Talk:Raichu

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Contents 1 Lightchu? 2 Learning moves 3 Translation 4 line of stats

[edit] Lightchu?

I have not heard of Lightchu, does it actually exist? 71.132.5.2 06:17, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

No, where did you read about that? Michael 20:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

It used to be in this article for some reason 71.131.252.182 05:24, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

It was probably vandalism. Michael 21:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Learning moves

I'm concerned about this statement: "Although Raichu learns mostly Electric-type attacks on its own...". Is Raichu then the only exception to the rule that when stones are used to evolve Pokémon, they learn no additional moves? I think this may need to be corrected in the article. Cheers! Chuchunezumi 16:41, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translation

I noticed Raichu's Japanese name, ライチュウ, is translated as "Raichuu", yet Pichu's name, ピチュー, is "Pichū". Last time I checked, チュウ and チュー were equivalent sounds. Shouldn't 'uu' be changed to ū? Same for Pikachuu. DanPMK 22:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

The Katakana in Raichu's name spells out ラ (Ra), イ (i), チュ (chu), ウ (u). Whereas Pichu is ピ (Pi), チュ (chu), plus a vowel extender (ー). The vowel extender is translated as "ū", while Raichu's name is transliterated ending in "uu" because there are two "u"s in it's Japanese name. I hope this isn't too complicated to follow. -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 00:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I understand the kana sound, but I'm just unsure if "ウウ" and "ウー" sound different in Japanese. They seem to represent the same mora. DanPMK 02:51, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Both "u"s in Raichu's name are pronounced seperately, it's just fast and almost unnoticed. The vowel extender in Pichu's name just lengthens the sound of the "u". -SaturnYoshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I wonder why they chose to make Pichu's name different... Thanks for clearing it up. DanPMK 04:56, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

How do you people learn this stuff? THL

Dedication, and stuff like the Katakana article. DanPMK 12:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, wow. I'll let you guys handle translations then. Thx anyway ;) THL 06:03, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Really? I thought that both things mean the same thing...Blueaster 07:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, MOS states both ウウ and ウー are to be Romanized as ū anyway.—ウルタプ 07:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] line of stats

i was wondering if we can put a graph on how well are the stats of the pokemon like attack ect. not sure but i thought it would be a good idea BTW i am foo12 i just did not want to sign in --71.216.166.237 20:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. The graph violates WP:NOT. -Jeske ^{(v^_^v)} 21:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but Wikipedia isn't a game guide, it's an encyclopedia. Besides, this article is supposed to be about Raichus in general, not especially on how it is on games. If we'd have specific info about EVERYTHING from anime to games, then this article would be away too long, other reason of why this can't be, it violates what wikipedia is not, like Jeske said. You're probably new to Wikipedia, you will learn, I also added some junk when I was new. Well, I hope you understand. It isn't easy when you're new, but I'm sure you'll get used to it. TheBlazikenMaster 22:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

You aren't that new after all. I see on your cont. that you've been since November last year. But don't worry, that doesn't mean I won't give you useful tips. Cheers. TheBlazikenMaster 22:48, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

It's Jeske, TBM. -Jeske ^{(v^_^v)} 23:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC)'