Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30372146-20161031002734/@comment-5670246-20190625184052

Gardevine987 wrote: In the game sprite we see that the cloth is tied in a knot in front of his neck. It’s not possible for it to be a scarf since a scarf can’t move in the air like that when tied. It’s in a loop and neither end would be abailable to float behind his back. He probably just got something like a large rectangular cloth for his “battle body”. Sorry guys, but this is a cape. Too late though. Alot of people already claim it and have drawn him with a scarf. In my opinion; I do quite like the scarf design better but I supposed the cape does match the whole “royal guard” idea of his. It's shown as a scarf in his battle sprite, and his overworld sprite can be interpreted as either a scarf or cape.

Also, the "can't move in the air like that" thing doesn't really work when there's a talking fish, skeletons, etc.