The first entry of the Sly Cooper video game franchise from Sucker Punch, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, has recently turned twenty years old, and as part of the celebration the original art director made a poster for it. Even though there won't be a new Sly Cooper game in the foreseeable future, that doesn't stop fans of the series from sharing their love for it or enjoying the games.
While it has been years since the last Sly Cooper game was released, fans have continued to express their interest in the franchise over the years all the way to the latest anniversary. For this anniversary, Sucker Punch revealed two things to celebrate the milestone, the first of which was a brand-new poster made by the original Sly Cooper Art Director, Dev Madan. Madan worked as the Art Director and Character Designer for the first three Sly Cooper games and made the poster as a tribute to the first game for its 20th anniversary.
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The poster displays the interior of a police station that is reminiscent of the police station featured in the first level of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. This allows everyone to clearly see what's going on inside as Sly and his gang are in the middle of a heist that's become quite chaotic. The poster has tons of references and Easter eggs and shows the main members of the Cooper Gang, including Bentley, Murray, Sly Cooper himself, and their reluctant ally, police detective Carmelita Fox.
It also shows Sly Cooper Easter eggs with several notable characters from the first game in the poster, such as members of the villainous Fiendish Five in jail cells, while their leader, Clockwerk, is on the highest floor. The poster even has Dimitri
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