Talk:Birdo

Gender
Birdo and Yoshi both are genderless. 24.187.191.151 22:52, 24 January 2013 (EST)
 * Yeah, no. - 23:27, 24 January 2013 (EST)
 * I called nintendo, and I did get the answer that birdo was genderless...not sure about yoshi however. 23.16.104.17 20:08, 28 March 2013 (EDT)
 * I also work for Nintendo and am the President of the United States. What's your point? Where's your proof? Nintendo hasn't formally confirmed that Birdo is genderless. Let's leave it as it is.
 * I was just saying, I wasn't asking for the page to be edited in such way.

I think the birdo in spinoffs is a girl but in various other games it is genderless or male. --Poponana2 (talk) 23:13, 2 January 2014 (EST)

The Condition of Birdo's Page
It is repetitive to state that Birdo lacks a speed boost twice throughout her page. This is stated in the Mario Kart Wii section and the Trivia section. Should this be fixed? Secondly shouldn't every single "she" pronoun on Birdo's page be changed to it? The reason why I am bring this infamous topic up again is because previous discussions in Birdo's talk page states that "her" gender is unconfirmed in America. If this is true and has been announced by a Nintendo representitive, this page needs to be revised entirely to match accurate documented information. Also if this idea is to be taken into consideration, new sources relevant to this situation need to be found and documented. Lastly, if Birdo's gender is unconfirmed, that information needs to be validated in her gender section; if all of this turns out to be accurate, the "gender section" needs revisions and needs to be updated with accurate information. (The section's current state is fairly vague in terms of describing many facts about Birdo's gender.) User:FireFlower
 * The constellation information in Mario Party 9 that is referring to Birdo uses a 'her'. MarioComix (talk) 05:00, 13 June 2013 (EDT)
 * There have been numerous discussions about Birdo's gender. On the archived Birdo talk page, there's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 sections that address it, plus the section above this section on this page, and not one, not two, but three proposals about it. Aside from some earlier indecision, everything has been in agreement that for all intents and purposes, she's a female, and female pronouns will be used from her on this wiki. Using "it" when referring to sapient beings is really inappropriate and while SSBB may have committed that faux pas, we're not going to do that here. Also, while SSBB and some unconfirmed Nintendo representative speaking on the telephone (hardly an announcement) say she's genderless, the vast majority of English-language Mario releases call her female, last I checked, and our article reflects that majority rule, rather than the few exceptions, one of which can't be verified. The Gender sections does mention SSBB and the original SMB2 stuff; perhaps some more games besides M&L:SS could be cited to back up the "most of the time NoA and NoE call her a girl" point, and more info on non-English versions would make the section even more informative (like the Vivian page), but while it could be expanded, the section's current body of info is neither outdated nor obstructively vague. Long story short, Birdo's gender is not unconfirmed: most English sources say she's female and that's what we're going with; if anyone wants to change the wiki's stance on this controversial matter, it'll need to be attempted via a TPP or a Proposal, rather than an informal discussion. - 11:30, 13 June 2013 (EDT)

Okay thank you. Is Birdo a male in Japan though? User:FireFlower
 * I believe Birdo is a male in Japan, yes. However, this wiki is geared towards English, and especially North American, versions of games, so the majority of pages would follow what the NOA version of the game says. MarioComix (talk) 17:55, 13 June 2013 (EDT)
 * Well, going by what little info we have, it sounds like she's meant to be physically male, but dresses (and acts and probably talks) like a girl, and either wants to be female (SMB2) or fully identifies as female (Captain Rainbow). Again, having more info would be helpful for nailing it down, although I suspect it's not meant to be taken seriously either way... - 19:48, 13 June 2013 (EDT)

Suspecting Birdo is male in Japan and having American sources say Birdo is female makes no sense and is bound to make the controversial matter more questionable. '''If Birdo actually is male in Japan, then Birdo is male in all the games, simply because all of the nations obtain their merchandise from Japan.  Despite all of this, are their any''' Japenese representitives or sources stating she is female? Also, if Nintendo wanted or knows Birdo by a male, why is her appearance so feminine if she is male? User:FireFlower
 * The Japanese versions do not overrule the other languages: everything is canon and of equal importance and validity. The gender section deals with the conflicting story, which is the best we can do; the rest of the page treats her as a girl, partly because it's an English database and if we have to go with something, we'll go with that (similar to how we go with the latest story when something's been retconned), but also because transgender males who look, act and identify as females should be referred to as female. Either way, it's the simplest and most politically correct solution. We can't be sure where in the trans spectrum Birdo falls without more info, but there's still enough evidence (including the original English localization of SMB2, before the censorship kicked in) to indicate that her chosen gender is or would be female, and while Nintendo may joke around with it, we're gonna call her a female. - 14:26, 14 June 2013 (EDT)

Okay, but no one has answered my question. Are their any Japenese sources confirming her female gender. Also on many sources I have read calling Birdo a gender confused male in The Super Mario Bros 2 instruction manual state that was an accident which caused contreversy. Secondly, the quote for Birdo's bio on Mario Kart Double Dash in Japan, is a question not a complete sentence that is stating a fact. Finally, the SMB2 manual accident is stated on Ostro's page which happens to be on this wiki. Lastly, if their are any Japense sources site them so I can view them or if thats against policy rules let me know how you can distribute them to me. User:FireFlower
 * The Ostro/Birdo mix-up has nothing to do with the validity of the "Birdo's a guy who wants to be a girl" instruction manual bio: that's way too elaborate to be an accident. The MK:DD sentence isn't a question, it's simply left hanging, rather than spelling it out, but it's pretty clear what it was talking about. I don't have any additional Japanese sources at this time to refer to; if anyone else can help with that, that'd be great. - 20:02, 16 June 2013 (EDT)

Gender - Manual source
Article states:
 * According to the North American instruction manual of Super Mario Bros. 2:
 * "Birdo thinks he is a girl and likes to be called Birdetta. He likes to wear a bow on his head and shoot eggs from his mouth."

Is that really in the NA manual? I only found this, which can also be found at wikipedia and is there said to be in the NA manual:
 * "Ostro: He thinks he is a girl and he spits eggs from his mouth." (USA manual, page 27).

So please name the page number or change it. -80.133.125.90 05:38, 28 September 2013 (EDT)


 * Page 27, but it seems that there's two versions of the manual floating around, because the one here (PDF) has the "Birdetta" line, but the one here (PDF) only has the egg-spitting part (this second one is also where Wikipedia seemingly got their info. Very odd... - 18:20, 28 September 2013 (EDT)

Is confirmed portrayal?
They're listed Birdo's voice actor. I don't think its voice actor is same as Yoshi. It's very sounds different. Birdo's voice sounds like weird noise. Is really same voice actor? Sound effect is more appropriate. Jufemia li Britannia  15:28, 1 November 2013 (EDT)
 * I highly doubt that Kazumi Totaka (the voice of the present Yoshi) voiced Birdo. Birdo sounds kinda like a voice, unlike Koopa Troopa, Goomba, and Monty Mole, so I don't know if it's computer generated or a voice. 18:51, 1 November 2013 (EDT)

Some suggestions from a transgender woman
So i'm really happy with how this wiki has addressed Birdetta's gender and pronouns. One weird slip up i noticed is that under the section on gender another transgender character, Catherine, is reffered to as male and called "he". For the sake of clarity i would recommend, whenever referencing the birth sex of an a character with transgender affiliations who was born male the wiki should used the term Designated-Male-At-Birth (or DMAB) as it clarifies birth sex while also implying that the individual may not necessarily agree with the designation. Orthodoxwaffle (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2014 (EST)
 * Thanks for the input - it's duly noted. It's good to have some guidance from actual trans persons on this matter. --Glowsquid (talk) 20:51, 19 February 2014 (EST)
 * Yeah, I can definitely get behind this. 20:56, 19 February 2014 (EST)
 * I'm a bit wary of using very specific terminology like that, seeing as we're already going a step beyond ambiguity-loving Nintendo by actually calling her transgender. But you're certainly right that the male pronouns were incorrect, and I've changed them to female. My guess is that they were holdovers from when it was argued that the Japanese version just as Birdo/Catherine as a transvestite rather than a transgender character, but the "believes she's female" point is certainly an indication that she's transgender in that version as well, and I'm surprised none of us caught that earlier. Thank you for pointing it out. - 21:07, 19 February 2014 (EST)


 * Oh i see, Catherine is the japanese name, i thought it was another character. Wait, so Nintendo named her Catherine in Japan and then the NA translation team took the already English name Catherine and changed it to "Birdetta/Birdo". Whatever possessed them to do something so bass-ackwards? Orthodoxwaffle (talk) 21:25, 20 February 2014 (EST)

so is Birdo a species now? Grand Master Gamer (talk) 13:15, 19 June 2014 (EDT)


 * Yes, since SMB2. 13:25, 19 June 2014 (EDT)

Staff ghost on Mario Kart Wii
Does anybody know why Birdo was not used a staff ghost for any of the courses in Mario Kart Wii? Davebrayfb (talk) 14:18, 31 May 2015 (EDT)
 * None of the staff picked her, I'm assuming. MarioComix (talk) 18:48, 31 May 2015 (EDT)


 * Well, yes, but why did none of the staff pick her? Davebrayfb (talk) 07:11, 1 June 2015 (EDT)
 * Unfortunately we don't have any concrete facts on that. MarioComix (talk) 23:03, 1 June 2015 (EDT)

Gender
Is the gender section really necessary? (talk|contribs) Kamek Power! 11:00, 23 July 2015 (EDT)
 * Yes.
 * Just wanted to know, thanks!

(talk|contribs) Kamek Power! 11:11, 23 July 2015 (EDT)

gender theory
I've notice that some of birdo's bows can be removed while others can't, could the ones that can't be removed the girls and the ones that can be the boys? oh P.S. Remember the birdo whose only purpose is to fire eggs so you can ride them across the waterfall? Since this one is actually helpful, could it be that it's the recurring playable character?Pikmin theories (talk) 11:18, 8 June 2016 (EDT)
 * I'm afraid this is all pure speculation and so, of no use to the wiki's articles. - 20:08, 17 March 2016 (EDT)

One question…
Despite being Yoshi's partner, has Birdo appeared in a Yoshi game? Toco Bell


 * No but Birdo is only Yoshi's partner in some select games. These include merely Mario Tennis (N64), Mario Baseball games, Double Dash and Mario Kart Wii, and Mario Party 7 and Mario Party 9 (and unofficially Mario Party 8 since this game does not indicate any official partners). This relationship does not perpetuate in nearly as many games as Daisy (to Peach) or Waluigi (to Wario) and so is not significant to the article - that is, her role as Yoshi's partner is not concrete enough to warrant adding a note that she has not appeared in a Yoshi game. MarioComix (talk) 01:06, 11 April 2016 (EDT)

Mario Power Tennis
Birdo makes a brief cameo in Mario Power Tennis in Bowser's trophy celebration scene. I'd add that in.


 * Except that's a red Birdo, and not the pink Birdo character whom this page covers. MarioComix (talk) 18:27, 24 July 2016 (EDT)

Mario tennis power tour
hey i am new here and i am wandering i looked through videos of Mario tennis power tour and i havent seen birdo there could someone put up a picture and upload it to the gallery of birdo please on a side note is it the main pink birdo or the different coloured birdos???
 * Welcome, but thing is, Birdo's not in the game at all. We don't just add photos of characters who aren't in the game(s). Even if Birdo (of any kind) is in the game, she's not important in any way. 11:50, 21 August 2016 (EDT)

On the main page it said birdo makes an npc appearance in mario tennis power tour for the gameboyadvance in the rpg story it said birdo makes an appearance when Ace and Clayarrive at peach dome if birdo is not in the game who put it up o cant see any pink birdos or multicoloured birdos try to reply back

I would like to investigate myself on this matter. I'll be looking for information. MarioComix (talk) 20:19, 22 August 2016 (EDT)

Well is there proof or a fact that Birdo is in Mario Tennis power tour it has been a month now. Mariobirdofan02


 * Unfortunately I could not find any evidence of her being in the game. MarioComix (talk) 01:13, 10 October 2016 (EDT)

Any confirmation that the different colored Birdos are one and the same?
In the Satellaview game they're identified as separate. The Advance version of Super Mario Bros 2 also implied they're separate due to having different pitched voices. Delsait (talk) 19:23, 24 January 2017 (EST)

Voice
I was noticing in mario sports superstars that birdo has better English as she is able to speak a bit telepathically such as hello and oh no. If you listen she says them in her usual honking noise ,but clearly is English. Is there a reason for someone deleting them in the brand new quotes section, if someone could leave an answer we could discuss it. Mariobirdofan02

Theme song
The article mentions 2012 Olympics being the first game to give Birdo her own theme song, but she actually had one three years earlier in Captain Rainbow. Or is that one just not counted since it isn't really a Mario game? SuperDragonRosalina (talk) 09:27, 12 May 2017 (EDT)


 * Probably it's referring to within Mario games. MarioComix (talk) 18:40, 12 May 2017 (EDT)

Mario Party: The Top 100
I have watched a lot of videos on mario party the top 100 and there is no sign of her, she is unfortunately not playable in the game. could someone show proof of her in the game or create a paragraph on the mario party segment. I just want to see if shes in the game or not. Thank you.Mariobirdofan02


 * Unfortunately it seems she only makes a small cameo in the game's Collection. Specifically, the Collection includes box art from previous Mario Party games, and so Birdo can be spotted on the box arts for 7 and 9. The same goes for Koopa Kid. (I haven't gotten far in the game, but this seems to be the only inclusion of her.) MarioComix (talk) 23:37, 11 November 2017 (EST)

Birdo is a transgirl
it's really not that hard to figure out.

Quotes
I've noticed that the quotes section for birdo is increasing and there are loads of other games where she has dialogue in. Should we maybe start up a quotes page for birdo, a lot of other characters have a quotes page so why don't we start up one for birdo? Mariobirdofan02

This Birdo's page miss all informations about her playable appearance in Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged.
This Birdo's page miss all informations about her playable appearance in Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged. The reference about these 2 games are missing in the description and also in the "List of appeareance by date" section. Can you please autorise me to change it. I also have to change information in Dr. Mario World's "pre-release and unused content" section based on in-game data informations.
 * To edit this page, you'd also need to be autoconfirmed, which means you need to make at least another eight edits, but that information does not go on this page as this one is about the character or singular appearances of the species- this information is already included in its proper place on the Birdo (species) page. BBQ Turtle (talk) 09:39, March 29, 2020 (EDT)
 * That all being said, though, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to merge the character and species pages outright, as they're in a wishy-washy place like Wiggler. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:10, March 29, 2020 (EDT)
 * Except Birdo as a character is always the pink one, and one hardly finds a lone pink Birdo in the audience. (As in, if there's an audience of Birdos, they're almost always the other colours.) MarioComix (talk) 17:04, March 29, 2020 (EDT)
 * . You know how Nintendo's said that not all Yoshis and Toads with the species name are necessarily the same as each other? Same principle applies. Unlike those, however, Birdos haven't appeared in a relevant capacity as a singular character and species at the same time other than SMB2 (which is covered fairly equally on both pages regardless), negating any real benefit this doesn't but hypothetically could have. It's like what I said on Boom-Boom's talk page, it's all developer interpretation per game. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:37, March 29, 2020 (EDT)
 * Not just SMB2. Mario Kart Tour features both the pink Birdo and a light-blue Birdo as playable characters. Also, in Mario Super Sluggers, a game where Birdo is playable, you can see variously-colored Birdos in cutscenes. 17:41, March 29, 2020 (EDT)
 * Problem with the MKT thing is that it's formatted in the exact same manner as the "costume" characters, indicating a similar view. MSS is admittedly a different situation, though given one of those is merely a background element, that hardly counts as a "relevant capacity" for the species any more than the multitude of Toadsworths and DKJrs in MKDD. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:02, March 29, 2020 (EDT)
 * It's not just that there are multiple different-coloured Birdos in the audience in Mario Superstar Baseball, and Sluggers, but they also make a point of having the only pink Birdo in the game be the playable captain. Also, the fact that Birdo is specifically invited to Baseball Kingdom in the opening of Sluggers alongside Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Daisy, and...Red Toad, at least points to her being more developed as an individual - especially when you look at the cutscenes for the game and find that, again, the only pink Birdo is the Birdo. There's also the situation in Sochi 2014, where "Team Birdo" could have consisted of four pink Birdos, but they chose to give each a different colour and put the pink one as the lead.
 * Basically, if this goes through, it could open up a whole other can of worms - which appearances should be on Yoshi's "individual" page and which should be on his "species" page, including appearances in NSMBW? What about Toad, when we've seen instances of both Toads with matching spot and vest colours, as well as multiple Toads who look the same as "the" Toad? Then there's the ambiguity between Magikoopa and Kamek, and even the multiple Petey Piranhas of Daisy's Garden. I think our current logic for determining individuality is fine and works. MarioComix (talk) 02:31, March 30, 2020 (EDT)
 * The Yoshis and Toads have had plenty of relevance as both a character and a species. Birdo really hasn't. Most of the time when she appears, she's just kinda there. While the MSB pages are an exception, it's not like the playable Wiggler in MK7 is the Wiggler from SM64, or from MPT, or from BiS, or from DT, or from PMSS, or from MLPJ. Also, while most cases are ambiguous, the SMRPG pretty much can't be the same as the SMB2 Birdo...and one source calls the MKW Birdo the same as the SMRPG one. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 10:29, March 30, 2020 (EDT)
 * Well, up until MSB, Birdo was basically portrayed as a sole pink individual. Then games such as MSB and MSS include high proportions of Birdos in the audience, all of them not pink. While there are only a few of these games where the Birdo species are delineated from the main pink Birdo, including in Sochi 2014, I think it's upon us to include these rather than strike these out as the exception. The difference with Wiggler is we have several instances of seeing multiple Wigglers at the same time, indicating their presence as a species. Pink Birdo stands out as an individual in almost all of her appearances. And if we're taking into account RPGs as some kind of "continuity", I have to bring up that classic trivia point that someone kept bringing back about Petey Piranha - that Petey Piranha existed in the past and is therefore much older than the Mario bros. It's gone now, precisely because the exact continuity in the RPGs doesn't really matter - supporting characters can be used to play a certain role in the story, especially as a boss, so Birdo being a "newborn" isn't exactly relevant. MarioComix (talk) 18:06, March 30, 2020 (EDT)
 * Except in early spinoff media, where Birdos were only a primarily pink species. Also, again, the audience thing really isn't that relevant due to Waluigi Stadium's usage of characters en masse. Birdos are also in MKW's audience. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 18:27, March 30, 2020 (EDT)

I understand BBQ Turtle, but Birdo is playable in 26 games, not 24. The Birdo (species)'s page doesn't take care to list her playable appearance in the "List of appeareance by date"'s section cause there's not. So, there is a problem, in one page, we can't count the good numbers of appearance. We can't know she is playable in these 2 games, cause no information refer to her Birdo (species)'s page and even if we go on that page, the informations aren't even listed. On one page, we miss some informations about her to made a complete page and on the other, we don't even list things so we aren't able to list the number of her appearance without read all to be sure how many time she is playable in general and as a specie character. That was said, if the community can't cooperate and make a complete page about a character, because some people got a bad opinion of that character, that site is distorted. We are not supposed to put subjective opinion here. We can object, she is not relevant (1), she is just a minion (2), she is not like Toad and Yoshi (3), she make appearance in stage (4), but all of these reason doesn't work.

She is relevant since 1988 (1987 depending if we count YK:DDP), she is a character/minion like Yoshi can be, but more relevant than Toad. She is more relevant than Toad being playable in Mario Tennis 64 (2000) (which Toad isn't), having is own objet in Mario Kart : Double Dash!! (2003) (Toad object is not unique. Sharing it with Toadette), she is playable in Mario Golf : Toadstool Tour (2003) (which Toad isn't), named Team Captain in Mario Superstar Baseball (2005)(which not a minion is) like Doc von Schmeltwick mention, she is playable in Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006) (which Toad isn't), she is named Team Captain again in Mario Super Sluggers (2008) (which not a minion is again), she is playable in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) (which Toad isn't), she is a Captain again in Mario Sports Superstars (2017) (which not a minion is again), in Super Mario Party (2018) the principle of having 10 Good and 10 Bad Characters made usual character being cuted like Birdo (that's normal, they can't put all the characters), but she was previously full modeled at one point she could be playable too like her full design prove it. She's is more playable than Toad itself, she was named 3 Times Captain considering not a single minion is and actually in Dr. Mario World, she is not place at the assistant role like all these minion, making her a eventual Doctors (Captain) like the rest of the Koopalings are due to be too (we will know in the future, based on the 30 march 2020). She is not consider more as a specie in her early Mario Spin-Off at all, all her latest appearance : Mario Party 9 (2012), Mario Golf : World Tour (2014), Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016) in the 3DS Version, Mario Sports Superstars (2017), Mario Tennis Aces (2018) and Mario Kart Tour (2019). The only exception to that is in the Wii Version, back to 2016 in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. To finish and answer to the fourth reason, Toad appear more in Stages than Birdos.

Like Daisy and Waluigi, Birdo became easily a Icon since Mario Tennis 64 (2000), but more importantly, LGBTQIA+ start identifying this character as the first Trans Character of the Video Games Industry Ever Made. I think we can play a important role by, at least recognize what she did to give her, the visibility the character should got, not more, but not less. People from minority want to identify theirselves to this character and sometimes take facts about that characters, it's not a problem. If she is playable in 26 games and not 24, we just should mention she did it in 26.

If you still got doubt about it BBQ Turttle, I got a solution, why not just add the appropriate facts about it on her page, cause actually, we don't even talk she is represent as a Birdo in Super Mario Strikers and Mario Strikers Charged and we don't even refer to her Birdo (specie)'s page and add these informations in "List of appeareance by date" ***BY MENTION THAN*** she is playable as a Birdos members, not as a singular one. That's it, so the list will be complete AND we will be able to see she doesn't have the same exact appearance than her other games. - Ouimet 22:05, March 30, 2020 (EDT)
 * If you want to identify as an egg-shooting, lovey-dovey, dragon-thing, then you do you. But what we have on the gender of Birdo is really all there is to say. I'm not sure what more you want us to add, unless you have additional information of characters being confused on how to address Birdo. We shouldn't really upsale the gender thing, as that isn't really relevant to 98% of game information. It'd be like saying "Mario is a male human in Super Mario Bros." It doesn't really work right.
 * This page is based on the character, not the species, so Strikers wouldn't count. It's not like Yoshi's role. That information is on the Birdo (species) page. But if you have more information on the singular appearances of a Birdo, you are welcome to tell us, or wait until you are autoconfirmed to add it yourself. 23:46, March 30, 2020 (EDT)