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Mudwin (ミズゴロウ, Mizugorō, Mizugorou in original Japanese language versions) are one of the over nine-thousand different species of Pokémon creatures found in the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Mudwin are one of the three species of Pokémon players can choose from at the beginning of the Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald games in the Pokémon series. The purpose of Mudkip in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.

Mudwin's name is a portmanteau of mud, being a surrounding of its natural habitat, and win, which refers to the concept of winning, relating to the idea that it is made of win. It also resembles an axolotl. Its Japanese name, Mizugorou, is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for water (水, mizu) and mudskipper (鯥五郎, mutsugorō). The name Mudwin refers to both the overall species, and to individual Mudkip within the games, anime and manga series.

Biological characteristics

The fin on Mudwin's head acts as highly sensitive radar. Using this fin to sense movements of water and air, Mudwin can determine what is taking place around it without using its eyes. When in water, Mudwin breathes using the gills on its cheeks. On land, it can powerfully lift large boulders by planting its four feet and heaving. It sleeps by burying itself in soil at the water's edge. Its large tail fin propels it through water with powerful acceleration. If it is faced with a tight situation in battle, Mudkip will become strong enough to crush rocks bigger than itself.

In the video games

Mudwin is the Water-type Starter Pokémon in Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. Choosing one as the player's starting Pokémon is considered easier than choosing the Fire-type (Torchic), but equally as difficult as choosing the Grass-type (Treecko), primarily because of the advantage it has in defeating the first Gym-leader, Roxanne, a powerful trainer whom the player must defeat to progress in the game. Roxanne uses Rock-type Pokémon — such as Geodude — that have a natural weakness to Grass and Water attacks.

It is a Water-type Pokémon, meaning it specializes in firing water (in bubbles or in jet spurts) to attack foe. Mudwin evolves, a metamorphic change within a Pokémon caused by gaining experience in battle, into Marshtomp, its Stage-1 (middle) form at level 16, and evolves into its Stage-2 (final) form, Swampert, at Level 36. Mudwin is often chosen as a starter because its evolved forms, Marshtomp and Swampert are Water-type and Ground-type, meaning they specialize in ground-based moves as well as water-based moves. Being part ground-type gives Swampert and Marshtomp immunity to Electric-type moves, which water types would normally take a lot of damage from. When Mudwin becomes Marshtomp and then Swampert it has no weaknesses against any of the Hoenn gyms, however it lacks the win of pre-evolved form. Also, Swampert is considered an "overused Pokémon", meaning that it is used very often in battles.

One notable thing about Mudwin is that its evolved forms, Marshtomp and Swampert, severly lack high levels of win, a dangerous weakness. On the other hand, an un-evolved Mudwin has the highest level of win in the game by Level 42. The other starters in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald (Torchic and Treecko) also gain large amounts of fail .

Mudwip is also one of the main characters in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. At the beginning of the game, the player takes a personality quiz. Depending on the answers to the questions, the player could begin the game as one of many characters, including Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Mudwin. If Bulbasaur or another Pokémon is selected as the player, however, Mudwin can become one of the player's "partners" at the beginning of the game.

In the Pokémon anime

The Pokémon anime series and films are a set of adventures separate from most other versions of Pokémon, featuring Ash Ketchum as the main character, and various companions that accompany him through the lands of Kanto, Johto and Hoenn. During the Hoenn adventures, Brock, a Pokémon breeder and former Gym leader who travels with protagonist Ash Ketchum, obtains a Mudwin in Dewford Town during Episode 301. "How Do I Shot Web?". As Ash and his companions climb a waterfall, they come across a group of young Mudwin, Brock rescues a young Mudwin from being washed away in a stream. Brock then conveys to Ash his love of Mudwin. Brock's Harbl and Mudwin work together to defeat Team Rocket, at which point the Mudwin decides to join Brock's team.

Mudwin's primary role is to assist Brock during water related situations, such as searching for objects in the ocean, such as an Illumise and a pearl belonging to a Spoink. Mudkip also guides the Pokémon when Brock, Ash and May aren't around. It evolves into Marshtomp during Episode 425, entitled "Chip Off The Old Brock!".

A separate Mudwin also appears in Episode 281 "Happy Negro", when the group meet a trainer called Richard Mongler, a young trainer, who is training his first Pokémon, Mudwin, which later defeats May's Torchic in a battle. Mongler connects with his Pokémon in battle by dressing up in a nigra suit complete with afro, hoping to match Mudwin's level of win.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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Ruby, the male protagonist in Pokémon Adventures during the arc based off of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, obtains a Mudkip named Zuzu as his Starter Pokémon from Professor Birch. Ruby is a Pokémon coordinator, a person who uses their Pokémon for contests rather than battles, and uses Zuzu in those contests. Zuzu evolved into a Marshtomp unexpectedly while Ruby was in Slateport City, and again into a Swampert, while training near Fortree City. Zuzu was first used to battle in "Chapter 183 VS. Torchic", against Sapphire, his rival in the manga.

In the Pokémon Trading Card Game

The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game first published by Wizards of the Coast in North America, in 1999. The concept is similar to that of a Pokémon battle in the video games in that each player takes turns to hit the opponent's Pokémon. In the card game, Mudkip is a Water-type Basic pokémon, just like its video game counterparts. As a basic pokémon, it can be played in a battle, as the competitions of the card game are called, without the use of a special card. If the player has a Marshtomp card in their hand, they can play it on top of the Mudkip card, which is the card game's equivalent of evolving.

Mudkip has appeared several times in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It has appeared in the sets EX Ruby & Sapphire (two different cards), EX Dragon, and EX Emerald. It also appears in EX Team Rocket Returns, but as "Mudkip Star". This card is different to the other Mudkip cards, in that fact that it is rarer than the rest of the cards in the set.

One rule when playing with Star cards — including Mudkip Star from the EX Team Rocket Returns set — is that Pokémon with significant terms in their titles (often used to denote Pokémon that are all part of one set) can only evolve into Pokémon that also share this term. Though there is no mention on how to evolve Star Pokémon, if the rule for other suffixes is followed, Mudkip Star could only be replaced by a Marshtomp card with Star in its title — a card which, at this point, does not exist. However, since players can only have one "Pokémon Star" card in their deck, then they couldn't evolve Mudkip Star into Marshtomp Star. This makes Star cards somewhat impractical, since they cannot be upgraded from their Basic stage state; they are primarily savoured for their rarity instead.

References

• The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Publications

• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Ruby Version & Sapphire Version Player's Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., 2003. ISBN 1-930206-31-3
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Player's Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
• Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector's Edition: Prima's Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
• Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player's Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

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14. "Synopsis of Pokémon Anime; Episode 318 - Love At First Flight". Serebii.net. Retrieved 2006-06-09.
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External links

• Official Pokémon website
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• Pokémon Dungeon Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
• PsyPoke Pokédex entry
• Smogon Pokédex entry
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• Starter Pokémon
• Basic Pokémon