to cool the ancient travelers maybe travel from region to region maybe make have ways to keep of forms ancients/fossil pokemon able to still be around. maybe artificial regions of forgotten ancient pokemon?
To be fair, Ursaluna is finally the first bear Pokémon after over 25 years to be quadrupedal by nature instead of bipedal like Ursaring, Beartic, Pangoro and Urshifu. That by its self is weirdly refreshing to me ^^
An update! or BFC! (Bonus Fact Comment) I have learned that "Iroquois" is technically a slur, and I apologize for that. Many official sources still use it to this day, hense my ignorance. They rarely use the term themselves, and use "Haudenosaunee“ instead. Iroquois translates as "snake people” and was used by Algonguins -a rival nation- as a derogatory way of referring to them. I guess when the foreigners moved in and started documenting all the 'tribes' they used an Algonguin source to get the names of many, and it just sort of stuck. Pretty unfortunate.
Teddiursa: Adorable little munchkin that you could hug for hours. Ursaring: Intimidating and dangerous grouchy beast. Ursaluna: Humungous lump of love covered in dirt.
10:29 For the record, in case any one wants to evolve their Ursaring, you don't have to do so in the Crimson Mirelands. It evolves with a Peat Block under the Full Moon in any of the 5 major areas (and even the Ancient Retreat and Jubilife Village). It's just that the Sludge Mound in the Crimson Mirelands is a really good spot for watching for the Full Moon. Better than the Moonview Arena, ironically.
I don’t know why I keep hearing that same method to evolving Ursaing into Ursaluna in the video. Like you mentioned someone literally needs a full moon, any of the areas work so as long as you got the peat block. But it’s not the first time I’ve heard this and I’m kinda wondering why that’s been spread around that you need to do it in the Crimson Mirelands or in that area bit specifically Moonview Arena during a full moon. Because this misinformation for Ursaluna is honestly a bit widespread and it’s really confusing on why.
From what I've heard of the Ursa minor/major constellation Zeus apparantly grabbed the bears by their tail, swung them around like bear bola's, and chucked them into the sky to become the constellations they are today. Their tails stretched out thanks to this weird ascension method. Dunno if it's true or not, but it's pretty funny nonetheless
Pretty much all of the constellations are up there cause Zeus or some other god yeeted an animal into outer space. According to Greco-Roman mythologies.
@@danviferahr1426 Yeah. He screwed Kallisto, Juno/Hera turned her into a bear, her own son hunted her down, and to stop this, Kallisto became Ursa Major and her son Ursa Minor.
When I first saw Ursaluna's design in the leaks, I thought it looked really ugly. But after seeing it in-game and watching this video, I have a new-found appreciation for it. :)
I use a ursaluna in my team whom I named Mama Bear when she evolved into ursaring from teddiursa (previous name being Teddy I'm not a clever person) she's amazing and I love her with all my heart her sleeping animation is adorable Edit:in hindsight I should have named her Baby bear when I caught her as a teddiursa
I live in Canada, so I grew up with the Iroquois version of the legend, and it is by far my favourite one. The three hunters set off to kill the massive bear that has been terrorizing their village. when they find it, the bear runs. The hunters chase the agile bear so fast for so long that they eventually end up in the sky, explaining why the constellation is there. About once a year, the hunters are finally able to hit the bear with an arrow or two, and the blood drips down onto the earth. turning the trees leaves red and causing them to fall, and autumn begins. Edit: now that I think about it, although a huge stretch, ursaluna’s red shiny could be a reference to the blood that recolours the leaves.
Fun Fact: ALL FULLY EVOLVED Bear Pokémons are Weak to Fighting Types ? But Why ? Bears are Strong and Fierce and The Strongest Land Predators Due To Their Huge Size. They’re Supposed To Be Superior To Fighting Type Pokémons, Not The Other Way Around.
The amount of depth that went into Ursaluna's design, plus the fact they optimized its BST.. my God, this Pokemon is an absolute MONSTER and has carried my Legends run. It delivered in my opinion
I would have to say Ursaluna is my favorite of the new evos we got for legends. I love that I was able to get use one in my play through and then got a shiny before the final boss.
just for the record, needing to be in the crimson mirelands isn't one of the requirements for evolving ursaring, you just gotta do the peat block during full moon thing
Decidueye's name comes from deciduous trees trees's leaves that turn red in autumn and die in the winter. Given Hisui is considered the coldest region.... Decidueye's leaves either turned red, or died off. so its leaves cannot form it's usual hood. so best it can do is a hat.
Ancient Bears actually split into the families of modern canines AND bears... Bear-Wolves were terrifying. Take a bear, give it the hunting capabilities, pack mentality, and fangs & claws of a wolf, and you have the makings of the biggest predatory mammals to roam the earth... (Luckily they only existed for a few 1,000~ years)
Here in Canada, we learn about many Iroquois legends, and the reason why the constellation has a long tail is a legend. According to it, many years ago, bears had long tails and would constantly brag about it. This annoyed Fox. The fox, the mischievous animal of the forest, tells bear if he uses his tail in the hole of a freezing lake, a huge fish will bite it and let bear pull it up with his tail and would feed him for years. Bear believed this and sat with his tail in the cold water for days. Eventually, the hole froze over his tail and if bear didn’t want to starve he had to rip part of his tail off. He never bragged again.
my daughter (2 years) has a Teddiursa plush. she really likes him. She also says Teddiursa is my pokemon. cute that it actually comes full circle. A pokemon based on a teddy bear that is used as a teddy bear. by the way Ursaluna is great.
I got a shiny Teddiursa pretty early on so I got my shiny Ursaluna through my whole playthrough which really endeared me to it. I named her Goldie after Goldielocks lol. The combination of her being a huge terrifying bear and making constant doofy faces is so endearing tbh.
I love that while, the mud on Ursaluna's head looks like clouds in front of the full moon marking you can argue that they look like eye brows. Should be a Rock Type.
It literally evolves with peat, which is compressed mud and organic material. Also a normal rock type would've been 4x weak to fighting so no thank you lol
@@TheLuckOfTheClaws That was pedantic you knew what I meant but you got me lol Basically I usually just use the term half moon or crescent moon interchangeably unless specifically referring to the actual phases of the real moon. But that's how I always interpreted it. The ring itself is a reference to moon bears so they gave it's unevolved form of crescent moon to signify its immaturity
@@Thunderblock7889 how is that a mistake I never said they were related I just that Ursaring was based on them because they have that circle pattern on their chest
another bit of knowledge. Ever notice that aside from Urshifu, all bear pokemon are weak to fighting type? That's because of the trope in Japan of a martial artist going into the mountain to train while fighting bears.
I'm guessing the reason you don't see Ursaluna in the future is because the swamplands of Hisui have dwindled or become nonexistent. Making the Peat Blocks or just the peat in general rare or nonexistent too. So Ursaluna didn't exactly die out, Ursaring just didn't have the means to evolve anymore due to modern human expansion.
Interestingly enough it was the German company Steiff to popularize the stuffed animal toy: Margarete Steiff was a seamstress that in 1880 started selling pincushions shaped like animals, the first model being an elephant-shaped one. Children used them as toys however and that's why she decided to sell them as such. Her nephew Richard gave the company an huge boost creating stuffed animals from drawings he made at the zoo. He designed a bear stuffed animal in 1902, several months before and indipendently from Michtom in New York. Then the whole Teddy Bear craze started and the rest is history. By 1907 Steiff manufactured 974,000 bears, while Michtom founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, later Ideal Toy.
Ursaluna is my favourite new pokemon in pokemon legends arceus. Also polar bears and brown bears have been crossbreeding each from time to time for millenia. The average brown bear contains 2 percent polar bear dna and some populations of brown bears have as high as 10 percent polar bear dna
that bit about raising the bear got me thinking… is that what mai and her munchlax are doing? obviously minus the killing it part, but it feels possible, considering the snorlax line are also inspired by bears, and munchlax is naturally a baby bear
My guess for Ursaluna replacing Stoutland as the item finding and digging Pokemon is likely because bears are caniforms, and if you really think about it they're just dogs who can safely eat more plants who's size and physical traits are all cranked up to like 50/10.
Polaris hasn't been the north star for eons, the north celestial pole actually moves around a lot over a period of 25,700 years. Back in Ancient Egypt, the north star was either Thuban in the constellation Draco, or the midpoint between Mizar in Ursa Major and Kochab in Ursa Minor!
If ursaluna were too be part of this evolution line in the future, I can imagine that either Galar, Kalos or even the new Paldea would be this line's real home region since european brown bears had a history with the moon and these countries have history with the bears too🐻
I would also think a fighting type unovan form of these pokemon based purely on grizzly bears and perhaps have a separate evolution of this form of ursaring called, Ringrizzly: The Grizzly Bear Pokemon( A fighting/ground type)🐻🍯🌲
The part about Ainu taking in bear cubs to raise as one of their own reminds of how Mai said that she and Munchlax were raised together as siblings. I assume that's supposed to be indicative of the native's philosophy regarding Pokémon in general, but they did choose another bear Pokémon to serve as an example of that.
Fun Fact: ALL FULLY EVOLVED Bear Pokémons are Weak to Fighting Types ? But Why ? Bears are Strong and Fierce and The Strongest Land Predators Due To Their Huge Size. They’re Supposed To Be Superior To Fighting Type Pokémons, Not The Other Way Around.
One lore thing I think was forgotten in this video was Ursaluna's "extinction." If I remember correctly nearly if not all Hisui regional variants are suppose to not longer exist, so what in-game lore reason made them no longer exist in the present day? Out of game Gnoggin did explain about that sacrificial ritual leading to the Ezo Bear becoming endangered, but I wonder if the in game lore has it's own explanation for that.
Ursaluna has quickly become one of my absolute favorite Pokémon! I loved Teddiursa and Ursaring already but they were kind of boring designwise. Ursaluna being quadruped is awesome and makes it stand out a lot from the other bear Pokémon.
12:20 I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the nature trails in Japan during this point. Almost all trails in Japan have bell checkpoints in key locations where bear activity is observed. You are meant to ring the bells to ward any nearby bears away. This is likely one of the factors in why there are so few modern bear attacks... That and how several of the mountainous areas, where most activity is highest, are now mostly ruins thanks to modernization. A few locals still live in those areas, but most left when the dams were constructed.
I loved my teddy bear when I was a kid. Also the biggest issue with Teddiursa/Ursaring in Gen 2 was how difficult it is to catch. That Religious Ceremony is horrible but raising a Bear Cub would be cool but not harming it.
What I love about the whole Teddiursa line is among all of the magical creatures that can breathe fire or generate electricity, this one's special ability is just being a bear, and it works
I named my ursaluna Papa Bear. He's not shiny but after all the work I put in trying to figure out how to evolve him without looking it up he definitely has a special place in my heart
The pictures of a sun bear and a moon bear are killing me. Sun bear looks all derpy and moon bear looks like a wise old sage about to give wisdom to a young hero in a dark and desperate time.
As a fellow lover of the Usidae family, and Ground being my second favorite Pokemon typing, Usaluna may just be one of my, if not my absolute favorite new Hisuian form/evolution.
What i am hyped about is eviolite Ursaring, it will make it easier for it to get a sword dance, and if you use it with rest, sleep talk and facade with the Quick feet ability, it could be a fun set
@@manuelromero8837 I doubt they'll just abandon them to the aether. It's already confirmed that Hisuian Pokemon are transferrable to Scarlet and Violet (Hisuian Zoroark was in the trailer) so they could always incorporate some form of time travel or something to explain them still existing.
You should talk about the Bear story in Hokkaido (aka Sinnoh/Hisui)!!! Ursaluna opens up all the bear pokes evolving again...or old pokes evo (like Sinnoh/Hisui) did!
The novelette "The Bear With a Knot On His Tail" by Stephen Tall involves one of the ursid stars. The best way to find a copy is in a used paperback copy of "The Stardust Voyages", roughly $6 USD online. The story is truly heart wrenching, and it was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1972. Worth tracking down a copy.
Correction, modern bears don't have tails that long. Bear's are surprisingly closely related to wild dogs and wolves. As a result, we have fossil dog-bears and bear-dogs a good chunk of which basically look like bears with long tails.
iyonamte literally means "let it go" or "send it away" referring to sending the spirit of the kimkamuy to the heavens that's something we learned in my Ainu class this week
A little more about the fact that so many different cultures see the Bear constellations in the sky. There is a lot of hypothesis that it's not that different cultures all decided that this was a bear in the sky, but that for literal tens of thousands of years, people have considered that constellation to be a bear. We're all continuing a tradition that dates back to the first humans roaming Asia and Europe far before the dawn of civilization.
Ursaluna evolving from a Peat Block when it’s a full moon makes a lot of sense considering that Teddiursa and Ursaring have moon shaped markings on their bodies. Strange how it took so long for a evolution related to the moon to be introduced.
Maybe it is mentionned (probably not) Ursaluna's French name is Ursaking Which makes absolutely not sense and I would like to know why the localisation team made that choice
This reminds me of the disney film Brother Bear Great Video Lockstin. This Video also reminds of Hannah Barbera's Yogi Bear, Paddington, Boog from Open Season and Vincent from Over the Hedge
You miss the reference of Onikuma, a Moon bear Yokai. His legend says that he lives in the mountains (something Hisui has a lot of) and hunts cattle. The only way to kill one of these is with a prison made using a specific tree trunk. Tree refers to Grass type, Ground type has weakness to gra
It’s weirdly nice to have a moon-themed Pokémon without moon powers. Fits Ursaring’s aesthetic and attitude. Sure, you can manipulate dirt. That’s a bear thing. I’d like to imagine it’s nocturnal and just scavenges for bodies.
Ursaluna is one of those Pokemon I can't but love for cultural reason. Bear that evolves through peat? That just screams Finnish to my soul! If Game Freak ever end up creating a region based on Fenno-Scandia, Teddiursa line is a big must. Region without it would be like Galar without the Lillipup line... waaaait a minute. Jokes aside, the cultural importance is too great to not include it. Let's hope they do Spain, Portugal and the Basque justice with gen 9 first, though :)
Also, I saw another cnnection within Usaluna's design and such. A Full Moon activates Usaring's evolution into Ursaluna could strike parallel to the Tale of Werewolves and such. Like, Ursaring is a BIPEDAL bear with a more humanoid appearance, and Ursaluna basically becomes a more beastial form. That's my Two cents.
I once read that bears used to have long tails, but through evolution they lost it. So that's why most of bears in mythology have long tails. But I never checked it deeply
I can *bearly* contain all the information in this video. Bad puns aside, Teddiursa and Ursaring have to be some of my favourite Johto Pokemon. I think they have pretty solid designs. Ursaluna....I'm not too big on. It's design just isn't for me.
Just a minor note, you don't have to evolve Ursaluna in the Crimson Mirelands. I evolved mine in the Highlands during a full moon as a quick way to test for full moon when trying to complete the Clefairy request.
Fun fact, Ursaluna's name references the moon in every language except in French, where it's just called Ursaking for some reason. If anyone from the French localization team is reading this, there's a reason why I've been playing the games in English the whole time.
I *love* Ursaluna and got so attached to an alpha I had during my playthrough. It's so cute when it does its little happy dance when it finds treasure. Like, yes queen find those 5 balls of mud.
I really don't think those things on Ursaluna's face are its eyebrows. They never move them, they're always stuck in one place. I think it's just peat.
@@astrisperspecto4130 well wibbly wobbly time shenanigans sent the player back with a god infused smart phone and fossils can literally be brought back to life. I think scientist can rediscover the power to bring back ancient hisui forms.
"When in the Crimson Mirelands" is an odd bit of misinformation on Bulbapedia when it comes to Ursaluna's evolution method. It's just a Peat Block in a Full Moon; I've evolved it in the Coronet Highlands just fine before. I really love Ursaluna though, and I'm glad to see this video out!
I absolutely love Ursaluna! Teddiursa and Ursaring have been favorites of mine since a kid growing up with Crystal. Crystal let me get phanpy and teddiursa early on and those two became endeared to my childhood. Does make ya wonder what a Donphan evolution ought to be, if we ever get the counterpart. It is strange yet refreshing that so many pairs and counterpart duos have had their relationships change. Mega Beedrill and Giga Butterfree, Mega Pidgeot and regular old Fearow. And since xy they've also remixed several pairings, sometimes acknowledging logical pairings that are similar archetypes throughout the generations, like houndoom and liepard. Great video Lockstin, as always. Looking forward to avalugg bc I LOVE that line too.
I love Ursaluna's design, mainly for the more quadrupedal, feral, bulky look. Someone else mentioned it, but it's nice to have a bear pokemon actually look and feel like a bear. And I love how when Ursaluna finds an object, they do a little happy gesture on their hind legs c: Also glory to Big Bertha, the indestructible JPEG bear
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to cool the ancient travelers maybe travel from region to region maybe make have ways to keep of forms ancients/fossil pokemon able to still be around. maybe artificial regions of forgotten ancient pokemon?
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10:10 Hopi: "Sweeter"
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00:18 Joonie: "Cooler"
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To be fair, Ursaluna is finally the first bear Pokémon after over 25 years to be quadrupedal by nature instead of bipedal like Ursaring, Beartic, Pangoro and Urshifu. That by its self is weirdly refreshing to me ^^
Stufful is quadrupedal.
@@KalleBerendijk Completely forgot about Stufful, myself, honestly.
@@KalleBerendijk stufful is a red panda not a bear
@@astrowyrm6871 It's a bit of both
@@astrowyrm6871 stufful is a stuffed animal, nuff said.
An update! or BFC! (Bonus Fact Comment) I have learned that "Iroquois" is technically a slur, and I apologize for that. Many official sources still use it to this day, hense my ignorance. They rarely use the term themselves, and use "Haudenosaunee“ instead. Iroquois translates as "snake people” and was used by Algonguins -a rival nation- as a derogatory way of referring to them. I guess when the foreigners moved in and started documenting all the 'tribes' they used an Algonguin source to get the names of many, and it just sort of stuck. Pretty unfortunate.
Oh cholera czy to Freddy fazbear for them
Teddiursa: Adorable little munchkin that you could hug for hours.
Ursaring: Intimidating and dangerous grouchy beast.
Ursaluna: Humungous lump of love covered in dirt.
Winnie the Pooh- Teddiursa
Winnie Says Shoo- Ursaring
Winnie Loves You- Ursaluna
@think differently shut, why keep spamming that link
Ursaluna reminds me of a turkey 🦃
@@heriknogueiracezar8945 it’s a bot
Kind of like the Slaking line's personality shift.
10:29 For the record, in case any one wants to evolve their Ursaring, you don't have to do so in the Crimson Mirelands.
It evolves with a Peat Block under the Full Moon in any of the 5 major areas (and even the Ancient Retreat and Jubilife Village).
It's just that the Sludge Mound in the Crimson Mirelands is a really good spot for watching for the Full Moon.
Better than the Moonview Arena, ironically.
Absolutely correct. Works in any area actually. Can even evolve it at the retreat or back in jublife village.
@@vinny4765 Really? I was gonna include those, but I haven't experimented around with it, so I wasn't sure. That's why I said "the 5 major areas".
I don’t know why I keep hearing that same method to evolving Ursaing into Ursaluna in the video. Like you mentioned someone literally needs a full moon, any of the areas work so as long as you got the peat block. But it’s not the first time I’ve heard this and I’m kinda wondering why that’s been spread around that you need to do it in the Crimson Mirelands or in that area bit specifically Moonview Arena during a full moon. Because this misinformation for Ursaluna is honestly a bit widespread and it’s really confusing on why.
@@Fujoshi1412 I suppose there it is first found so people connect these two
I evolved my Ursaring in Deadwood Haunt not realising that there were areas where you could easily track the moon.
I like how Ursaluna's face is basically a full moon with the fur or dirt around it resembling clouds. Very nice touch :)
I... Think those are eyebrows.. But,I agree.
@@shinywhimsicott3047 Yeah I just found out while watching the video :)
@@shinywhimsicott3047 I think it's supposed to be both
Does the anti-bear circle work?
@@akumaking1 Yes, but not against the Sea Rhinoceros.
From what I've heard of the Ursa minor/major constellation Zeus apparantly grabbed the bears by their tail, swung them around like bear bola's, and chucked them into the sky to become the constellations they are today. Their tails stretched out thanks to this weird ascension method. Dunno if it's true or not, but it's pretty funny nonetheless
@Malakai Blue yeah
Pretty much all of the constellations are up there cause Zeus or some other god yeeted an animal into outer space.
According to Greco-Roman mythologies.
Ancient space yeet
Did he... you know... Zeus them too?
@@danviferahr1426 Yeah. He screwed Kallisto, Juno/Hera turned her into a bear, her own son hunted her down, and to stop this, Kallisto became Ursa Major and her son Ursa Minor.
When I first saw Ursaluna's design in the leaks, I thought it looked really ugly. But after seeing it in-game and watching this video, I have a new-found appreciation for it. :)
I use a ursaluna in my team whom I named Mama Bear when she evolved into ursaring from teddiursa (previous name being Teddy I'm not a clever person) she's amazing and I love her with all my heart her sleeping animation is adorable
Edit:in hindsight I should have named her Baby bear when I caught her as a teddiursa
I always liked Ursaluna
I live in Canada, so I grew up with the Iroquois version of the legend, and it is by far my favourite one. The three hunters set off to kill the massive bear that has been terrorizing their village. when they find it, the bear runs. The hunters chase the agile bear so fast for so long that they eventually end up in the sky, explaining why the constellation is there. About once a year, the hunters are finally able to hit the bear with an arrow or two, and the blood drips down onto the earth. turning the trees leaves red and causing them to fall, and autumn begins.
Edit: now that I think about it, although a huge stretch, ursaluna’s red shiny could be a reference to the blood that recolours the leaves.
That is such a good story. Thanks for that because I love learning stories from different cultures
I remember learning about this in the bonus section of the Brother Bear DVD haha
I’ve been waiting for a (good) final evolution for Teddiursa for years. I’m so glad Ursaluna delivered.
yeah, this whole Johto revamp project that GF have been doing since Sinnoh is really cool, Johto-mons *need it*
@@artist0154 now if we can only get evolution for Dunsparce please!
Fun Fact: ALL FULLY EVOLVED Bear Pokémons are Weak to Fighting Types ? But Why ? Bears are Strong and Fierce and The Strongest Land Predators Due To Their Huge Size. They’re Supposed To Be Superior To Fighting Type Pokémons, Not The Other Way Around.
I genuinely think Ursaluna has launched its entire line into being one of my favourites.
A lot more effort went into Ursaluna than you'd first think, huh? And that's saying something. They definitely didn't do the bear minimum.
*ba dum tss*
I'm sure we bearly scratched the surface of Ursaluna's origins.
I can't bear these puns...
Jeez, these puns are *beary* good!
The amount of depth that went into Ursaluna's design, plus the fact they optimized its BST.. my God, this Pokemon is an absolute MONSTER and has carried my Legends run. It delivered in my opinion
BanchoLeomon VS Ursaluna!!!!Focus Punch Vs Flash Bancho Punch!!!!Who Wins?!?!?
It’s also likely gonna save Scarlet and Violet OU from Toxapex
I love Bertha, the JPEG Bear and if you don't... *you'll need to be lucky she not holding a Flame Orb.*
We can never escape Big Bertha the JPEG Bear can we?
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Guts Flame Orb sets are going to be terrifying.
I can't wait.
I would have to say Ursaluna is my favorite of the new evos we got for legends. I love that I was able to get use one in my play through and then got a shiny before the final boss.
It's so good
On top of that it’s stats are spectacular!
Ursaluna has the coolest design, overqwil has coolest name. Decidueye has coolest signature move
@@Bobzilla2023 that things going to go nuts in trick room XD
hot take: it's the second worst new pokemon/form, the worst one is obviously origin Palkia
just for the record, needing to be in the crimson mirelands isn't one of the requirements for evolving ursaring, you just gotta do the peat block during full moon thing
That's painful to hear
Yeah, I evolved mine in Jubilife Village
@@mro.p.9093 I mean using an item at night to evolve a Pokemon isn't a new concept (see Weevile and Gliscor).
Yup, I evolved mine in Cobalt Coastlands while waiting for Thundurus.
Yep. I evolved mine in the Corner Highlands while doing the Clefairy quest lol
15:25
I love how that Machoke was running away from Ursaluna, it's so freaking hilarious.
Happy to see for Hisui region breakdowns. I desperately need to know about the starter's new forms though!
wanna know a quick version? gen6.... yes a japanese archer, a japanese mage (omnyo) and a japanese warrior (samurai), its that simple
@@SantosOverlord Yea that sums it up pretty good actually lol thanks
Typhlosion was the main one I didn't quote understand what it was supposed to be.
@@Jormyyy i only got it when i saw its fighting stance, thats when it made sense
Decidueye's name comes from deciduous trees
trees's leaves that turn red in autumn and die in the winter.
Given Hisui is considered the coldest region....
Decidueye's leaves either turned red, or died off. so its leaves cannot form it's usual hood.
so best it can do is a hat.
Ancient Bears actually split into the families of modern canines AND bears...
Bear-Wolves were terrifying.
Take a bear, give it the hunting capabilities, pack mentality, and fangs & claws of a wolf, and you have the makings of the biggest predatory mammals to roam the earth...
(Luckily they only existed for a few 1,000~ years)
If a tree falls in a forest then the eagle sees it, the deer hears it, and the bear smells it.
What is there's no eagles, deer or bears around to see, hear and smell it? Does it still happen?
The burrowing worms will feel it
Here in Canada, we learn about many Iroquois legends, and the reason why the constellation has a long tail is a legend. According to it, many years ago, bears had long tails and would constantly brag about it. This annoyed Fox. The fox, the mischievous animal of the forest, tells bear if he uses his tail in the hole of a freezing lake, a huge fish will bite it and let bear pull it up with his tail and would feed him for years. Bear believed this and sat with his tail in the cold water for days. Eventually, the hole froze over his tail and if bear didn’t want to starve he had to rip part of his tail off. He never bragged again.
Honestly, i love ursaluna. They literally just made ursaring more bear. And the moon thing is an excellent callback to teddiursa.
@@Thunderblock7889 bruh stop spamming
please?
Both pre evolutions actually since they both have moon shaped markings on them.
my daughter (2 years) has a Teddiursa plush. she really likes him. She also says Teddiursa is my pokemon. cute that it actually comes full circle. A pokemon based on a teddy bear that is used as a teddy bear.
by the way Ursaluna is great.
10:30 You dont need it to be the crimson mirelands, thats a common misconception. It can be anywhere you just need the full moon and the peat block
@@Thunderblock7889 I'm sorry bit what does that have to do with my comment?
I got a shiny Teddiursa pretty early on so I got my shiny Ursaluna through my whole playthrough which really endeared me to it. I named her Goldie after Goldielocks lol. The combination of her being a huge terrifying bear and making constant doofy faces is so endearing tbh.
Ursaring was my first not in Pokémon Go shiny. And Ursaluna is my favorite color, so I love ursaring and Ursaluna now
I love that while, the mud on Ursaluna's head looks like clouds in front of the full moon marking you can argue that they look like eye brows.
Should be a Rock Type.
Mud is ground. Not rock.
It literally evolves with peat, which is compressed mud and organic material. Also a normal rock type would've been 4x weak to fighting so no thank you lol
@@TheLuckOfTheClaws It's a joke about the Dwayne Johnson' eyebrows meme
I love ursaluna for bringing back teddiursa’s moon theming
You know the ring on ursaring is supposed to be a full moon right? Goes from half moon to full moon
@@noremac7216 if it’s a moon, it looks more like a new moon or a lunar eclipse. Also teddiursa is a crescent moon not a half moon.
@@TheLuckOfTheClaws That was pedantic you knew what I meant but you got me lol Basically I usually just use the term half moon or crescent moon interchangeably unless specifically referring to the actual phases of the real moon. But that's how I always interpreted it. The ring itself is a reference to moon bears so they gave it's unevolved form of crescent moon to signify its immaturity
@@Thunderblock7889 it’s a pokemon. It can be both
@@Thunderblock7889 how is that a mistake I never said they were related I just that Ursaring was based on them because they have that circle pattern on their chest
another bit of knowledge. Ever notice that aside from Urshifu, all bear pokemon are weak to fighting type? That's because of the trope in Japan of a martial artist going into the mountain to train while fighting bears.
I'm guessing the reason you don't see Ursaluna in the future is because the swamplands of Hisui have dwindled or become nonexistent. Making the Peat Blocks or just the peat in general rare or nonexistent too. So Ursaluna didn't exactly die out, Ursaring just didn't have the means to evolve anymore due to modern human expansion.
Interestingly enough it was the German company Steiff to popularize the stuffed animal toy: Margarete Steiff was a seamstress that in 1880 started selling pincushions shaped like animals, the first model being an elephant-shaped one. Children used them as toys however and that's why she decided to sell them as such. Her nephew Richard gave the company an huge boost creating stuffed animals from drawings he made at the zoo. He designed a bear stuffed animal in 1902, several months before and indipendently from Michtom in New York. Then the whole Teddy Bear craze started and the rest is history. By 1907 Steiff manufactured 974,000 bears, while Michtom founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company, later Ideal Toy.
Ursaluna is my favourite new pokemon in pokemon legends arceus. Also polar bears and brown bears have been crossbreeding each from time to time for millenia. The average brown bear contains 2 percent polar bear dna and some populations of brown bears have as high as 10 percent polar bear dna
that bit about raising the bear got me thinking… is that what mai and her munchlax are doing? obviously minus the killing it part, but it feels possible, considering the snorlax line are also inspired by bears, and munchlax is naturally a baby bear
My guess for Ursaluna replacing Stoutland as the item finding and digging Pokemon is likely because bears are caniforms, and if you really think about it they're just dogs who can safely eat more plants who's size and physical traits are all cranked up to like 50/10.
Not to mention that all the rideable Pokémon in the game were natives to Hisui.
Polaris hasn't been the north star for eons, the north celestial pole actually moves around a lot over a period of 25,700 years. Back in Ancient Egypt, the north star was either Thuban in the constellation Draco, or the midpoint between Mizar in Ursa Major and Kochab in Ursa Minor!
If ursaluna were too be part of this evolution line in the future, I can imagine that either Galar, Kalos or even the new Paldea would be this line's real home region since european brown bears had a history with the moon and these countries have history with the bears too🐻
I would also think a fighting type unovan form of these pokemon based purely on grizzly bears and perhaps have a separate evolution of this form of ursaring called, Ringrizzly: The Grizzly Bear Pokemon( A fighting/ground type)🐻🍯🌲
The part about Ainu taking in bear cubs to raise as one of their own reminds of how Mai said that she and Munchlax were raised together as siblings. I assume that's supposed to be indicative of the native's philosophy regarding Pokémon in general, but they did choose another bear Pokémon to serve as an example of that.
This just bearly covered everything about bears.
Can't wait for the Avalugg video.
Clever very clever 10/10
Fun Fact: ALL FULLY EVOLVED Bear Pokémons are Weak to Fighting Types ? But Why ? Bears are Strong and Fierce and The Strongest Land Predators Due To Their Huge Size. They’re Supposed To Be Superior To Fighting Type Pokémons, Not The Other Way Around.
What do you think would happen if a black belt martial artist karate chops a bear in the neck
One lore thing I think was forgotten in this video was Ursaluna's "extinction." If I remember correctly nearly if not all Hisui regional variants are suppose to not longer exist, so what in-game lore reason made them no longer exist in the present day?
Out of game Gnoggin did explain about that sacrificial ritual leading to the Ezo Bear becoming endangered, but I wonder if the in game lore has it's own explanation for that.
Ursaluna has quickly become one of my absolute favorite Pokémon! I loved Teddiursa and Ursaring already but they were kind of boring designwise. Ursaluna being quadruped is awesome and makes it stand out a lot from the other bear Pokémon.
12:20 I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention the nature trails in Japan during this point. Almost all trails in Japan have bell checkpoints in key locations where bear activity is observed. You are meant to ring the bells to ward any nearby bears away. This is likely one of the factors in why there are so few modern bear attacks... That and how several of the mountainous areas, where most activity is highest, are now mostly ruins thanks to modernization. A few locals still live in those areas, but most left when the dams were constructed.
I loved my teddy bear when I was a kid. Also the biggest issue with Teddiursa/Ursaring in Gen 2 was how difficult it is to catch. That Religious Ceremony is horrible but raising a Bear Cub would be cool but not harming it.
What I love about the whole Teddiursa line is among all of the magical creatures that can breathe fire or generate electricity, this one's special ability is just being a bear, and it works
My favorite ground type! I have a shiny Ursaluna and I love her! Big ol Crimson Mama Bear
It’s shiny form also makes me think of a Blood Moon
I named my ursaluna Papa Bear. He's not shiny but after all the work I put in trying to figure out how to evolve him without looking it up he definitely has a special place in my heart
Actually, some Bears used to have tails that long, but the Long-tailed Bears are all extinct now.
I love how bears are naturaly speaking menacing, but:
-they are afraid of tall creatures
-they always wave back
The pictures of a sun bear and a moon bear are killing me. Sun bear looks all derpy and moon bear looks like a wise old sage about to give wisdom to a young hero in a dark and desperate time.
As a fellow lover of the Usidae family, and Ground being my second favorite Pokemon typing, Usaluna may just be one of my, if not my absolute favorite new Hisuian form/evolution.
1:10 they look like a "quitting smoking" bearfore and after
What i am hyped about is eviolite Ursaring, it will make it easier for it to get a sword dance, and if you use it with rest, sleep talk and facade with the Quick feet ability, it could be a fun set
Ghost types seeing this set he like: "It's free real-estate"
Seeing as these are ancient pokemon, them not bringing these back into other games is a possibility.
@@manuelromero8837 I doubt they'll just abandon them to the aether. It's already confirmed that Hisuian Pokemon are transferrable to Scarlet and Violet (Hisuian Zoroark was in the trailer) so they could always incorporate some form of time travel or something to explain them still existing.
@MidnightBloom dang how did I miss that? Now that just makes me curious for the explanation on why we haven't seen those forms since then
You should talk about the Bear story in Hokkaido (aka Sinnoh/Hisui)!!!
Ursaluna opens up all the bear pokes evolving again...or old pokes evo (like Sinnoh/Hisui) did!
The novelette "The Bear With a Knot On His Tail" by Stephen Tall involves one of the ursid stars. The best way to find a copy is in a used paperback copy of "The Stardust Voyages", roughly $6 USD online. The story is truly heart wrenching, and it was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1972. Worth tracking down a copy.
Correction, modern bears don't have tails that long. Bear's are surprisingly closely related to wild dogs and wolves. As a result, we have fossil dog-bears and bear-dogs a good chunk of which basically look like bears with long tails.
I just love wyrdeer, basculegion and ursaluna. One of the reasons I love Sinnoh/Hisui
iyonamte literally means "let it go" or "send it away" referring to sending the spirit of the kimkamuy to the heavens
that's something we learned in my Ainu class this week
A little more about the fact that so many different cultures see the Bear constellations in the sky. There is a lot of hypothesis that it's not that different cultures all decided that this was a bear in the sky, but that for literal tens of thousands of years, people have considered that constellation to be a bear. We're all continuing a tradition that dates back to the first humans roaming Asia and Europe far before the dawn of civilization.
@@Thunderblock7889 And that has WHAT to do with the constellations I was talking about? Did you comment on the wrong comment?
Ursaluna evolving from a Peat Block when it’s a full moon makes a lot of sense considering that Teddiursa and Ursaring have moon shaped markings on their bodies. Strange how it took so long for a evolution related to the moon to be introduced.
Maybe it is mentionned (probably not) Ursaluna's French name is Ursaking
Which makes absolutely not sense and I would like to know why the localisation team made that choice
That's so weird. They don't even change teddyursa or ursaring so why mess with ursaluna
@@noremac7216 Exactly
Lockstin > talking about bears, teddy bears, constellations
also Lockstin > uses a hans the hedgehog squishy
I assume many already said it, but we never know :
You don't need to be in the Mirelands to make Ursaring evolve into Ursaluna
This reminds me of the disney film Brother Bear Great Video Lockstin. This Video also reminds of Hannah Barbera's Yogi Bear, Paddington, Boog from Open Season and Vincent from Over the Hedge
You miss the reference of Onikuma, a Moon bear Yokai. His legend says that he lives in the mountains (something Hisui has a lot of) and hunts cattle. The only way to kill one of these is with a prison made using a specific tree trunk. Tree refers to Grass type, Ground type has weakness to gra
It’s weirdly nice to have a moon-themed Pokémon without moon powers. Fits Ursaring’s aesthetic and attitude. Sure, you can manipulate dirt. That’s a bear thing.
I’d like to imagine it’s nocturnal and just scavenges for bodies.
Ursaluna is one of those Pokemon I can't but love for cultural reason. Bear that evolves through peat? That just screams Finnish to my soul! If Game Freak ever end up creating a region based on Fenno-Scandia, Teddiursa line is a big must. Region without it would be like Galar without the Lillipup line... waaaait a minute.
Jokes aside, the cultural importance is too great to not include it. Let's hope they do Spain, Portugal and the Basque justice with gen 9 first, though :)
Someone needs to make an Open Season Art with Ursaring and Ursaluna
And Stantler as Elliot? 🦌
@@ShadyRK9 maybe wyrdeer
As a Fan of both Pokemon and Open Season I would to see someone make a Fan animation of Ursaluna and Wrydeer.
Open Season, one of the sagas of the time.
Also, I saw another cnnection within Usaluna's design and such. A Full Moon activates Usaring's evolution into Ursaluna could strike parallel to the Tale of Werewolves and such. Like, Ursaring is a BIPEDAL bear with a more humanoid appearance, and Ursaluna basically becomes a more beastial form. That's my Two cents.
I once read that bears used to have long tails, but through evolution they lost it. So that's why most of bears in mythology have long tails. But I never checked it deeply
Ursaluna both has a great design and is also a beast in competitive and casual play
I can *bearly* contain all the information in this video. Bad puns aside, Teddiursa and Ursaring have to be some of my favourite Johto Pokemon. I think they have pretty solid designs. Ursaluna....I'm not too big on. It's design just isn't for me.
Weird personally I'm just happy it stays like an animal and not becoming fur bait
Bears are also my favourite. Their Fuzziness, their chunky bodies, their beards and kind eyes🐻😋
Could’ve made sense in Alola, with space and everything
Not really.
Just a minor note, you don't have to evolve Ursaluna in the Crimson Mirelands. I evolved mine in the Highlands during a full moon as a quick way to test for full moon when trying to complete the Clefairy request.
10/10 content, from a fellow Bear Enjoyer to another, I want more Bear Pokémon.
Can’t lie, that was a smooth transition to an ad
Fun fact, Ursaluna's name references the moon in every language except in French, where it's just called Ursaking for some reason.
If anyone from the French localization team is reading this, there's a reason why I've been playing the games in English the whole time.
I *love* Ursaluna and got so attached to an alpha I had during my playthrough. It's so cute when it does its little happy dance when it finds treasure. Like, yes queen find those 5 balls of mud.
Always love these types of videos, the breakdowns are so entertaining
I really don't think those things on Ursaluna's face are its eyebrows. They never move them, they're always stuck in one place. I think it's just peat.
7:17 this explains why Teddiursa has the Pickup ability
@@Thunderblock7889 🤔?
The Teddiursa line AND good ol Theodore Roosevelt?!? Delightful!!! Bully!!
Does that mean Ursaring is able to use Eviolite in the future? That would be a bit powerful to utilize.
I'd guess not as ursaluna is exclusive to Hisui
@@astrisperspecto4130 well wibbly wobbly time shenanigans sent the player back with a god infused smart phone and fossils can literally be brought back to life. I think scientist can rediscover the power to bring back ancient hisui forms.
@@astrisperspecto4130 Hisuian mons are in Gen 9 y'know
@@abrahamnarvaez1730 that would be okay for Ursaluna. Ursarings aren't really distinctive from og and Hisui.
@@MfwPrivate except they're not? They're Gen8 still, PLA is a spin-off title, not a main game.
Gen9 is coming around
1 minute in and all of my favorite bear species are insulted and slandered by Lockstin
The best bear
Gotta say I love that the squishmallow is a hedgehog in an episode about bears 😂.
So excited for this video! Teddiursa is my favorite Pokemon and can't wait to learn more about the line
Fun fact : Ursaluna’s name in french is Ursaking. Because we recognized his worth
Lockstin: "I like Bears!"
Me: "I like bears too but the bear I'm thinking of is different than any bear you're familiar with" 😏
Monokuma?
"I reallly like bears" excludes all but 2 kinds of bears
Slight note: You can evolve into ursaluna with the item anywhere as long as its a full moon
Considering the eyebrows, has anyone made The Rock memes with Ursaluna?
"When in the Crimson Mirelands" is an odd bit of misinformation on Bulbapedia when it comes to Ursaluna's evolution method. It's just a Peat Block in a Full Moon; I've evolved it in the Coronet Highlands just fine before.
I really love Ursaluna though, and I'm glad to see this video out!
What happened tho teddirusa was so jolly
Ursaring was aggressive and always pissed off
And ursaluna is just chill very mellow
12:42 I just realized that Kanna´s dad is literally Kimun Kamui, I thought it was just his name but you using his picture made me realize it
I absolutely love Ursaluna! Teddiursa and Ursaring have been favorites of mine since a kid growing up with Crystal. Crystal let me get phanpy and teddiursa early on and those two became endeared to my childhood.
Does make ya wonder what a Donphan evolution ought to be, if we ever get the counterpart. It is strange yet refreshing that so many pairs and counterpart duos have had their relationships change. Mega Beedrill and Giga Butterfree, Mega Pidgeot and regular old Fearow. And since xy they've also remixed several pairings, sometimes acknowledging logical pairings that are similar archetypes throughout the generations, like houndoom and liepard.
Great video Lockstin, as always. Looking forward to avalugg bc I LOVE that line too.
Seems fair that the first true bear Pokemon is the first to get a third stage
'a bear's main scent is its smell'
I love Ursaluna so much. It’s my ace and she’s so adorable I love her so much
The questions we've been asking pokemon for years, finally answered.
"Bear?"
For any one wondering the song in the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor segment is Floating in the Sky by Walt Adams
I do absolutely adore bears as well, but you're forgetting the *HUGE* role that the Steiff Company played in popularising Teddy Bears as well.
I feel like Urasluna should be a Normal/Ground type instead of a Ground/Normal type. I know that it doesn't change much, but it's consistent.
I love Ursaluna's design, mainly for the more quadrupedal, feral, bulky look. Someone else mentioned it, but it's nice to have a bear pokemon actually look and feel like a bear. And I love how when Ursaluna finds an object, they do a little happy gesture on their hind legs c:
Also glory to Big Bertha, the indestructible JPEG bear