Bird (type): Difference between revisions

The '''Bird type''' (Japanese: '''{{j|とりタイプ}}''' ''Bird type'') is an unused [[type]] that exists only in the code of the [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} games, and has not been present since. Most notably, the [[glitch Pokémon]] [[MissingNo.]] and {{OBP|'M|00}} have the Bird type as their primary type in the English versions of {{game|Red and Blue|s}}.

In the [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} [[core series]] games, it is an unused [[Damage category|physical type]] with index number 0x06, after {{t|Rock}} and before {{t|Bug}}. The name for the type was dummied out in the non-English European releases of the Generation II games.

In the English versions of {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, the [[glitch Pokémon]] [[MissingNo.]] and {{OBP|'M|00}} are dual Bird/{{t|Normal}}-type. In the Japanese versions of {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, [[Five question marks|????? (FC)]] is dual Bird/Normal (hex 8E)-type. These occur because the game reads the stats for these glitch Pokémon past the end of the Pokémon species data structure, where the value 0x06 is read as their primary type. In all other language and game versions, no glitch Pokémon species in those games would cause a value of 0x06 to be read as a type.

In the English versions of {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, there is a localization error in the dialogue of the [[Gym guide]] in [[Vermilion Gym]] that causes him to refer to Flying-type Pokémon as Bird-type Pokémon. This was corrected in the non-English European versions and in [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]].

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| ひこうタイプ　みずタイプは<br>{{ruby|相性|あいしょう}}が　{{ruby|悪|わる}}いぜ！

| Flying- and Water-type Pokémon don't do well<br>matched up against Electric types.

The type was mentioned in [[Song of Origin]], the Japanese ending theme for ''[[M08|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]''.

* In the German localization of {{game|Red and Blue|s}} only, all instances of "Vogel-Pokémon" (''"Bird Pokémon"''), both in dialog and in [[Pokédex entry|Pokédex entries]] such as that of {{p|Zapdos}}, are written with small capital letters (which are otherwise only used for reserved words such as [[type]]s).