Talk:Ho-Oh

Ho-oh[edit]

Why did Ho-oh appear in the first episode? Is it foreshadowing the Gold and Silver games? The 100 new pokemon?? Every time I see that scene I get so confused on why they showed Ho-oh??

It's all of those. It's basically to show that there are still Pokémon to be discovered. And, as mentioned in the article, it shadows Feng-Huang in showing itself to those who are supposed to become great heroes or sages. MasterXiam 22:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It probably had nothing to do with the Gold and Silver games. Even if Nintendo was already working on them in early '97, the anime producers probably didn't know about them. It was probably just a Pokémon based on the Fenghuang. Then Nintendo decided to incorporate it into the new games. The anime introduced double battles long before Ruby and Sapphire too, so the transfer of ideas between the games & anime isn't entirely one way. 68.47.234.131 00:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Certain people say that Ho-oh was supposed to be in the original games, planned from the beginning, but was edited out. Arcanine was also supposed to be a legendary (Episode 2 has a picture of Arcanine with the Legendary Birds)

er... guys? the Hōō is also a major mythical beast in the japanese mythology, based on the chinese Fenghuang... it's not like the pokemon people invented it... maybe at least some mention of this would be in order, don't you think? 213.172.234.103 13:40, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- I don't think the Japanese Ho-oh needs a separate article from Fenghuang, and it's mentioned in the first paragraph. Kappa 04:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

agreed. thanks for the edit. (as far as that goes, maybe the site for the chinese phoenix could use a sentence or two describing any possible differences between the chinese and the japanese bird) it was a minor quibble anyway, i was just slightly surprised to come to this site looking for mythology info and find a rabid fan site centered on a cartoon character and totaly oblivious to the actual mythological origins of it.213.172.246.86 13:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In light of your comment I've created a disambiguation page which should be less confusing to non-pokemon fans. Kappa 13:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GBA BASE[edit]

HO-oh is found in pokemon gold and silver

Congratulations, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. Blue Mirage 08:21, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ho-Oh or Ho-oh?[edit]

Which is it? Both seem to be used in the article. Ryulong 22:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's Ho-oh. Just trust me. Unknown Shadow 14:58, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. It's Ho-Oh. You must bring your source otherwise.

The text written on the back side of the Game Boy Advance Video that contains the episodes For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll and A Hot Water Battle has it written that way. Picture.
Nintendo's page for this game refers to this legendary Pokémon as Ho-Oh. Nintendo page for the GBA video game pak.
Pokémon TCG Official Site also uses this denomination. Pictures: 1 & 2.
Pokémon Center also uses this spelling on its item pages. Pages: 1 & 2

This article's title and all the appearances of the Ho-oh name have to be rewritten. Please discuss this as soon as possible. Nidorino 04:02, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Even the article shows a card with Ho-Oh on it (including its name). It's spelled Ho-Oh, naturally: (picture page). In the game, every Pokémon's species name is written in upper case (like HO-OH); that's why there's no way to tell the correct spelling of this name. Somebody discuss this soon. Nidorino 06:16, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pic[edit]

what happened to image? Shandris^the ^azylean 19:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question?[edit]

I didn't saw Ho-oh fighting in the episodes and Movies of Pokemon that I saw, So did Ho-oh fought any Pokemon or used any of his Attacks, Also did Ash met Ho-oh colsely like other Pokemons (Mew, Mewtwo, Luigia, etc).Astrys 22:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ho-oh did a fly-by at the end of the very first anime episode. As far as I can tell, it hasn't participated in any battles yet. -SaturnYoshi 00:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see, But why they didn't create a movie for Ho-oh until now, Ho-oh is a pokemon after all I can't find a reason for why they didn't make Ho-oh participate in any battle, Also since Ho-oh didn't fought any Pokemon is it that the designers create his attacks just for games?, I really hope that the designers would make a movie about Ho-oh because I want to know much about the life of this Pokemon, I want to see Ho-oh fighting because I want to know if he is a very strong pokemon or what? Astrys 20:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not real sure if they ever plan on featuring Ho-oh in the anime in any battles. I doesn't seem to be a popular choice, probably because of the already established fire bird, Moltres. Then again, maybe it's not long now before it gets it's own movie. Raikou has not been centralized in any movie either. And the Groudon in the Jirachi movie wasn't a real Pokémon. -Saturn Yoshi ^{THE VOICES} 02:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hoopoe?[edit]

Do you think Hoopoe in the mythical sense was an inspiration for this creature? Siyavash 18:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, given its attacks and the fact it's a fire type, it's more likely the Phoenix was the inspiration. Further, none of the Ho-Oh's traits match the Hoopoe's mythical connotations. -Jeske ^{(v^_^v)} 18:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Biological Characteristics[edit]

There is about a paragraph and a half of game information that has nothing to do with Ho-Oh's biological characteristics at all. This should be removed or put into a different subject. HaLoGuY007 02:11, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sacred Fire[edit]

I thought Ho-Oh learned Sacred Fire in Generation III games, just at level 77. Anyone confirm this? Currently the article says or implies that Ho-Oh doesn't learn it at all in Generation III and to some extent IV. crazyviolinist 16:43, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would check the official strategy guides, but remember that we can't be specific on what levels it learnes moves, even sig moves. -Jeske ^{(v^_^v)} 18:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It learns it, but no longer at basic level.Eriorguez 18:15, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Protected?[edit]

Hi, I noticed this page was fully protected. I otherwise wouldn't care but it is a double redirect. Can an administrator or hacker please fix it? Thanks. ^Tezkag₇₂ 21:42, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]