How would Bird-type be any different from Flying-type?
>>25619438
They wouldn't be any different, the only reason they went with "flying" over "bird" is because bugs, clouds, cotton spores, air, and other such things can fly too, not just birds.
Because then they would only give it to birdlike pokémon, and not to bats, bugs and balloon.
>>25619438
Hoothoot and Noctowl would still be Flying Type.
Scyther, Aerodactyl, Butterfree, Zubat, Dragonite.
All from Gen 1
>>25619524
>>25619438
bird type would mean exclusively birds
Butterfree is not a bird, Dragonite is not a bird
they fly instead, but are not birds
Better question is what the differences in type effectiveness would be. Flying is neutral to bug, bird is super effective against bug.
>>25621262
I'd like to know this too.
>>25619438
Because Flying-type can refer to things like tornadoes and wind spirits rather than just birds.
>>25621656
>implying tornadoes can fly
Quite simple: Gen I implemented the Bird type as the Flying type at first but then would be removed for the latter as a way of giving Flying to non-bird Pokemon like Charizard and Dragonite, and later Noctowl and Jumpluff. Gen I has them be similar to the ??? type in that it's neutral to everything offensively and defensively
Most important thing, however, is we don't see the Flying type as a bird type, but rather the Normal type be the birds gifted with the capabilities of flight. This is why no Pokemon was pure-Flying until Tornadus, who represented the element itself without being based on something else
If there were more wind elementals, there would be more mono-Flying types
Blaziken would be retyped as Bird/Fighting
>>25622056
>not Fire/Bird
It's the FIRE start. No way it's dropping its Fire-typing.
>>25619438
Missingno is Bird type. Look it up, it's not Flying, it's Bird.
>>25621695
I feel Swablu should've been pure Flying. It felt more like a wind elemental and not just a bird.
>>25621695
>Noctowl
Poorly concealed and too late, fucboii.
>>25619438
All the Normal/Flyings would be Bird/Flying, except Doduo/Dodrio who would be pure Bird. Most other birds would probably be OtherType/Bird like Dark/Bird Murkrow and Fire/Bird Moltres/Ho-Oh/Talonflame.
Bird would probably be super effective to Bug and Water and weak to Rock while Flying becomes neutral to Bug and Rock.
