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Birdo (al, Anthropomorphic Dinosaur -like creature featured in Nintendo 's Mario series of Video Game s. While Nintendo has never made the exact nature of Birdo clear, it appears to be both a particular character and a species of enemy, just as Yoshi from '' Super Mario World '' can refer either to a class of video game dinosaurs or a particular one. Birdo first appeared in the Japan ese game '' Doki Doki Panic '' as a minor Boss appearing at the end of many of the levels. ''Doki Doki Panic'' was later remade into '' Super Mario Bros. 2 '' for release in North America . APPEARANCE ''.]] Birdo is most frequently depicted as pink, though red, green, blue, orange, and gray Birdos are also seen in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' and other games (though gray Birdos, due to having the same form of attacking as greens, are changed to green in remakes). In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Birdo would spit out Eggs and/or Fireball s from her tubular snout. After defeating Birdo by hitting it with the eggs or other nearby objects, Birdo would drop a Crystal Ball that would allow the player to open up the gate to the next Level . Although it would appear that the crystal ball drops out of Birdo's stomach, promotional art for ''Super Mario Bros 2'' and ''Doki Doki Panic'' show that Birdo is actually clutching the object in its hands. This would later change in the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' remake on '' Super Mario All-Stars '' and '' Super Mario Advance '', in which Birdo spits the crystal out of its mouth after being defeated. On one occasion (specifically, the final level of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', World 7-2), Birdo actually drops a key which you must use to open a locked door to finish the particular level. In some levels, Birdo can also be helpful: In World 4-3 of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', for example, Mario can jump onto an egg and ride it over an extra-wide chasm, much as he can on an Albatoss in other levels. Birdo isn't carrying anything in this level. In later games like '' Mario Tennis '' and others, Birdo's personal icon is her bow, much as Mario's is the red " M " logo from his hat. Though Nintendo's official drawings of Birdo have always depicted her as wearing a bow, the bow did not show on her head in games until Super Mario All-Stars , a Super NES title that included a remake of '' Super Mario Bros. 2 ''. In '' Super Mario Advance '', Birdo's bow can actually be picked up off her head and thrown away, though if it hits Birdo, it will simply reappear on her head. ''Super Mario Advance'' also features a new boss character in the form of Robirdo, a giant, robotic Birdo. It's interesting to note that as of '' Super Mario Strikers '', the individual Birdo character now appears to be wearing a wedding ring. The only truly possible husband would be Yoshi, even though Nintendo of Japan had apparently sided with the idea of the Yoshi species being asexual. This is also part of a design change to further distinguish her from the Birdo species. GENDER AND NAME CONFUSION Although later video game character. However, it must be noted Nintendo ceased referring to Birdo as a Male since '' Super Mario All-Stars '', Retconning the idea that Birdo has gender confusion issues. Furthermore, this ambiguity does not exist in Japan, since Birdo is known there as "Catherine" and purportedly enjoys being called "Cathy". In Sweden, Birdo is commonly known as Kuksugardraken . It may be that Birdo is Asexual but identifies with the female Gender of a Culture ; whether this counts as "transgendered" would depend on one's views on Birdo's Reproduction and whether asexual would count as male, female, or a "third gender" when considering transgender issues. Notably, Birdo's eggs have never hatched into any new Birdos in any of her in-game appearances. Similar issues exist with Yoshi. The gender-confusion that Yoshi and Birdo share seems especially strange when considering that Nintendo seems keen on pairing the two — as tennis partners or Mario Kart racing buddies, for example. It is more likely that Nintendo simply retconned her transgenderism out of existence. As seen in Mario Power Tennis, Mario Superstar Baseball, and Super Mario Strikers, there are Birdos in the crowd, but also a playable character (excluding Power Tennis). Confusion has also arisen over Birdo because the '' Super Mario Bros. 2 '' end credits erroneously switched the images for Birdo and Ostro , an ostrich that playable characters can ride. Since then, many have confused the two to the point of calling the actual species "Ostro," and believing that the 'main pink one' was individually named "Birdo." '' Super Mario Advance '', a game which contains a remake of '' Super Mario Bros. 2 '', does not repeat this mistake. Since Nintendo has made Birdos a species another possibility could be that the Birdo in games now (''Mario Tennis'' onwards) could be a different one from the male Birdo in the original, possibly shown by the diamond ring he/she/it wears. However, it is more likely that the remakes of Super Mario Bros. 2 retcon the original manual's description, making it a girl. GAMES '' Super Mario Bros. 2 '' and the various remakes of that game are the only Mario Platformer s where Birdo has appeared. Mario RPGs Although never appearing in either '' the thief (or she could be teasing him), joining him for his last battle against Mario and Luigi. '', '' Mario Superstar Baseball '', and '' Super Mario Strikers ''. ]] Mario Kart and sports Birdo, as the character, has appeared in several Mario sports titles, and is often paired with Yoshi. Nintendo had left Birdo out of most Mario titles before the Nintendo 64 installment of '', and as a sub-captain in '' Mario Superstar Baseball ''. As a race, Birdos appeared in the stands of '' Mario Power Tennis '', as opposed to a playable character like its predecessor. In '' Super Mario Strikers '', the Birdos are both a generic color-swap character that the player can use and spectators of the games. Mario Party '' Mario Party 7 '' is Birdo's first appearance as a playable character in the ''Mario Party'' series. This title features Mini-games that involve eight characters. Birdo was probably added as a default partner for Yoshi , as she has the same character-unique capsule as Yoshi (the Egg capsule). To unlock Birdo, get 1,000 millege points, then buy her at the Duty-Free Shop. Other games In '' Wario's Woods '' for the NES and SNES, Birdo appears in the tutorial. Birdo also makes an appearance in '' Super Smash Bros. Melee '' as part of the ''Mushroom Kingdom II'' stage, but is not a playable character. Instead, she appears from either side of the screen and shoots eggs at combatants and can be attacked and defeated by players. She also appears as a collectible trophy in that game. Birdo also makes a cameo in one of the backgrounds of the Super NES title Kirby Super Star , alongside Mario, Luigi , and Toad . This is unusual in that Birdo had not joined the ranks of Mario regulars at this point. NON-GAME APPEARANCES Birdo was never a prevalent character, so appearances outside of the games are minor. Birdos have appeared in a few episodes of the '', and was seldom seen in the Comic Books , but in one of the comics, it is mentioned that Bowser buys Baroness Blue Blood comic books for the purpose of "lining his birdo cages". VOICE ARTISTS In '''' and all later games, she only says "Birdo", in a way similar to how Yoshi only says "Yoshi" (or at least a series of quacks or honks, somewhat of a pun on her name). LANGUAGE Birdo language is extremely vague, and very little is known about it. However, subtitles in seem to hint that the more low-pitched the sound, the happier it is (Complements are all low-pitched and taunts are all high-pitched). REFERENCES |
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