Shippuuga

"S.M. button while dashing. You can execute a powerful dash blade attack. Approach your enemy with Shippuuga and perform a combo!"

- In-game text

Shippuuga, or Shippūga (疾風牙), also known as "Hurricane Fang", is the special technique that Zero learns after defeating Slash Beast in Mega Man X4. By pressing the S.M. Button while dashing, Zero Z-Saber blade turns red and swings it in a half circular motion. However, Zero cannot perform this technique while air-dashing as air-dashing is considered a technique (Hienkyaku) in this game.

Shippuuga is effective against Web Spider and General.

Damage Data Chart
Damage values in units in Mega Man X4.


 * Minibosses such as Tentoroid and DG-42L and some bosses do not have an invincibility period when struck, so Shippuuga can deal a tremendous amount of damage as it can inflict multiple hits. Damages listed on this chart is damage dealt per hit, not the total amount of damage done.

Trivia

 * In Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, compared to the Sentsuizan, the Shippuuga acted a command move instead of a special. The reason for this is unknown. The possiblity of this could be the command issues, though QCB + A was left open for a possible command instead of F + H, so that way it could be a ground version of Sentsuizan. Another possiblity of this could be that the move did not seem to be unique enough, due to its main use of "combos" in Mega Man X4, so it's possible the move was to be more presented to be more of its original form in the aforementioned Mega Man X game.


 * In the Mega Man X4 description, it is misspelled  Sippuuga, without an "h" in its name.

Similar Techniques

 * W-Shredder from Mega Man X5
 * Sentsuizan from Mega Man X6

Counterpart to this Technique

 * Twin Slasher