Both Lombax and Vulpera have fox like appearances. Also the goblin town named “Ratchet” is neutral territory in Kalimdor. Ratchet is the Lombax protagonist from Ratchet & Clank. This a coincidence?
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Ratchet n Clank yo lol
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I would say yes. The pairing looks clearly inspired by Ratchet and clank.
Lombax are feline based while Vulpera are based on Vulpes, canines.
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Lombaxes are a hodge podge of animals. Not just foxes.
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They are very similar in appearance.
Ratchet and Clank is one of the PS2 Classics. One of sonys bigger games of that era.
A “Lombax” is the alien race of the main protagonist and playable character of the game franchise, which is a sort of fox-lion hybrid.
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Well I mean with the fact that Vulpera and Mechagnomes were released at the same time the Ratchet & Clank reference couldn’t be more obvious.
Yes.
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Oh, thank you! 
I still see vulpera more as a middle eastern inspired race though
You are not pairing me with a mechagnome.
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Not really
The feet are paddle like. Not fox like
The muzzle isn’t long like a fox
Lombax tails are long with a bit of fluff at the end like a lion. ( that new girl one that showed up shouldn’t even have a tail by Insomniacs own rules of Lombaxes. Only the men have them )
While a lombax has long ears they’re more flag like and not like a fox or even a fennec fox.
I always thought they reflected the Gypsies. Nomadic, caravans, scavengers, etc. They have a lot of similarities.
But they live in a desert
Ehhhhhh, I’m not really seeing it myself.
In general, small anthropomorphic animal characters aren’t exactly an uncommon thing in games/animation. Kind of hard to call something like that.
And we dance and sing in easily stereotyped fashions!
And you fall for it.
But she does.
That you can cite a previously outdated “rule” that isn’t upheld anymore doesn’t change the fact that next to a Vulpera they look similar.
they are based of the mention of a gnomish-foxlike wild god in the War of the Ancients books published in 2005.