IGN called it a "fine choice at low levels" and good HP and "fairly balanced overall stats", but lacks staying power.
>http://www.ign.com/wikis/pokemon-red-blue-yellow-version/Farfetch%27dIGN's Pokémon Chick called it "really, really terrible". She recommended that anyone who wanted a Normal/Flying type pass it over and wrote "there's nothing Farfetch'd can do that some other Pokemon can't do about twenty times better". She did however write that players who were "in search of a unique Pokemon with loads of personality" might want to give Farfetch'd a try.