me. But of course, he is an own species. ;)

Its a Fenine or maybe a Caline or a Cafenine or.....

HE IS A FREAKIN' MADE UP SPECIE, NOT A CAT, DOG, BEAST, OR EVEN A HIPPO, OKAY!!!!!??????

Its a beast clone boy.

Originally posted by BizarroSephiroth
HE IS A FREAKIN' MADE UP SPECIE, NOT A CAT, DOG, BEAST, OR EVEN A HIPPO, OKAY!!!!!??????

Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Sephiroth, calm down; these are just theories we are having on what his specie came from. We don't know.

I know that you don't know. What I'm trying to say is I don't think he is either kind of specie in a way Sephiroth probably would say that. My personal opinion is that he is really cool. Really I was trying to be funny. But if I actually meant that, people would think I got drunk because I had too much Pepsi each day!!

He is George W. Bush

Since he howls like a wolf
(and sometimes acts a little like my dog would)

I would say it is some sort of over-evolved Canine Species...
I just wonder how they got a burning tail...

Yes, his personality is like a dog and barks like a dog, but isn't in funny how his body is the exact of a cat?

Lolz! Imagine a little kitten barking! That'd be funny!

He he, vey funny!! :)

I think he's more lion/cat than dog, but he's got a little wolf in him I bet!

see it's like I said he's a cross bread(s)

A fictional character that square made up nothing more

Nanaki is a wolf, he has cubs not kittens. Domestic dogs are really wolves just domestic.

Cubs not kittens? Well lions have cubs, too.That's why I think he's based on a lion/wolf.

Originally posted by Zephikast
Nanaki is a wolf, he has cubs not kittens. Domestic dogs are really wolves just domestic.

Again, his body looks like a cat. Lion/Wolf, just like a domestic CatDog, I agree with Lunatic Hight VII. He's a Lion/Wolf. I think that makes him a domestic CatDog.

He does look like a lion/wolf...but I guess its very unknown.

red is monster just like the ones you fiht exept he is a good guy.

Definitly a dog, i dont see anything that resembles a cat in Red XIII, but that might just be me...

Although I dont see him as a cat nor a dog, cat is more like him.

Barret.Wallace- not like a cat, eh? A mane, fur, paws, a long tail, which is flexibal, not like a dog's. Also, his head's shaped like a big cat's, and his body is built like a cat's. The only real dog he has in him, is howling and panting.

He is neither, just based on different organisms.

Although I dont see him as a cat nor a dog, cat is more like him.

Barret.Wallace- not like a cat, eh? A mane, fur, paws, a long tail, which is flexibal, not like a dog's. Also, his head's shaped like a big cat's, and his body is built like a cat's. The only real dog he has in him, is howling and panting.

He is neither, just based on different organisms.

And the tail does look more like a lion's tail. Damn! This makes me wanna sing the CatDog theme;

CatDog, CatDog! Alone in the world with alittle CatDog!!

Sorry for being too weird! Everytime we debate over Red XIII being a cat or a dog, it always make's me think of CatDog.

Cat. He looks like a lion dosn't he?

Well, he is an endagered species as Hojo paointed out, so he is his own species.

Well, he is an endagered species as Hojo paointed out, so he is his own species.

good point, but I think he still is more a cat than a dog.

I see more lion in him.

Cat. He looks like a lion dosn't he?

I said that earlier, you see?

I said that earlier, you see?

Ahh, so you did. Sorry.

Cat. He looks like a lion dosn't he?


A cat is the family of a lion. Lions are known as one of the "big cats" in the animal kingdom.

he's a friggen wolf. He howls, he's got the build of one, and the costa de sol kids call him a dog. He's a friggen wolf. lol

with fire ^_^ yumm

for me he's a red tiger. he just doesn't look very much like a dog.

He's neither cat nor dog. He's fictional. Though it is quite hard to deny that his form is very feline.

i think he is neither i think he is a very inteligent super race alien from the furter come to kill us all but changed his mind!!

He looks like a Chita !!! Is there any one thinking like me ?

He looks like a Chita !!! Is there any one thinking like me ?
2 things:
1. Cheetah
2. No.