Orthrus: Golden retriever Cerberus: German shepherd Chimera: Doberman

"I'm a dog but what are you" carries the same pesky younger brother vibe as "I know you are but what am I".

because he is. Orthrus is the younger brother out of the 3.

What about tiger bayako

cerberus is also a con artist lol

@@abdullahal-azmi2680 What _about_ him? He's not Greek lol

@@abdullahal-azmi2680 poor Fenrir, can’t even get into the game

He had three heads on 4 But that was in sprite form not a 3D model

Orthus: BROTHER, WHY ARE YOU A WHITE LION WITH A REPTILLIAN TAIL INSTEAD OF A THREE-HEADED DOG? Cerberus: BECAUSE MY DESIGN IS A REFERENCE TO THE NOVEL THAT'S THE REASON THIS WHOLE FRANCHISE EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Bring Pascal back!

In the early Greek myths, Cerberus had 50 heads, and then later tales told him to have 100 or more. Depictions were later released with Cerberus having 1, 2 or 3 heads and a serpentine tail (some also with Snake heads along the body), with 3 being the most popular, though many pots and other artwork of ancient Greece also picture Cerberus as a one headed dog. Atlus based Cerberus on various of the depictions, settling on one head to coincide with it being the transformation of a 'normal' dog from the original. However V might explain that maybe Cerberus' has a Nahobino form.. His real form could be the 3 headed version

Funny tho, the design of Cerberus from persona 3 has the 3 heads. Coincidence?

Oh, why have only one answer?

I believe it's a reference to how in more obscure depictions of Greek mythology, Cerberus is shown to have only one head instead of three. As to why the SMT design stays mostly the same over the years, it's that it has been its design since the original Megami Tensei series, and has become rather iconic.

@@JustLou08 There is a 3 headed version of Cerberus used in Soul Hackers, but yeah it's mostly just due to series convention. The number of heads is also something that varies a lot, he's never depicted with more than 3, but stories attest to him having fifty or even one hundred heads.

It's kept as a reference from digital devil story Megami Tensei (the book that started all the series) where he's one-headed and mostly shin megami tensei 1 & 2 where Cerberus is fused with the use of the dog Pascal and kept his memories From dialouges on different games Cerberus might still be Pascal

it's a carryover from Digital Devil Story, it should be noted that descriptions of how many heads Cerberus had could actually vary even though 3 was the most common one. (among other body details)

@@JustLou08 i thought its because the series started as a book and the main characters dog fused with cerberus and it was just a reference to that

It's called demon negotiation

@@arlinalvera1773 I know how to talk to demons, smart guy, I'm talking about triggering these special conversations.

It is based more on the Megami Tensei/Digital Devil Story design, so more of an iconic tribute as I see it.

@@childOFtengu Exactly. And that design was based on more obscure variations of Cerberus in mythology, which only had one head instead of the usual three

Indeed. There is also a three-headed version of this design. It's used in Strange Journey, amongst other places. Digital Devil Saga also has a three-headed design, though as an Avatar transformation that means it lacks both eyes and any form of hair.

early descriptions and depictions of cerberus actually varied in the number of heads (from as low as 1 to as high as a 100) even though three was most common but it's mostly because that design is a homage to how he looked like in Digital Devil Story OVA, an anime adaptation of the first novel of the series the entire franchise spun-off from Though I think tail is supossed to come off as reptilian

It’s been the Cerberus design since the beginning of the series though, and Cerberus has never received enough plot relevance to get a major redesign like Odin or Shiva.

@@haihuynh8772 I know. It's just as someone who enjoys classical mythology, the fact they screwed one of the most iconic legends kinda pisses me off

@@raziemanbacho331 Hey, at least Digital Devil Saga gets it right, somewhat.

@@raziemanbacho331 and to be fair, he does have 3 heads in his soul hackers design.

@@raziemanbacho331 now koro- chan is the one who need that cerberus to make koro-chan special