Talk:Urshifu (Pokémon)

Does anybody else think Gigantamax Urshifu was inspired by wrathful deities?

A wrathful deity is a ferocious defender of Buddhism who often has a very demonic appearance. This form is said to be taken by the bodhisattvas in the Underworld to judge and punish the wicked.

The reason I bring this up is because the official site describes Gigantamax Urshifu Single Strike Style as the embodiment of rage, and a divine emissary which expels evil spirits with its sheer anger, and it also says that Gigantamax Urshifu Rapid Strike Style stares at people and Pokémon so intensely they feel their souls being examined on a very personal level, while some actually feel as if they have been cleansed of the taint left behind by evil spirits

--Adelon (talk) 15:54, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

That does seem possible and that evil spirits might be possibly involved in story,--Jacob Kogan (talk) 15:56, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

I am not permitted to directly edit this page, but I'd like the above trivia about fierce deities to be added. Is it suitable for the article? On a related topic, somebody added trivia about Urshifu's typing, suggesting it had a connection to the idea of being like water, but I feel the explanation may have to be clarified somewhat. --Adelon (talk) 21:23, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Form image

The main image should have the two styles side by side like with Toxtricity. I don't have a program with transparency so I can't edit the file and merge them myself. Pallukun (talk) 00:06, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Agreed... I have uploaded Urshifu.png on the Archives for this use. --celadonk (talk) 15:26, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

I'd agree, but from what I know, the template doesnt currently allow for this to be possible without removing their single strike and rapid strike labels (in fact you'd notice the Toxtricity images don't label their forms either). Either the templates would need to change to make this possible, or they'd be merged without form labels. Lanthanum (talk) 16:52, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Basculin does it. Admittedly the Gigantamax does mess some things up, with both Toxtricity and Urshifu. Although I don't think it's as much of a problem for Urshifu since both forms have the same ability. --celadonk (talk) 17:14, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Ah true. In that case, I guess Basculin could be followed, placing short descriptions of the appearances of the different forms in the header so a user can tell which is which (for both Toxtricity and Urshifu). Lanthanum (talk) 17:32, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

In the meantime, I've made a potential update to the Pokemon Infobox template that would account for this. It can be found here. I have tested it with Toxtricity and it works. --celadonk (talk) 17:46, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Gigantamax Urshifu Single & Rapid Strike Style revealed during Pokémon Direct 1.9.2020

Um, Gigantamax Urshifu Single & Rapid Strike Style was revealed in Pokémon Direct 1.9.2020, so why not add in the images? I got them right here: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Gigantamaxurshifu1.jpg https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Gigantamaxurshifu2.jpg - BTCGBP2004 (Talk) 21:23, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Do you mind uploading those images as png files instead? --celadonk (talk) 22:40, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Ok, here they are: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Urshifu_Single_Strike-Gigantamax.png https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Urshifu_Rapid_Strike-Gigantamax.png - BTCGBP2004 (Talk) 00:28, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Great, thanks. They show up in the infobox now. (Obviously, these are only temporary until we get official art, but I think it's important to have something for now.) --celadonk (talk) 01:57, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Legendary Status

Is there an official source that states that Kubfu and Urshifu are legendaries? Because on the Pokémon Home GTS, if you tell it to filter out the results of people asking for Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, people asking for Kubfu or Urshifu are still shown, which seems to imply that they aren't Legendary Pokémon. Arqade (talk) 02:19, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

The Pokemon expansion Pass Trailer during Pokemon Direct established it was a Legendary months ago back in January. Even the official Sword and Shield Website mentions this.--Jacob9594 (talk) 02:23, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Crediting Bruce Lee for martial arts referencing water

'Rapid Strike Style's Water typing may be a reference to the "flow like water" quote by famous actor and martial artist Bruce Lee.'

I don't think this makes sense. Water is commonly referenced in martial arts. It is part of both 5 elemental systems used in East Asian cultures, as well as the 8 trigrams system. So it doesn't seem valid to credit Bruce Lee for inspiration, even in the slightest, not without proof to show a leaning that makes sense as opposed to just going by general martial arts knowledge/understanding.

Therefore, I recommend taking this line out entirely.

Shinobi (talk) 03:55, 19 June 2020 (UTC)