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Sex Change Azurill
So, to my shock, when my Azurill evolved to Marill, it went from female to male. I Google'd this and apparently it isn't uncommon
Has this happened to anyone else? Or with any other Pokemon? Also, if a Pokemon can change sex when it evolves, can it also become Shiny? Just some thoughts... |
That is because Azurill has a 75% chance of being female, whereas Marill only has 50%. Since gender is determined by a hidden value assigned to your Pokemon during birth or encounter, that value will stay the same no matter how many times the Pokemon evolves, levels up, faints, is fed Energy Roots for fun, is put in the daycare, sent over Pal Park, etc.
What this ultimately means is that of the 75% of female Azurill, two-thirds (50% of all Azurill) will stay female when evolving, while one-third (25% of all Azurill) will change to male. You will never have male-to-female changes. |
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I got this from Bulbapedia:
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An interesting note is that although Azurill changed from female to male during evolution, when I changed now-male Marill's nickname... the small sex symbol in the corner of the nickname screen was still female. What do you make of that then?
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This would suggest that the nickname screen uses the gender flag to determine gender, while the summary uses the PID. |
omg really? I didnt know pokemon could do sex change. Is this a glitch?
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Sorry...but this never happened to me, so I can't give any good advice : / |
This is the first I've heard of this, but it seems like a plausible oversight by nintendo. I've noticed that gender ratio before. I may experiment with this if I get a chance and post the results.
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The real question is, what are you going to do with all those dresses you bought it for when it grows up?
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He can still wear them... Incase you wondered, I nicknamed it 'Ladyboy' |
Damn, I wish I could do that.
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but what about all of the ridicule it will go through during its years in school :P :t354:TG |
it happend to me once, i was so confused xD
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I bet it was just a programming error. There's no way the people making the game could've possibly thought something like this could be regarded as an easter egg.
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It's kind of interesting, though, if they wanted to, they could expand on this and perhaps put it in the Pokédex as a weird genetic thing. It'd give the Marill chain something a little unique...although weird. XD
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facinating, although I always wondered why, also azurill is the only pokemon that loses its type on evolution completly changing to a new type
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Actually, I have heard of this....
It's kind of funny to me because the Azurill-Family looks kind girly anyway.... |
Lol, I'm surprised that this still happens on D/P. Since no mammals in reality change gender, I find this really odd, and it looks like a mistake caused by the way gender values are handled.
The fix would have been extremely easy: Pick a new PV for Azurill upon evolution which conserves gender, Nature, and shininess. I guess that means it's intentional, or at least it is now. :P |
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