Editing Chocobo (section)

==Appearances==
Across the series, chocobos are portrayed as [[Galliformes|galliform bird]]s, often with yellow feathers but also coming in other colors such as black.<ref name="GTfinalXIII"/><ref name="IGN-Evo"/> Their primary role, particularly in earlier titles, was acting as transportation for the party across the world map.<ref name="GTfinalXIII"/><ref name="GFchocobo"/> From ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' onwards, Chocobos have appeared in more substantial roles within racing minigames, and as summoned monsters.<ref name="GTfinalXIII"/><ref name="IGN-Evo"/><ref name="GFchocobo"/> Other pieces of media within the series, including ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within]]'', have featured chocobo imagery in some way.<ref name="GTfinalX"/> Several spin-off titles including ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' have included chocobos as playable or support characters.<ref name="GWIchocobo"/><ref name="GFchocobo"/> In ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XIV|XIV]]'', chocobos were included in player-focused activities, featuring them as both pets and means of transport.<ref name="ChocoXI"/><ref name="ChocoXIV"/>

Some chocobos have acted as individual characters.<ref name="GFchocobo"/><ref name="GTfinalX"/> The first was Boco, a chocobo from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' who accompanied the protagonist Bartz.<ref name="GFchocobo"/><ref name="GemCharacters4"/> Ishii was pleased with this interpretation, feeling that the developers of ''V'' had understood his intentions with the Chocobo character.<ref name="UltiIshiiChoco"/> Boco was referenced through a Chocobo character within ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', which featured multiple callbacks to earlier ''Final Fantasy'' titles.<ref name="IXboco"/> Another notable Chocobo character is [[Characters of the Final Fantasy XIII series#Chocolina|Chocolina]] from ''Final Fantasy XIII'' and its sequels ''XIII-2'' and ''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning Returns]]''.<ref name="DengChocolina"/><ref name="LRchoco"/> Originally a chocobo chick bought as a pet by character [[Characters of the Final Fantasy XIII series#Sazh Katzroy|Sazh Katzroy]], she is granted the ability to take human shape by the Goddess Etro, and takes on the role of a merchant and quest giver.<ref name="LRchoco"/><ref name="UOintXIII2"/> The chick was originally going to play a role in combat in ''Final Fantasy XIII'', but this was scrapped.<ref name="DPXIII"/> The summoned monster Odin, who serves ''Final Fantasy XIII'' protagonist [[Lightning (Final Fantasy)|Lightning]], is put in the form of a chocobo during the events of ''Lightning Returns'', with Lightning able to ride him in one of the game's areas. The developers did this to allow players to see Lightning's emotional connection with Odin.<ref name="LRXIII_U2"/> Both Boco and Chocolina, alongside other chocobo-related characters, were featured in ''[[World of Final Fantasy]]''.<ref name="WoFFcharacters"/>

Chocobos also feature in a dedicated self-titled ''Chocobo'' subseries.<ref name="RetroChoco"/><ref name="GFchocobo"/> Beginning in 1997 with ''[[Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon|Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon]]'', a spin-off of the ''[[Mystery Dungeon]]'' franchise, the series spans nearly twenty entries across game consoles and mobile platforms within multiple genres.<ref name="RetroChoco"/><ref name="RGchocobo"/><ref name="NGchocobo"/> While one of the most prolific ''Final Fantasy'' subseries in terms of games released, relatively few have been published outside Japan.<ref name="RGchocobo"/><ref name="GTfinalX"/> ''Final Fantasy XIV'' featured a chocobo character called Alpha in a questline surrounding a machine called Omega, with its design referencing Itahana's artwork and its inclusion being a homage to Chocobo's clashes with Omega within the ''Chocobo'' subseries.<ref name="PolyChocobo"/>

Within Square Enix's library, chocobos also saw playable cameo appearances in ''[[Tobal 2]]'',<ref name="Locked"/> ''[[Legend of Mana]]'',<ref name="LegendChocobo"/> and ''[[Dragon Quest X]]''.<ref name="ChocoboDQX"/> It also cameoed beyond the company in ''[[Everybody's Golf (2017 video game)|Everybody's Golf]]'',<ref name="ChocoboGolf"/> and ''[[Assassin's Creed Origins]]'' as part of a crossover with ''Final Fantasy XV''.<ref name="ChocoboCreed"/> Chocobo merchandise has been released, including a [[rubber duck]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/347724/final-fantasys-chocobo-goes-rubbery-ducky |publisher=Kotaku |title=Final Fantasy's Chocobo Goes Rubbery, Ducky |author=McWhertor, Michael |date=2008-01-22 |access-date=2008-04-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123223320/http://kotaku.com/347724/final-fantasys-chocobo-goes-rubbery-ducky |archive-date=January 23, 2008}}</ref> a plush baby Chocobo,<ref>"''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' Holiday Gift Guide '08", ''PlayStation: The Official Magazine'' 13 (Holiday 2008): 37.</ref> and coffee [[mug]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/261023/chocobo-coffee-mugs |title=Chocobo Coffee Mugs |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |date=2007-05-16 |publisher=Kotaku |access-date=2009-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426055716/http://kotaku.com/261023/chocobo-coffee-mugs |archive-date=April 26, 2009}}</ref> Square Enix designed a chocobo [[mascot|character costume]] for the release of ''[[Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales|Chocobo Tales]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/221766/chocobos-in-the-wild |title=Chocobos In The Wild |last=Fahey |first=Mike |date=2006-12-14 |publisher=Kotaku |access-date=2009-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012084423/http://kotaku.com/221766/chocobos-in-the-wild |archive-date=October 12, 2012}}</ref>