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::The movement between Urchins and Unira is hardly what I'd call "similar". Uniras actively chase the player while being constrained to a Pac-Man-style grid, while Urchins in their debut appearance either drifted back and forth between two spots or circled an area. Urchins are also invincible, whereas Uniras are not. The two enemies serve entirely different functions, and have noticeably different appearances, so if this was really intended to be an actual reference, they failed in that the enemies don't appear similar in anything but name. The Zelda enemies are arguably even less similar to their supposed inspirations, but at least we are given explicit confirmation in the manual; there is nothing for Urchin and Unira that I'm aware of.<br>Also, not even the same dev team. From what I can gather, ''Clu Clu Land'' is from R&D1, while the ''Mario'' and ''Zelda'' games are R&D4. [[User:DrippingYellow|DrippingYellow]] ([[User talk:DrippingYellow|talk]]) 17:43, August 15, 2024 (EDT)
::The movement between Urchins and Unira is hardly what I'd call "similar". Uniras actively chase the player while being constrained to a Pac-Man-style grid, while Urchins in their debut appearance either drifted back and forth between two spots or circled an area. Urchins are also invincible, whereas Uniras are not. The two enemies serve entirely different functions, and have noticeably different appearances, so if this was really intended to be an actual reference, they failed in that the enemies don't appear similar in anything but name. The Zelda enemies are arguably even less similar to their supposed inspirations, but at least we are given explicit confirmation in the manual; there is nothing for Urchin and Unira that I'm aware of.<br>Also, not even the same dev team. From what I can gather, ''Clu Clu Land'' is from R&D1, while the ''Mario'' and ''Zelda'' games are R&D4. [[User:DrippingYellow|DrippingYellow]] ([[User talk:DrippingYellow|talk]]) 17:43, August 15, 2024 (EDT)
:::Just want to point out that even if it is the same dev team, it can be different people. {{User:Ray Trace/sig}} 20:22, August 15, 2024 (EDT)
:::Just want to point out that even if it is the same dev team, it can be different people. {{User:Ray Trace/sig}} 20:22, August 15, 2024 (EDT)
:::When I said "same dev team," I was referring to ''Zelda'' and ''World'' making the reference, not ''CluClu Land'' itself.... Also, Urchins are not invincible, they can be defeated via Grab Block as the ''Perfect'' blah blah ''Encyclopedia'' points out. [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 00:55, August 16, 2024 (EDT)
:::When I said "same dev team," I was referring to ''Zelda'' and ''World'' making the reference, not ''CluClu Land'' itself.... [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 00:55, August 16, 2024 (EDT)
 
First, I should point out, that an enemy referencing another franchise's enemy is <u>not</u> the same thing as that enemy being ''directly related to'' (or ''being'') said other franchise's enemy, especially if it involves yet another enemy as an intermediate stage.<br>Anyway, I really doubt that Urchin is supposed to be an Unira or Digdogger. For one, it's never explicity stated that it is. We know Digdogger and Manhandla are an Unira and Piranha Plant respectively because it's explicitly stated as such in the Japanese manual for ''The Legend of Zelda''; plus, the fact that Digdogger reacts negatively to sound just like an Unira corroborates to that. Urchins do not have that weakness. And appearance-wise, the only thing Urchin has in common with Unira and Digdogger is that it's spiky. In-game, [[:File:Urchin SMW.png|Urchins]] don't look like [https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/19370/ Unira, Boss Unira] or [[zeldawiki:File:TLoZ Digdogger Sprite.png|Digdogger]] otherwise, having a different color scheme and different-looking eyes, and this remains inconsistent [[:File:SMW Art - Urchin.png|in]] [[:File:SSBU Unira Spirit.png|artwork]] [[zeldawiki:File:TLoZ Digdogger Artwork.png|form]] (at least Digdogger still looks like a (stunned) Boss Unira). {{User:Arend/sig}} 02:53, August 16, 2024 (EDT)

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