Thread:Ultrasonic9000/@comment-4166811-20180321000428/@comment-4166811-20180322010909

"Team Chaotix" would be better than "Chaotix", and consistent with the fact that we have pages for "Team Sonic", "Team Rose" and "Team Dark". The only issue I'd have with that is that it's game-specific, whilst "Chaotix Detective Agency" is an ever-present part of the series and the term used in the Sonic Channel (and all other) profiles.

"I believe the most logical conclusion here is that we have two things here: A company and a team."

That's splitting hairs though. There's not enough to have separate articles. It's like trying to distinguish between Ghostbusters the business and Ghostbusters the team, or Manchester United Football Club the business and Manchester United Football Club the team.

'''As for "Knuckles' Chaotix", it is pretty obvious that the "Chaotix" part refer to the lineup in the game. I know it is not written in any manual, but is something so heavily implied that it can only be that. Sometimes, we can get so convinced by our own answers that we simply close off any other approach to the truth.'''

I think this is a case of "we've always done it that way". You enter the fandom and fans are using that terminology, the comic books are using that terminology, but as far as the actual games go, it's not used that way for the 32X line-up.

As I said, it could be argued that "The Chaotix Crew" is the team name in the American lore. Or it could just be a heading like "The Virtua Fighters", in the 32X Virtua Fighter manual, from the same era.

In Japan, the 32X line-up are never, ever, ever, ever even hinted at having a team name. In fact, they avoid giving them a team name even in instances where it would be useful.

In "Sonic Jam Official Guide" they're called "Espio & friends". No mention of them being a team or having a team name in the description either.

https://imgur.com/a/jWs3Y

In the history sections of the Sonic Channel 25 anniversary comics, they just say that each of them appeared as "a partner character of Knuckles". But when they get to Sonic Heroes they say each of them appeared as a member of "Team Chaotix". So they're an official team in Sonic Heroes, but not in the Chaotix game.

http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/comic/25th/20160909_001145/ http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/comic/25th/20160916_001162/ http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicChannel/comic/25th/20160923_001167/

(Also, how about the Sonic X versions? Their profile card explicitly calls the group "Chaotix Detective Agency". Can we rename that page to match the profile card?)