Ursaring
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In the fictional Pokémon universe, Ursaring (リングマ Ringuma in Japan, also called Ursaring in Germany and France) is a bear Pokémon that evolves from Teddiursa. It is the larger of the two bear Pokemon (three if you count Spinda).
Ursaring's name is composed of ursa (the latin term for bear) and ring (a reference to the ring upon its belly).
Its Japanese name is Ringuma, a portmaneau of the English word ring and the Japanese word guma, a form of kuma, which is Japanese for bear.
Biology
Although it is large, it is actually an arboreal pokémon, able and willing to climb trees and sleep in their canopies. Its claws are somewhat modified from a real-world bear's for this task.Unlike its unevolved form, Teddiursa, Ursaring is a forager, although it is known to eat meat (including other Pokémon) when hungry. Ursaring also differs from Teddiursa in that while its unevolved form requires periodic supplements of food during the winter (for which it stores nuts and berries), Ursaring can sleep through an entire winter without food.
Ursaring is also an accomplished digger, and it often digs for potatoes, truffles, or other such vegetables to eat. Although it is a digger, it does not naturally sleep in caves.
Ursaring's scence of smell is among the most developed of all Pokémon; it can detect subtle differences in scents. For this reason, Ursaring is sometimes used by police in the Pokémon universe, both as a strong enforcer, and as an explosive-sniffing Pokémon.
Video games
Ursaring can be found in four games. In Pokémon Gold, it can be found on Victory Road, Mt. Silver, and Route 28. In Pokémon Crystal, it can be found on the Blackthorn City side of the Dark Cave and in the Silver Cave. In Pokémon Colosseum, it can be Snagged in the Team Snagem Hideout after defeating Evice and completing the game.Ursaring, in all games, learns nine moves: six Normal-type, one Ghost-type, one Dark-type, and one Psychic-type. Of these moves, four are physical moves (Scratch at level 1, Fury Swipes at level 15, Slash at level 36, and Snore at level 43), one is an alteration move (Leer at level 1), two are special moves (Lick at level 8 and Faint Attack at level 22), one is a healing move (Rest at level 29), and one is a maintenance move (Thrash at level 50). As a Normal-type Pokémon, Ursaring is considered a jack-of-all-trades in that it can learn a variety of attacks, including the Rest-Snore combo; the only other Pokémon in Pokémon Gold and Silver that natrually learned these two moves was Snorlax.
Its attack power is in the top 10 of all Pokémon.
In the movie Pokémon 4Ever, Ursaring is one of the Pokémon which guides Ash and company to the injured Celebi.
In the trading card game
Ursaring, as a stage 1 colorless Pokémon, has appeared in the following sets:- Neo Discovery
- Neo Destiny (as Dark Ursaring)
- Skyridge
- EX Unseen Forces
References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and
External links
- [Official Pokémon website]
- [Bulbapedia] (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Ursaring as a species
- *[Serebii.net]’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Ursaring
- [Pokémon Dungeon] Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- [PsyPoke] - Ursaring Pokédex entry and Usage Overview
- [Smogon.com] - Ursaring Tactical Data
- *[WikiKnowledge.net’s] entry for Previously hosted by Wikibooks
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