The
chocobo is a large
fictional bird-like
animal first featured in
Final Fantasy II and then all the following games in the
Final Fantasy series of
video games/
computer games and a few associated products. Chocobos can be ridden and used as a form of transport over otherwise unaccessible terrain. Your basic everyday chocobo is large, bright yellow and fluffy, and
meeps or
kwehs[?] gently. These yellow chocobos are capable of running very fast over level terrain but they cannot swim or fly. As the game progresses you are able to find and/or breed more advanced and skilled chocobos, which are different colours and have different skills up to and including
flight,
desert-crossing,
swimming in shallow water and swimming in oceans.
Chocobos are also used to support gambling through Chocobo Races (players bet on which chocobo will win). There is also a separate Chocobo Racing game in which you breed, train and race your own chocobo birds.
A spin-off product Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon also features chocobos.