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'''Egg Groups''' (Japanese: '''タマゴグループ''' ''Egg Group'') are categories which determine which {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are able to [[Pokémon breeding|interbreed]]. The concept was introduced in [[Generation II]], along with breeding. Similar to [[type]]s, a Pokémon may belong to either one or two Egg Groups. | '''Egg Groups''' (Japanese: '''タマゴグループ''' ''Egg Group'') are categories which determine which {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are able to [[Pokémon breeding|interbreed]]. The concept was introduced in [[Generation II]], along with breeding. Similar to [[type]]s, a Pokémon may belong to either one or two Egg Groups. | ||
==Overview== | |||
Egg Groups are based on biological traits of [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon species]], generally allowing biologically similar species to breed. However, there are some oddities within Egg Groups: for example, the {{egg2|Field}} contains a particularly wide variety of Pokémon species, so that seemingly illogical pairings can be noted within it, such as {{p|Skitty}} {{Appendix|Fan terminology#HSOWA|and}} {{p|Wailord}}. | Egg Groups are based on biological traits of [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon species]], generally allowing biologically similar species to breed. However, there are some oddities within Egg Groups: for example, the {{egg2|Field}} contains a particularly wide variety of Pokémon species, so that seemingly illogical pairings can be noted within it, such as {{p|Skitty}} {{Appendix|Fan terminology#HSOWA|and}} {{p|Wailord}}. | ||
Egg Groups are generally preserved along [[List of Pokémon by evolution family|evolutionary lines]]; however, [[baby Pokémon]], {{p|Nidorina}}, {{p|Nidoqueen}}, and {{p|Shedinja}} are not in the same group as their evolutionary relatives: Baby Pokémon, Nidorina and Nidoqueen are in the {{egg2|Undiscovered}} and thus unable to breed, while the | Egg Groups are generally preserved along [[List of Pokémon by evolution family|evolutionary lines]]; however, [[baby Pokémon]], {{p|Nidorina}}, {{p|Nidoqueen}}, and {{p|Shedinja}} are not in the same group as their evolutionary relatives: Baby Pokémon, Nidorina and Nidoqueen are in the {{egg2|Undiscovered}} and thus unable to breed, while the {{DL|gender|unknown gender}} {{p|Shedinja}} is in the {{egg2|Mineral}} (although it requires {{p|Ditto}} to breed due to being a species with unknown gender). | ||
Egg Groups are not displayed in any [[core series]] game; however, they have been canonically mentioned in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] as a part of [[Earl Dervish]]'s Pokémon Academy's extensive data banks, in [[Pokédex 3D]], and in various strategy guides. | Egg Groups are not displayed in any [[core series]] game; however, they have been canonically mentioned in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]] as a part of [[Earl Dervish]]'s Pokémon Academy's extensive data banks, in [[Pokédex 3D]], and in various strategy guides. |