A brief Video game related inquiry

[Lector]

Does anyone know anything about Birdo exsisting as a playable character within Super Smash Bros. Melee? I've got my friend sitting here who claims that he(she?) is playable through some form of glitchery.

Is this as much of a lie as it sounds like, or is there something to it?

[Vaughn]

Hes a secret character in Mario Party 7, I'm pretty sure hes...er, its not in Melee. he shows up as a Stage-related hazard in Mushroom Kingdom2 though.

[Tim]

He's not a playable character in Melee.

GameSpot posted thing about Birdo being a rejected character for Brawl, but he isn't playable in Brawl, either.

[AndyTheSkanker]

People actually care about birdo? I find that character highly disturbing myself.

[Lavos]

It's a he.


And a trap.

[blackdragontaz]

Yes, despite the pink and ribbon, it is a he. And no, he's not in Melee/Brawl as a playable character. As Vaughn said, he shows up in the Mushroom Kingdom 2 level in original Mario Bros. 2 form (2-D), but nothing more (aside from a trophy).

He would make a good Brawl character though, he's be the same as Yoshi but to keep him different his eggs would go staight forward instead of arced like Yoshi.

[Corax]

Does anyone know anything about Birdo exsisting as a playable character within Super Smash Bros. Melee? I've got my friend sitting here who claims that he(she?) is playable through some form of glitchery.

Is this as much of a lie as it sounds like, or is there something to it?

its a lie, Birdo is as playable as Sonic in SSBM. BTW why are u still palying melee heh

[Corax]

Yes, despite the pink and ribbon, it is a he. And no, he's not in Melee/Brawl as a playable character. As Vaughn said, he shows up in the Mushroom Kingdom 2 level in original Mario Bros. 2 form (2-D), but nothing more (aside from a trophy).

He would make a good Brawl character though, he's be the same as Yoshi but to keep him different his eggs would go staight forward instead of arced like Yoshi.

theres PLENTY of Mario characters already, and atleast get an original move set like King Boo or something

[blackdragontaz]

Yes, despite the pink and ribbon, it is a he. And no, he's not in Melee/Brawl as a playable character. As Vaughn said, he shows up in the Mushroom Kingdom 2 level in original Mario Bros. 2 form (2-D), but nothing more (aside from a trophy).

He would make a good Brawl character though, he's be the same as Yoshi but to keep him different his eggs would go staight forward instead of arced like Yoshi.

theres PLENTY of Mario characters already, and atleast get an original move set like King Boo or something

King Boo wouldn't work well. Any time he'd go to attack somebody, if they look at him he'd freeze in place. XD

[Vaughn]

i still want megaman or Dante.
ooh! or a katamari.

[CyberTractor]

I want Mega Man in the next Smash Bros. game.

Or Viewtiful Joe

[Vaughn]

megaman:
Upspecial: ba-wink teleport
Downspecial: Slidekick
neutral: buster, chargable
Forward: Varies based on last opponent defeated. or a grapple that ends up copying a targets skill.

Dante:
Up: Badass wreckage
Down: hot shit
neutral: stylish skullbusting
forward: Stinger.

[blackdragontaz]

i still want megaman or Dante.
ooh! or a katamari.

XD I was just thinking about a Katamari character, though "Prince" is the little guy under the ball. Megaman, Axle, or Zero would all rock so hard in a Smash Bros. game.

[I, Nameless Slug]

it is a she. I am very very sure.

[blackdragontaz]

it is a she. I am very very sure.

On a few occasions, it is reffered to a female, but only rarely. Most of the time it's a 'he'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdo#Birdo

[CyberTractor]

Birdo is indeed a he. Awkward and physically impossible, but yes, Birdo is a he.


Mega Man's final smash would have Protoman come in and shoot the hell out of everything. Or maybe he'd get his falcon armor from the 7th game...

[Vaughn]

Or he'd go overdrive charged shot kinda like marios fireball.
Maybe Hop on a Rush Jet and snipe like snake, or carpet bomb like diddy.

[Unclever title]

Birdo is generally referred to as he, but would make much more sense to me if you'd consider Birdo to be a hermaphrodite. I mean a "he" that lays eggs? Of course the same could be said for Yoshi...

But then again if one shoots eggs out of their mouth, it's pretty hard to be confined to traditional gender rules.

[Vaughn]

Birdo is generally referred to as he, but would make much more sense to me if you'd consider Birdo to be a hermaphrodite. I mean a "he" that lays eggs? Of course the same could be said for Yoshi...

But then again if one shoots eggs out of their mouth, it's pretty hard to be confined to traditional gender rules.

Of course, thats projecting familiar traints onto a species we REALLY know nothing about.
Male seahorses carry their offspring, not the mothers.
Birdo's and some freaky cloaca throat, and produce unfertilized eggs to propel at predators using highly developed muscles in their... um, Everything-tube for self defense.

Edit: oh! and theyve got a VERY fast reproduction rate, what with their natural enemies being the ever abundant crusading plumbers.

[AndyTheSkanker]

It's a videogame. Not animal planet. Damn you intelligent peoples. You make bunny cry.

Also, just for reference, it was originally a she, but canon states a he because the west at that time would never go for a game involving abuse of females, or so they thought, so they made it male.

oh, and bunny for new SSB. Or GLaDOS

[Vaughn]

According to SMRPG, Birdo either a girl, or an incredibly flamboyant dude. =D

Oh! and if you dont like the Animal Planet answer, you can alsays go with
SPOILER?Mario2 was all a dream anyway, so Birdo's just some crazy fucked up imagining from mario, that must have gone all Freddy Kreuger and bled into the real world.

[AndyTheSkanker]

According to SMRPG, Birdo either a girl, or an incredibly flamboyant dude. =D

Oh! and if you dont like the Animal Planet answer, you can alsays go with
SPOILER?Mario2 was all a dream anyway, so Birdo's just some crazy fucked up imagining from mario, that must have gone all Freddy Kreuger and bled into the real world.

I actually went with mario 2. but yeah, I see your point. The idea is in ninty's general cannon that it's a weird ass dude though