I'm finding the cries of Chocobo Plagiarism coming from Burning Crusade beta testers a little bit hard to swallow. On the left, note a Chocobo... I assume from Final Fantasy XII. On the right, a beefy, testosterone-infused cockatrice, the Blood Elf race's new mount.

Yes, they are both birds. An astute observation. Similarly, you can ride one, just like you can ride an ostrich. But I'm not sure rideable bird is so unique a concept that it can be patented. Florian Eckhardt

Final Fantasy Chocobos VS World of Warcraft Blood Elf Mounts - [Video Games Blogger]

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