Wattrel may not be a "Route 1" bird but it is absolutely still the regional bird of Paldea being the only new Flying type that actually evolves and doing so only 3 levels higher than Tailow. Plus Kilowattrel's stats are still very consistent with other final stage regional birds.
Ok i think yall will not believe this theory but i think scarlet and violet is the others universe were megas don't exist that's why it doesn't follow some of the themes like the stater theme and the regional bird theme and paldea region is exclusively exists in the non mega verse that's why ash isn't the new gen 9 anime
@@hydraplayz1466 bruh other non mega evolution timeliness games still have the regional bird that has nothing to do with it and as someone else said roaring moon dex entry says something about mega evolution
You can actually obtain Wattrel right after you talk with Nemona on Paco Path. Once you've captured/defeated the Lachonk, if you double back to the beach behind Nemona's house and wad out from the shore a bit directly south, Wattrel can spawn out a bit of distance from the shore and fly in, allowing you to catch one. They are level 14, but you're also given a fairly high number of pokeballs early on, so as long as you can survive it, you can catch it as your first non-starter.
@@nicolascaraballo1534 not every Pokémon fan can afford to get the games right away.Especially if this person is still in high school with no job. Some might even not be able to afford it only because their gaming money is being used on other games they like more
Wattrel can actually be found on the beach by Nemona's house after she teaches you to catch pokemon. They're like lv 16-20 because they're over the edge of the water but that's where I caught mine.
I personally consider Wattrel the regional bird because other than not being found early, it fits the mold of the regional bird. Flying type, new Pokémon, and evolves at least once. I also believe that Pidove may not have been found early either, so this works.
True about Pidove. I’m almost certain it’s found after the first gym in gen 5 Edit: just checked and Pidove is not found until route 3, after the first gym of unova
Also theories, the zodiac theory? The weapon theory (water types) I forgot which theory consists with the Grass types but I think the theory was based on the grass types being extinct animals
I think Wattrel fits it well, since its design and stats really fit a two stage regional bird such as Swellow. Maybe it isn't thaat early but that can change, and it's not like you find it super late. What it is true though is that if this one classifies as the regional bird, it would be the first time in almost 20 years that we got a two staged regional bird instead of a three staged one.
Technically there are encounterable squakabilly that sit on top of your house. While it makes more sense for wattrel to be the regional bird, there is technically a brand new normal flying bird on poco path
Theres also Squawkabilly, which CAN be found at Level 2. Though it doesn’t evolve, it has four forms, with two getting Guts and the other two getting Sheer Force.
@@krookodilegang6192 If you go back home after you get pokeballs its possible to see them on the roof of your house. I do not know if you can catch those because they may be to high up to be able to trigger a battle with
Well, CZcamsr Emperor Cubone did have the idea of a two-stage regional bird in one of his videos, so I guess what we got satisfies him. Granted, you don’t have to agree.
Actually, Lockstin & Gnoggin made a pretty good definition on the Regional Birds "A regional bird is a common, early-game flying type bird pokemon that evolves, with its final stage having bst 450 or more."
Wattrel is definitely the regional bird even if it's not on the first route. It's also the first Non-linear and non-traditionnal game with a predifined path. So you can choose to encounter Wattrel sooner or later.
@@TheDeathmail i get what you mean but generational bird has the same problems because previous generations birds can show up in later generations like Pidgey and fletchling.
@@TheDeathmail “Regional” refers to them being first released in a specific region. If them being found in another region superscedes that, then, for example, the original three Regis aren’t Hoenn legendaries because you can later find them in Sinnoh, Unova, etc.
I think I know why Fletching is the regional bird. (I got part of this reasoning from "the game theorists") there was a great war between Kalos and Paldea. during this war some Flecthling stayed in Paldea and some left to Kalos or vise versa.
You need like one badge to be able to use Wattrel in battle (like how Mikey’s Wattrel didn’t obey him at first) unless you catch one at like level 14 as shown in the video. If I remember correctly in Black and White Pidove isn’t found until after you have one gym badge, so by that logic I think Wattrel can be considered a Regional Bird
I’d say that Watttel is the regional bird , since the player can freely choose where they want to go it actually means that you can find it early depending on your choice of direction.
There is technically some Squackabilly on the top of your house you can catch at the beginning of the game, but you do have to go back to grab them once you get the ride pokemon
You can find Squakabilly sitting on top of your house. As soon as your as you do the catching tutorial you can head back and lock on to it to throw a pokeball up there to enter battle.
It's Squakabilly actually. You can catch 2 Lv2 green Squakabilly on your home's Roof by using Zr to aim at them, it's the earliest bird pokemon you can catch.
@@Arshveerk It really depends on how much you want to keep this definition. Take Pikaclones for example, besides Pikachu/Pichu (which is hardly a "clone" in this category) all other pikaclones never evolve until this gen where we have Pawmi evolve into Pawmot. So why do we have to have a route 1 birb that can evolve in this sense?
I would say when you start encountering them still counts as early, since it’s only after the second gym’s city and with Scarlet and Violet now having 18 total badges, it changes the “halfway” point to being when you acquire nine total badges
The bits haven’t been working for a while now tbh; I’m personally enjoying the pod as it is now. And when the funnier bits organically return, I will be there to feast.
Pidgey was my first catch in my first Pokemon game and is glitched or something because it ended up with 443 spd and I never had to use another pokemon
I was waiting for Squawkabilly to be mentioned. It's literally the regional bird seeing as it's on ur roof before Poco Path and they're near the grass gym. Feels like a lot forgot about it
I’m glad they’re doing away with things like that. I think out of all the regional birds I liked maybe 2 and those were the late gen birds like rookiedeez and fletchling
There are actually a few of them in the water right by where he was at at Poco Path. It's still technically not route 1, but it's right behind those rocks where Hwa at in the video.
It's definitely Wattrel, tailow wasn't found on the first rout either, but he counts so Wattrel does to, what's makes the regional birds is not the level more locale but rather the fact that's it's a staple in it's home region
Given that Paldea's design is based aound Spain, I think Oricorio with it's forms being centered around different types of dances is probably the regional bird.
Tbh, I got my Wattrel really early by eating a sandwich with Electric Encounter Power and waiting for them to comes toward me on Nemona's private beach. So, for me Wattrel is the regional bird.
@@kingzarc7284 It was level 14 but I don't think the difference is too big to say that SV got rid of regional birds. Plus, the first Pidoves you can find in BW are already level 10 or higher so, it's not like that level 10 rule is very precise, anyway.
@@kingzarc7284 if you can catch it before the 2nd or 3rd gym, I think it counts, Nemona's private beach is definitely before the 3rd gym, so it works out
The fact that Paldea has the same regional bird as Kalos make sense, because Spain is near to France, but I think that we can assume that it's Wattrell, even if it more similar to something like Wingull or Duckett, birds that you encounter after some times
Eyo, what I call "Route 1" mon are my jam. Watchog is my favourite mon. It's Wattrel. We didn't get our Regionbugs in Black and White until post-Lenora. It still captures the feel of the trend. What's interesting is that the Region"rodent" for Paldea is pretty open on discussion. It's Tandemaus, but also, Lechonk is spiritually part of that same vibe and they kinda share the role like gens (1, 2, 5, 9, and barely not 3) with 2 regionbug lines
I like to think that with Paldea and Kalos being neighbors and with the robin being endemic to both Spain and France, fletching it's the regional bird of both regions
There's two Squawkabilly that perch on your house, making them potentially even earlier than Lechonk. Making them quite possibly both the regional bird and the worst regional bird.
You forgot Wingull, I honestly consider Wingull as the true regional bird of Hoenn as its nearly found everywhere in that region while Tailow/Swellow aren't as common all over the region. As for Paldea's regional bird I do believe Wattrel is the regional bird of Paldea. It may not be found as early as Poco Path, but I still think it fits the regional bird status.
I think Taillow got the regional bird status back in the day for a few reasons: - Regional birds had never been anything but Normal-Flying - Ash caught one, like Pidgeotto and Noctowl
@@MandJTV Don't forget that you can find it on route 1 Actually wait, I just looked it up and you actually can't. I've thought this whole time that it was a route 1 bird...
For all intents and purposes, I do see Wattrel as the regional bird. It's not the same in terms of location, but... it's still kind of the main bird of the region, even if Flamigo is arguably more popular due to finally being the flamingo we've wanted for years. Then squawkabilly, which is just squawkabilly. It's its own thing.
What about Squawkabilly? You can find & catch 2 of them at lv. 2 on your house's roof right after the first fight with Nemona, even before she's giving you the catching tutorial, you just need to collect at least 1 of the 3 Pokeballs lying around between your and Nemona's house
@@goochiethanos The "generational" bird rather than "regional" bird. I mean, many of these Pokemon belong to multiple regions... the generation is the belonging.
yeah idk what the big deal is, pidove can be found at level 11, and only after the first gym so its not the first time you cant encounter a regional bird until a little later in the game.
@@sorbbae620 I hate how people say gen 5 is bad, I'm sat there like "You know gen 6 exists right?" Like atleast most of the Unova pokes are really decent
@@Sinnzly i actually like gen 6, i think it was actually a really ambitious entry in the series, the transition to full 3d was bound to be somewhat imperfect, and the addition of fairy types was also cool, its definitely not as amazing as many of the other games in the series but i appreciate alot of gen 6
@@sorbbae620 I don't hate the fairy type nothing of that sort, but bro the gyms are easy asf, you don't even have rivals and the elite four have less then F O U R moves. Visually for It's time beautiful.
Its found close to "route 1" i think but its rare just follow the first "river/brooke" you come to to the the sea where you first encounter wiglett and it spawns there
There is technically a gen 9 flying type you can obtain at one of the earliest locations that I guess you could call the regional bird and that’s Squawkabilly, which you can catch at the player’s house
I think that we can instead define regional birds as the first bird pokemon we see when we start the game. Usually, these pokemon are seen either in the opening cutscene or right before you gain control. This phenomenon started during Gen 5 with pidoves when you leave the house, and Wattrel is the first flying type bird you see before the Box Arts appear. Due to that, I can consider Wattrel the Regional Bird :)
i caught a wattrel early in the game, before even making it to a gym i think. however, it did require disobeying pokemon, a nearly dead team and backwards spam jumping on ledges
I think Wattrel is most likely it because of evolution, but Squawkabilly being catchable on your home right away makes me feel like it could very easily also be the regional bird.
Wait you can catch those? I had no idea I’m gonna go catch one right now just because I can. I grind speed ev’s in the water off the cliff by the house I hope I haven’t missed a shiny while passing by hahaha
So fun fact you can actually encounter Squawkabilly at levels as low as 2 and while it doesn’t evolve, it’s multiple forms and stats make me think maybe it is the regional bird
Id like to think wattrel is the regional bird. We cant get it first route, but thats okay. You get them at the lowest level 20 which is usually gym 2 status and it has a pretty good typing. It gives me tallow vibes and i love that
The regional bird of paldea is Squarkabilly ( i forgot how to spell the name of the birb) as it can be found on the roof of the house you live in S/V playthrough.
Looking at the evolution lines of both birds, with Flamigo not evolving and Wattrel only having a single evolution, I'd say their more comparable to being their region's Farfetch'd and Spearow respectively.
In fairness, Paldea doesn't set a course on which way you must start. And Wattrel can be caught at a low enough level that you don't need any gym badges to get it to obey right away. So technically, it can be a pokemon that you find and use early on.
If you get lucky, you can actually catch a Wattrel before getting the bike lizard. There's a flock that fly over the beach where you fight Nemona, and if they fly close enough you can catch one of them (though it'll still be level 12 while everything else is level 5-ish)
The sad part is there is so much material to use to make a good regional bird for scarlet and violet based on where the games are based off (I think either Spain or Brazil) But not only that the closest thing we got to a early route regional bird Pokémon was a SPIDER
Someone mentioned it, Squawkabilly can be found early too. There r 2 on top of your house. Ive seen a person or 2 spot them and aim and throw their ball at them.
you can get a squawkabilly on top of your house at the very beginning of the game, it has the classic normal flying type, but it doesn't evolve, so I'd say it is the closest thing to a regional bird for Paldea
Disagree on both; Profs. Sada and Turo could be the professors’ given names and their yet-to be-surname (which could be separate from each) may have something to do with a tree. Also, Wattrel can still be found relatively early and fits what a regional bird’s criteria.
There's Wingull as well, you can catch them in gen 3 in the area you first meet your rival, they're uncommon but you can catch them at lvls 2-4, though it's most likely to be 2 or 3.
@@elisabethsontheimer7198 no? idk when you get wingull but pelipepper is after undella town and the closest i can think of start-wingull is us/um where you still have to sit though the slog of cutscenes
I feel like it's VERY obviously Squawkabilly. it's a mascot for the region, replaces Corviknight as the taxi mon, and is even integrated into the open world theme of the region with the compass visual of the loading screen and how the compass motif informs the forms or vice versus, with the lighthouses too.
I managed to get my Wattrel, jokingly dubbed Zapdos, they have a fire tera on capture, out of a Tera raid about 30 minutes into the game, counting tutorial stuff, so I consider it an early route bird, even if I didn't find more until after mine had evolved. I had found more wattrel before I'd come across any flamigos as is
I mean, Tailow/Swellow and Hoothoot/Noctowl and they were regional birds, so I do say that Wattrel/Kilowattrel are regional birds. You can also get them near the start if the game. Edit: thanks people in the replies
You don't even need "water driving" as they can be found at the beach in 'Southern Province 5', basically as soon as the Treasure Hunt starts you can go there and catch one at lv14.
What about Squawkabilly? Yeah i know it doesn’t evolve, however there are 4 different color variants of itself, each with very distinct habits, and they fight against other colors of their own species, so yeah
The "bird" pokemon in S/V are pretty good, just looking at abilities alone. Moxie, hustle, rocky payload, volt absorb, scrappy, speed boost just to name a few.
Sqwakabilly LITERALLY perches on your roof. IT is the Route 1 Bird. The reason Wattrel isn't found so early is because of balance. It learns both, Peck AND Thunder Shock before level 5. That's not something you wanna deal with for something you'd have as a potential 2nd staple member of your team.
You say that about Wattrel, but you're forgetting that Flamigo exists. Can be catchable within the first few areas you'll encounter, with levels below 10. Has the stats of a fully evolved Pokemon, amazing Attack and great Speed. It's type is arguably better than Wattrel line, Flying Fighting is one of the best offensive type combinations in the game. And it knows Peck and Double Kick at Level 5.
But it needs to evolve to be a regional bird. Having the stars of an already evolved regional bird isn’t enough in my opinion. (Also lv. 14 isn’t that high above lv. 10) But your opinion is your opinion and I respect it.
You can find wattrel st the waters edge where you fight nemona for the first time which I guess is route one or more before route 1 but it’s after the first battle
@caiusrushfirth1293 No you don't. I found all 4 forms outside Artazon. It requires a bit of patience. And you can aim at the ones on top of your house.
Tailow would actually be the one to break this tradition first if we’re getting into the nitty gritty of it. Wingull is found earlier and much more commonly.
AGREED. wingull is more interesting as well as it breaks the flying normal type trope, plus it suits hoenn as a water type bird lol. taillow is more like the fearow of hoenn.
Taillow only ever got picked over Wingull for the list because of the early trend of them being normal type birds. For Gens 1 and 2 it was pretty hard to argue the regional birds were anything but Pidgey and Hoothoot. Yeah Spearow was there but Pidgey was way more common. Then Gens 4 and 5 after seemed to cement the trend with Starly and Pidove. Before Gen 6, Regional Bird just meant a 2 or 3 stage normal type bird that’s found earlyish in the game, with the only outlier being if we should count Spearow or not as a second bird for Kanto. Taillow fit perfectly with this group. Now with Gens 6, 8, and 9 the type rule was dropped leaving Taillow and Wingull in a weird spot. Taillow is traditionally the Hoenn Regional Bird, but if you lined up the list now Wingull would probably fit slightly better. If Regional Birds had just been thought of recently I have no doubt Wingull would have been the pick for Hoenn. I only consider Taillow on the list over Wingull now because if Game Freak were intentionally made Regional Birds a trend for each Generation, it’s clear Taillow was meant to fill that role for Hoenn, despite also releasing Wingull at the same time.
Squawkabilly. There is no requirement for the pokemon to evolve a certain amount of times, we can see this with Taillow. I believe the game wants Squwakabilly to be the main region's bird judging how it has several forms to catch and also can be found relatively early on, not to mention the main form of fast travel is Squawkabilly similar to how SwSh's was Corvinknight.
On top of the player’s house are two squawkabilly’s (squawkabillies?) and when I was going through the game again, I managed to aim a pokeball from the ground and initiate a battle with them I thought it was weird that we didn’t get a “regional bird” but I think I was more surprised that the box legendaries end up becoming our partner during the tutorial. Scarlet and Violet, for all their flaws, have mixed things up a bit in terms of what people expect from Pokémon games. I suppose the lack of a “regional bird” was an indicator of that
Wattrel may not be a "Route 1" bird but it is absolutely still the regional bird of Paldea being the only new Flying type that actually evolves and doing so only 3 levels higher than Tailow. Plus Kilowattrel's stats are still very consistent with other final stage regional birds.
Ok i think yall will not believe this theory but i think scarlet and violet is the others universe were megas don't exist that's why it doesn't follow some of the themes like the stater theme and the regional bird theme and paldea region is exclusively exists in the non mega verse that's why ash isn't the new gen 9 anime
@@hydraplayz1466 roaring moon's dex entry references mega evolution. Your theory is wrong.
people need to cope with the fire starter theory
@@hydraplayz1466 bruh other non mega evolution timeliness games still have the regional bird that has nothing to do with it and as someone else said roaring moon dex entry says something about mega evolution
Tailow isn't route one either.
You can actually obtain Wattrel right after you talk with Nemona on Paco Path. Once you've captured/defeated the Lachonk, if you double back to the beach behind Nemona's house and wad out from the shore a bit directly south, Wattrel can spawn out a bit of distance from the shore and fly in, allowing you to catch one. They are level 14, but you're also given a fairly high number of pokeballs early on, so as long as you can survive it, you can catch it as your first non-starter.
That... imma remember that for when I finally play this game
@@IamCoalfoot damn you haven’t gotten it yet or just never got around to playing
@@nicolascaraballo1534 not every Pokémon fan can afford to get the games right away.Especially if this person is still in high school with no job. Some might even not be able to afford it only because their gaming money is being used on other games they like more
@@jigglypuff2cute I’m aware, that’s why I asked what the situation was so I could give an appropriate response
@@nicolascaraballo1534 Confirmed; poor as fridge around the time it came out. Better now, just have to chase down a copy. And time to play, obv lol.
Wattrel can actually be found on the beach by Nemona's house after she teaches you to catch pokemon. They're like lv 16-20 because they're over the edge of the water but that's where I caught mine.
Wattrel is absolutely the Paladia Regional bird and I love it.
I personally consider Wattrel the regional bird because other than not being found early, it fits the mold of the regional bird. Flying type, new Pokémon, and evolves at least once. I also believe that Pidove may not have been found early either, so this works.
True about Pidove. I’m almost certain it’s found after the first gym in gen 5
Edit: just checked and Pidove is not found until route 3, after the first gym of unova
In Black and White, Pidove is first found on the third route you can go to, so I agree with you, not early.
Also you can find a wattrel in the beach near nemona's house
Wattrel is the regional bird
@@longtomax2981 Where's Nemona's house, I can't find it in the game?
Gen 9 really did all it can to break every fan term possible
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And Gen 8 (Galar) was the first region not to name a region with the letter “o.”
GameFreak don't like fans naming stuff. They also don't like adult fans... shocking I know.
Also theories, the zodiac theory? The weapon theory (water types) I forgot which theory consists with the Grass types but I think the theory was based on the grass types being extinct animals
@@fuyuhiko___fists are technically a weapon 👀
I think Wattrel fits it well, since its design and stats really fit a two stage regional bird such as Swellow. Maybe it isn't thaat early but that can change, and it's not like you find it super late.
What it is true though is that if this one classifies as the regional bird, it would be the first time in almost 20 years that we got a two staged regional bird instead of a three staged one.
Spearow: i get left out, again🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
So much better than Pidgey too.
Technically a little inferior to Pidgeotto, but that only lasts a few levels
Poor Wingull as well
Technically there are encounterable squakabilly that sit on top of your house. While it makes more sense for wattrel to be the regional bird, there is technically a brand new normal flying bird on poco path
I feel like they match chatot tho
@@toadtt1470 facts squakabilly shouldve been chatots evolution
@@sSthesquadSsthey don't even look alike wtf
@@StoryGamer11 Politoad, Octillery, Frosslass/Glalie. *micdrop*
@@ShokuaK or the worst offender: Clamperl and it’s evolutions
Theres also Squawkabilly, which CAN be found at Level 2. Though it doesn’t evolve, it has four forms, with two getting Guts and the other two getting Sheer Force.
Also you can literally find and catch it in your home
We don’t talk about squawkabilly
Wattrel & Kilowattrel is the regional bird for Paldea
@@ThePmso ayo what
@@krookodilegang6192 If you go back home after you get pokeballs its possible to see them on the roof of your house. I do not know if you can catch those because they may be to high up to be able to trigger a battle with
It's sad that a new 3 stage evolution birb wasn't introduced
Well, CZcamsr Emperor Cubone did have the idea of a two-stage regional bird in one of his videos, so I guess what we got satisfies him. Granted, you don’t have to agree.
Actually, Lockstin & Gnoggin made a pretty good definition on the Regional Birds
"A regional bird is a common, early-game flying type bird pokemon that evolves, with its final stage having bst 450 or more."
Wattrel is definitely the regional bird even if it's not on the first route. It's also the first Non-linear and non-traditionnal game with a predifined path. So you can choose to encounter Wattrel sooner or later.
I think the term "regional" bird is a bad one. Because these birds don't belong to a region... rather, I think "generational" bird works better.
@@TheDeathmail i agree
@@TheDeathmail i get what you mean but generational bird has the same problems because previous generations birds can show up in later generations like Pidgey and fletchling.
@@TheDeathmail Signature Bird would work better I think...
@@TheDeathmail “Regional” refers to them being first released in a specific region.
If them being found in another region superscedes that, then, for example, the original three Regis aren’t Hoenn legendaries because you can later find them in Sinnoh, Unova, etc.
My headcannon for why wattrel is found at a higher level is because it lives by the sea, so it has a lot of easy pickings.
Nice
Erm,, as opposed to Flamigo being _much_ stronger off the bat and have all those weak Bugs and small Normal types to pick up off?
@@netweed09”erm”🤓
@@ptremendous7 ? Whatever you want, weirdo.
@@netweed09 bruh
I think I know why Fletching is the regional bird. (I got part of this reasoning from "the game theorists") there was a great war between Kalos and Paldea. during this war some Flecthling stayed in Paldea and some left to Kalos or vise versa.
I like that sqwakabilly wasn’t even given consideration. It’s an all time “why does this pokemon exist” mon
You need like one badge to be able to use Wattrel in battle (like how Mikey’s Wattrel didn’t obey him at first) unless you catch one at like level 14 as shown in the video. If I remember correctly in Black and White Pidove isn’t found until after you have one gym badge, so by that logic I think Wattrel can be considered a Regional Bird
yeah pidove can be found on route 3 in unova, which you are not allowed to access until you've beaten the striaton city gym. nice catch.
True
Oh I forgot that. With that precedent, then yeah, Wattrel totally fits
Pidove can be found before first gym in bw2 though, and because it's still the same generation AND region, I think that puts it there.
Also don't forget you cany get Wingull before Taillow...which technically means Wingull is the regional bird of the region.
I’d say that Watttel is the regional bird , since the player can freely choose where they want to go it actually means that you can find it early depending on your choice of direction.
Wattrel is the Wingull equivalent
Squawkabilly
There is technically some Squackabilly on the top of your house you can catch at the beginning of the game, but you do have to go back to grab them once you get the ride pokemon
You can find Squakabilly sitting on top of your house. As soon as your as you do the catching tutorial you can head back and lock on to it to throw a pokeball up there to enter battle.
It's Squakabilly actually. You can catch 2 Lv2 green Squakabilly on your home's Roof by using Zr to aim at them, it's the earliest bird pokemon you can catch.
Shouldve gone for the worm
It doesn’t evolve tho all the other birdos do
@@Arshveerk but it’s a regional bird
@@Arshveerk It really depends on how much you want to keep this definition. Take Pikaclones for example, besides Pikachu/Pichu (which is hardly a "clone" in this category) all other pikaclones never evolve until this gen where we have Pawmi evolve into Pawmot. So why do we have to have a route 1 birb that can evolve in this sense?
@@SoulAlmighty1660 there's two regional birbs then..
i think the regional bird was the friends we made along the way
LMAO
yeah
Bro 😯🥹
Why is this my favorite meme i see on types of videos like these XD
Caw Caw I'm a PM7
I would say when you start encountering them still counts as early, since it’s only after the second gym’s city and with Scarlet and Violet now having 18 total badges, it changes the “halfway” point to being when you acquire nine total badges
The bits haven’t been working for a while now tbh; I’m personally enjoying the pod as it is now. And when the funnier bits organically return, I will be there to feast.
Taillow was the first shiny I ever found, and for that reason, regional birds have always had a special place in my heart
Taillow’s Shiny is cute. Lil tealy greeny boi.
Pidgey was my first catch in my first Pokemon game and is glitched or something because it ended up with 443 spd and I never had to use another pokemon
I found a shiny Wattrel when hunting for shiny Marenie and I was kinda mad lol
@@loving_lecturer0155 bro that is busted
My favorite regional bird Is talonflame line. But I love my unovan braviary
I was waiting for Squawkabilly to be mentioned. It's literally the regional bird seeing as it's on ur roof before Poco Path and they're near the grass gym. Feels like a lot forgot about it
Fun fact: u can actually catch the Squawkabilly that sit ontop ur house in game as soon as Nemona gives u some pokeballs
@@Tetrabiblo yea, I already know about that and it's a very cool detail that they let you do
Yes, but it doesn’t evolve though. Squawkabilly is more akin to Chatot or Farfetch’d. It’s more of a fun, but not great, gimmicky flying type.
@@squares4u except Farfetch'd and Chatot aren't all that represented in the games unlike Squawkabilly
It doesn’t evolve and it’s terrible
I’m glad they’re doing away with things like that. I think out of all the regional birds I liked maybe 2 and those were the late gen birds like rookiedeez and fletchling
There are actually a few of them in the water right by where he was at at Poco Path. It's still technically not route 1, but it's right behind those rocks where Hwa at in the video.
Wattrel definitely, Pidove is also not found until after the first gym so Wattrel definitely fits
Technically Wattrel isn't found till after the 2nd gym, since the first gym is the bug gym then the grass gym
@@AA712Beam Depends on which route you go though... since you can choose... i think Wattrel counts.
Except for B2W2. And in either case, they are very low level (like, level 8). Wattrel can't be found under level 13.
@@AA712Beam I fought the Bug type gym, followed by Water. The grass gym was the 7th I took on lmao
I get that Wattrel isn't found right away, but you can still find it really early just by heading east.
Actually you can get it from the beach immediately after beating Nemona so YES it can be the regional bird.
Gen III even had Wingull as a sort of secondary regional bird, but it is only by the shores.
You can catch the Squakabilly on the roof of your house at the beginning of the game after you get pokeballs.
It's definitely Wattrel, tailow wasn't found on the first rout either, but he counts so Wattrel does to, what's makes the regional birds is not the level more locale but rather the fact that's it's a staple in it's home region
wingul...
Given that Paldea's design is based aound Spain, I think Oricorio with it's forms being centered around different types of dances is probably the regional bird.
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@@tnghunternah it's a gen 7 mon so can't be officially
@@tnghunter Oricorio isn't a new bird, you could technically then also count Fletching twice
Tbh, I got my Wattrel really early by eating a sandwich with Electric Encounter Power and waiting for them to comes toward me on Nemona's private beach.
So, for me Wattrel is the regional bird.
But was it lower then level 10?
@@kingzarc7284 It was level 14 but I don't think the difference is too big to say that SV got rid of regional birds.
Plus, the first Pidoves you can find in BW are already level 10 or higher so, it's not like that level 10 rule is very precise, anyway.
@KLGB76 hmm true but idk man I want to say wattrel is a regional bird but at the same time I can't it's hard to say
@@kingzarc7284 if you can catch it before the 2nd or 3rd gym, I think it counts, Nemona's private beach is definitely before the 3rd gym, so it works out
@@brendanboomhour7606 yeah true
The fact that Paldea has the same regional bird as Kalos make sense, because Spain is near to France, but I think that we can assume that it's Wattrell, even if it more similar to something like Wingull or Duckett, birds that you encounter after some times
Eyo, what I call "Route 1" mon are my jam. Watchog is my favourite mon.
It's Wattrel. We didn't get our Regionbugs in Black and White until post-Lenora. It still captures the feel of the trend. What's interesting is that the Region"rodent" for Paldea is pretty open on discussion. It's Tandemaus, but also, Lechonk is spiritually part of that same vibe and they kinda share the role like gens (1, 2, 5, 9, and barely not 3) with 2 regionbug lines
I like to see Wattrel as a counterpart for Fletchling. Kalos' bird turns into a Phoenix, while Paldea's one turns into a Thunderbird
One more regional bird with ice typing would be perfect
@@fikrinuzulul2851 Maybe one day they'll finally decide to buck the tradition of "ice type area can only be at the end of the game".
I thought Talonflame was a hawk?
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It is. Moltres is a phoenix, same with Ho-oh
@@MangleFoxy Falcon! Staraptor is a Hawk
Team Sky sees this as a major problem
😂
bc it's a fan term
well atleast we have the duck
@@shafiqahmed5839 fighting take it or leave it
they got flamigo tho so I think they still happy
I like to think that with Paldea and Kalos being neighbors and with the robin being endemic to both Spain and France, fletching it's the regional bird of both regions
you can catch the squawkabilly that land on your roof during the intro video. They're just sitting there and you can lock onto them to catch them.
There's two Squawkabilly that perch on your house, making them potentially even earlier than Lechonk. Making them quite possibly both the regional bird and the worst regional bird.
You forgot Wingull, I honestly consider Wingull as the true regional bird of Hoenn as its nearly found everywhere in that region while Tailow/Swellow aren't as common all over the region. As for Paldea's regional bird I do believe Wattrel is the regional bird of Paldea. It may not be found as early as Poco Path, but I still think it fits the regional bird status.
I think Taillow got the regional bird status back in the day for a few reasons:
- Regional birds had never been anything but Normal-Flying
- Ash caught one, like Pidgeotto and Noctowl
@@MandJTV Don't forget that you can find it on route 1
Actually wait, I just looked it up and you actually can't. I've thought this whole time that it was a route 1 bird...
Wingull can also be found a few routes before you ever see Taillow in gen 3, so you could indeed say that Wingull is the true regional bird of Hoenn.
@@void7mapping711 you don't encounter any birds on Hoenn's route 1, but you do find Wingull on route 2.
@@DaSheepKiller yeayea i didn't realize that
Squakabilly is found on top of your house just after you get your pokemon and talk to your rival to fight the lachonk
I can't think of a joke involving Lechonk and "When pigs fly"
Holds the clod above my head and plays "I believe I can flyyyyy"
You must have very strong arms to be holding the 450-pound best boi that high.
@@gmsloep no need. Wanna know why? Because... I believe clod can flyyyyy!!!!!
For all intents and purposes, I do see Wattrel as the regional bird. It's not the same in terms of location, but... it's still kind of the main bird of the region, even if Flamigo is arguably more popular due to finally being the flamingo we've wanted for years. Then squawkabilly, which is just squawkabilly. It's its own thing.
What about Squawkabilly? You can find & catch 2 of them at lv. 2 on your house's roof right after the first fight with Nemona, even before she's giving you the catching tutorial, you just need to collect at least 1 of the 3 Pokeballs lying around between your and Nemona's house
Its such nice pokemon to have on 2-3rd slot early well its flying and they had good basic stat on soeed
Flechling would be considered its original bird because of Paldea and Kalos being near each other and most likely sharing the same regional bird
Flechling feels more like how Pidgey was in gen 2 despite Hoothoot existing.
i agree but wattrel is still the bird
@@goochiethanos The "generational" bird rather than "regional" bird.
I mean, many of these Pokemon belong to multiple regions... the generation is the belonging.
There's no real information to support that Kalos is near Paldea
jhoto and kanto are right beside eachother but have different regional birds so no
Gen 5: "Y'know we kinda did that? Pidove is like three routes later-"
yeah idk what the big deal is, pidove can be found at level 11, and only after the first gym so its not the first time you cant encounter a regional bird until a little later in the game.
@@sorbbae620 I hate how people say gen 5 is bad, I'm sat there like
"You know gen 6 exists right?"
Like atleast most of the Unova pokes are really decent
@@Sinnzly i actually like gen 6, i think it was actually a really ambitious entry in the series, the transition to full 3d was bound to be somewhat imperfect, and the addition of fairy types was also cool, its definitely not as amazing as many of the other games in the series but i appreciate alot of gen 6
@@sorbbae620 I don't hate the fairy type nothing of that sort, but bro the gyms are easy asf, you don't even have rivals and the elite four have less then F O U R moves. Visually for It's time beautiful.
Gen 5 is just trash. 2nd worst gen only gen 7 is worse.
Its found close to "route 1" i think but its rare just follow the first "river/brooke" you come to to the the sea where you first encounter wiglett and it spawns there
There is technically a gen 9 flying type you can obtain at one of the earliest locations that I guess you could call the regional bird and that’s Squawkabilly, which you can catch at the player’s house
They better give us 2 in gen 10 to make up for it
*three years later* they better give us 3 in gen 11 to make up for it
*six years later* They better give us 4 in gen 12 to make up for it
*nine years later* They better give us 5 in gen 13 to make up for it
12 years later they better give 6 in gen 14 to make up for it
Like gen 1 with pidgey and spearow
I think that we can instead define regional birds as the first bird pokemon we see when we start the game. Usually, these pokemon are seen either in the opening cutscene or right before you gain control. This phenomenon started during Gen 5 with pidoves when you leave the house, and Wattrel is the first flying type bird you see before the Box Arts appear. Due to that, I can consider Wattrel the Regional Bird :)
Espathra being the regional bird is a thought that cracks me up for some reason
i caught a wattrel early in the game, before even making it to a gym i think. however, it did require disobeying pokemon, a nearly dead team and backwards spam jumping on ledges
Wattrel is definitely a regional bird. Wattrell can be found near your house if you jump with Koraidon and Miraidon from the back of your house.
I think Wattrel is most likely it because of evolution, but Squawkabilly being catchable on your home right away makes me feel like it could very easily also be the regional bird.
Wait you can catch those? I had no idea I’m gonna go catch one right now just because I can. I grind speed ev’s in the water off the cliff by the house I hope I haven’t missed a shiny while passing by hahaha
Would be cool to see a regional bird that isn’t flying. Ground would be fun :)
Plot twist: smoliv is the regional bird. I mean, look at those glorious wings in its final evolution!
So fun fact you can actually encounter Squawkabilly at levels as low as 2 and while it doesn’t evolve, it’s multiple forms and stats make me think maybe it is the regional bird
I also think that because it’s also the flying taxi bird of this region and guess who else was the flying taxi bird corviknight.
It's gotta have evolutions, not forms. Squawkabily is basically just the region's Chatot.
Id like to think wattrel is the regional bird. We cant get it first route, but thats okay. You get them at the lowest level 20 which is usually gym 2 status and it has a pretty good typing. It gives me tallow vibes and i love that
The regional bird of paldea is Squarkabilly ( i forgot how to spell the name of the birb) as it can be found on the roof of the house you live in S/V playthrough.
It's the birds you find on the top of your house in the beginning
pidove can’t be found until you have a gym badge, (if i’m not mistaken) just like wattrel so i think that wattrel is the regional bird
Gamefreak really woke up one day and went: “not only are we going to break the zodiac theory, we will also break the early route bird theory”
casual fan here, what's the zodiac theory?
It’s that the fire starters are often based off Chinese zodiac animals
@philatio1744 Something along the lines of the fire starters being connected to zodiac signs, and Fuecoco ruining that
all fire starters based on animals on chinese zodiac. just search fire starter zodiac@@philatio1744
@@thesuperpan2715 cant they be creative? I think male crocodiles are called bulls.
Loved using the new bird Flamigo on the main Paldea story. You can get it very early on SV. It counts as a regional bird even without an evo.
Looking at the evolution lines of both birds, with Flamigo not evolving and Wattrel only having a single evolution, I'd say their more comparable to being their region's Farfetch'd and Spearow respectively.
In fairness, Paldea doesn't set a course on which way you must start. And Wattrel can be caught at a low enough level that you don't need any gym badges to get it to obey right away.
So technically, it can be a pokemon that you find and use early on.
If you get lucky, you can actually catch a Wattrel before getting the bike lizard. There's a flock that fly over the beach where you fight Nemona, and if they fly close enough you can catch one of them (though it'll still be level 12 while everything else is level 5-ish)
bike lizard?
@@leepikdude Koraidon/Miraidon
@@randomsnapperson8008 but why call them bike lizards
The sad part is there is so much material to use to make a good regional bird for scarlet and violet based on where the games are based off (I think either Spain or Brazil)
But not only that the closest thing we got to a early route regional bird Pokémon was a SPIDER
I choose to imagine that tinkaton killed whatever regional bird paldea had
Someone mentioned it, Squawkabilly can be found early too. There r 2 on top of your house. Ive seen a person or 2 spot them and aim and throw their ball at them.
you can get a squawkabilly on top of your house at the very beginning of the game, it has the classic normal flying type, but it doesn't evolve, so I'd say it is the closest thing to a regional bird for Paldea
Rookidee and fletchling aren't regional birds then?
Plus pidove is only available after the first gym same with taillow then there is also wingull
@@derrickmeade4891 bro all of those were made in dif gens
You can’t get to the top of your house until getting high jump Koraidon, so this doesn’t work
Gen 9 be breaking all tradition. From the professor names being tree names to no bird
Disagree on both; Profs. Sada and Turo could be the professors’ given names and their yet-to be-surname (which could be separate from each) may have something to do with a tree. Also, Wattrel can still be found relatively early and fits what a regional bird’s criteria.
There's Wingull as well, you can catch them in gen 3 in the area you first meet your rival, they're uncommon but you can catch them at lvls 2-4, though it's most likely to be 2 or 3.
Taillow also doesn’t spawn on route 101, the first route of gen 3. The earliest you can encounter it is route 104!
I believe pidove is the same
yup, the first route (in bw2 at least) only has purrloin and patrat. the next route has pidove.
Meanwhile Wingull is definitely available before that.
@@elisabethsontheimer7198 no? idk when you get wingull but pelipepper is after undella town
and the closest i can think of start-wingull is us/um where you still have to sit though the slog of cutscenes
@@orphankicker4384 Wingull is on Route 102, north of Oldale & where you fight your rival for the first time
@@aqualeadermatt so is Tailow even the real regional bird of Hoenn??
it doesn't matter if it's a regional bird. It's more important if it can FLY
I feel like it's VERY obviously Squawkabilly. it's a mascot for the region, replaces Corviknight as the taxi mon, and is even integrated into the open world theme of the region with the compass visual of the loading screen and how the compass motif informs the forms or vice versus, with the lighthouses too.
I managed to get my Wattrel, jokingly dubbed Zapdos, they have a fire tera on capture, out of a Tera raid about 30 minutes into the game, counting tutorial stuff, so I consider it an early route bird, even if I didn't find more until after mine had evolved. I had found more wattrel before I'd come across any flamigos as is
Wattrel feels like an Electric Taillow
I mean, Tailow/Swellow and Hoothoot/Noctowl and they were regional birds, so I do say that Wattrel/Kilowattrel are regional birds. You can also get them near the start if the game.
Edit: thanks people in the replies
You can catch Wattrel immediately. Go back to the beach after facing Nemona and it can be found flying along the coast
You don't even need "water driving" as they can be found at the beach in 'Southern Province 5', basically as soon as the Treasure Hunt starts you can go there and catch one at lv14.
What about Squawkabilly? Yeah i know it doesn’t evolve, however there are 4 different color variants of itself, each with very distinct habits, and they fight against other colors of their own species, so yeah
When I frist saw wattrel I thought it was a paldean taillow
The "bird" pokemon in S/V are pretty good, just looking at abilities alone. Moxie, hustle, rocky payload, volt absorb, scrappy, speed boost just to name a few.
Sqwakabilly LITERALLY perches on your roof.
IT is the Route 1 Bird.
The reason Wattrel isn't found so early is because of balance.
It learns both, Peck AND Thunder Shock before level 5. That's not something you wanna deal with for something you'd have as a potential 2nd staple member of your team.
You say that about Wattrel, but you're forgetting that Flamigo exists. Can be catchable within the first few areas you'll encounter, with levels below 10. Has the stats of a fully evolved Pokemon, amazing Attack and great Speed. It's type is arguably better than Wattrel line, Flying Fighting is one of the best offensive type combinations in the game. And it knows Peck and Double Kick at Level 5.
yeah i THINK that MAKE sense.
But, you can’t catch the squakabillies on your until you learn high jump which is waaaay later on than wattrel.
But it needs to evolve to be a regional bird. Having the stars of an already evolved regional bird isn’t enough in my opinion. (Also lv. 14 isn’t that high above lv. 10)
But your opinion is your opinion and I respect it.
Even though I think wattrel should be the regional bird I respect your opinion.
Wattrel and kilowattrel are the regional birds. One of my faves alongside talonflame and swellow
You can find wattrel st the waters edge where you fight nemona for the first time which I guess is route one or more before route 1 but it’s after the first battle
If You're Bird Is A Pre-Evolution Of A Stronger Bird. Then That's Your Bird.
Squawkabilly may be the regional bird. Considering it was given 4 forms, it seems like it got a lot of attention and detail.
Also on top of that, there are some on top of your house that are level 2
That’s saying oricorio is regional bird. Which it’s not
@caiusrushfirth1293 No you don't. I found all 4 forms outside Artazon. It requires a bit of patience. And you can aim at the ones on top of your house.
@caiusrushfirth1293check your house😂
fletchling was my pseudo ace in pokemon x. that thing whipped one of the elite four members
Tailow would actually be the one to break this tradition first if we’re getting into the nitty gritty of it. Wingull is found earlier and much more commonly.
I feel like Wingull is the TRUE regional bird of Hoenn:
1. It's found earlier than Taillow
2. Fits the Region
3. IS EVERYWHERE
AGREED. wingull is more interesting as well as it breaks the flying normal type trope, plus it suits hoenn as a water type bird lol. taillow is more like the fearow of hoenn.
Taillow only ever got picked over Wingull for the list because of the early trend of them being normal type birds. For Gens 1 and 2 it was pretty hard to argue the regional birds were anything but Pidgey and Hoothoot. Yeah Spearow was there but Pidgey was way more common. Then Gens 4 and 5 after seemed to cement the trend with Starly and Pidove. Before Gen 6, Regional Bird just meant a 2 or 3 stage normal type bird that’s found earlyish in the game, with the only outlier being if we should count Spearow or not as a second bird for Kanto. Taillow fit perfectly with this group.
Now with Gens 6, 8, and 9 the type rule was dropped leaving Taillow and Wingull in a weird spot. Taillow is traditionally the Hoenn Regional Bird, but if you lined up the list now Wingull would probably fit slightly better. If Regional Birds had just been thought of recently I have no doubt Wingull would have been the pick for Hoenn.
I only consider Taillow on the list over Wingull now because if Game Freak were intentionally made Regional Birds a trend for each Generation, it’s clear Taillow was meant to fill that role for Hoenn, despite also releasing Wingull at the same time.
Interesting
Wattrel can be found where you battle your rival for the first time on the beach.
I assumed Squawkabilly was the regional bird. You can also catch the one on your house if you can aim a ball throw there.
Squawkabilly. There is no requirement for the pokemon to evolve a certain amount of times, we can see this with Taillow. I believe the game wants Squwakabilly to be the main region's bird judging how it has several forms to catch and also can be found relatively early on, not to mention the main form of fast travel is Squawkabilly similar to how SwSh's was Corvinknight.
Currently sweeping all of Sapphire with one swole ass Swellow
Erm
a little random but ook,, lol.
On top of the player’s house are two squawkabilly’s (squawkabillies?) and when I was going through the game again, I managed to aim a pokeball from the ground and initiate a battle with them
I thought it was weird that we didn’t get a “regional bird” but I think I was more surprised that the box legendaries end up becoming our partner during the tutorial.
Scarlet and Violet, for all their flaws, have mixed things up a bit in terms of what people expect from Pokémon games. I suppose the lack of a “regional bird” was an indicator of that
Squakabilly its the litteral flying taxi mon like corviknight