Gender

Pokémon gender was a concept introduced in Pokémon Vortex Version 3. Almost all species of Pokémon were assigned a gender, male or female, but Legendary Pokemon do not have any gender. Gender makes no difference in the stats of a Pokémon, but the gender could affect evolution paths. One such example is Nidoran (M) and Nidoran (F).

Gender-based evolutions

Certain Pokemon have to be a certain gender to evolve. Below is a list of gender and items needed for evolution.

Base Form	Item Required	Evolved Form
Kirlia Kirlia	& Male & Dawn Stone	Gallade Gallade
Snorunt Snorunt	& Female & Dawn Stone	Froslass Froslass
Burmy (Plant) Burmy (Plant)	& Female & Level 20	Wormadam (Plant) Wormadam (Plant)
Burmy (Sand) Burmy (Sand)	& Female & Level 20	Wormadam (Sand) Wormadam (Sand)
Burmy (Steel) Burmy (Steel)	& Female & Level 20	Wormadam (Steel) Wormadam (Steel)
Burmy (Plant) Burmy (Plant)	& Male & Level 20	Mothim Mothim
Burmy (Sand) Burmy (Sand)	& Male & Level 20	Mothim Mothim
Burmy (Steel) Burmy (Steel)	& Male & Level 20	Mothim Mothim
Combee Combee	& Female & Level 21	Vespiquen Vespiquen
Espurr Espurr	& Female & Level 25	Meowstic (F) Meowstic (F)
Espurr Espurr	& Male & Level 25	Meowstic (M) Meowstic (M)