Legendary Pokemon Genders

[Marilynasol]

I've seen this conversation all throughout this site, so I just wanted to centralize the discussion to one thread.

Articuno- 1:1
Zapdos- 1:1
Moltres- 1:1
Mewtwo- Male Only (those scientists were sexists...)
Mew- Female Only?
Entei- 1:1
Raikou- 1:1
Suicune- 1:1
Lugia- 1:1
Ho-Oh- 1:1
Celebi- Female Only?
Regirock- No Gender
Regice- No Gender
Registeel- No Gender
Groudon- 1:1
Kyogre- 1:1
Rayquaza- 1:1
Deoxys- No Gender
Jirachi- 1:1
Uxie- 1:1 (it was a male in PMD, but I think that it could be both)
Mesprit- 1:1? (it was a female in PMD)
Azelf- 1:1? (it was a male in PMD)
Dialga- 1:1?
Palkia- 1:1?
Giratina- 1:1?
Arceus- 1:1?
Manaphy- No Gender
Phione- No Gender
Shaymin- 1:1
Darkrai- Male Only? (to mirror Cresselia)
Regigigas- No Gender

It seems like most Pokemon to me should be 1:1 gender ratio, but I know that just isn't what the masterminds behind Pokemon would allow.

They could try to make breeding difficult for legendaries by either keeping them in the "no eggs" group like Latios and Latias, or they could have some ridiculous prerequisites/limitations such as obtaining an item, traveling to a nest, lengthy egg duration, and the ability to only breed once. I could see that the three legendary dogs could share a pre-evolution, but neither the birds nor the land/sea/sky or time/space/dimension trios would have a common ancestor. If we can recall in Pokemon Snap, the birds did each hatch from their own eggs.

I'd like to see Manaphy and Phione's stats changed and altered to be non-legendary. Then, the chances of hatching a Manaphy or Phione will for once be dependent on the temperature of where they are hatched.

Perhaps pregnancy should be introduced? No that a lot of Pokemon could get pregnant, but it would require some limitations during that period.

Arceus needs to have all of its stats lowered down to 600.

I still don't understand how Mew could be the common ancestor of all Pokemon when Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina created the Pokemon universe. I prefer to think of Mew as a versatile rarity in the Pokemon world.

[Åzurε]

I don't really understand what you're saying. Is this about what you think legendary Pokemon would be if they had genders, or if they should introduce legendary eggs? Please elaborate.

And I don't think pregnant pokemon is such a good idea... Too much thinking involved.

[Marilynasol]

Um... ahem. Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm just asking if Pokemon were finally to give genders to more legendary Pokemon, what would be their gender ratio and why?

[Åzurε]

I see. I'll try to give some input, then.

Articuno- Either
Zapdos- Either
Moltres- Either
Mewtwo- Male
Mew- Either, Mewtwo's parent would be female.
Entei- Either, primarily male
Raikou- Either, primarily male
Suicune- Either, primarily female
Lugia- Either
Ho-Oh- Either
Celebi- Either
Latios- Male
Latias Female
Regirock- Neutral, inorganic
Regice- Neutral, inorganic
Registeel- Neutral, inorganic
Groudon- Neutral, inorganic
Kyogre- Neutral, inorganic
Rayquaza- Neutral, inorganic
Deoxys- Neutral, asexual
Jirachi- Either
Uxie- Either, primarily male
Mesprit- Either, primarily female
Azelf- Either, primarily male
Dialga- Neutral with male tendencies
Palkia- Uh, no comment. xP
Giratina- Neutral with male tendencies
Arceus- Neutral with male tendencies
Manaphy- Either, primarily male
Phione- Either
Heatran- Either, primarily male
Shaymin- Either, primarily female
Cresselia- Female
Darkrai- Male
Regigigas- Neutral, inorganic

[Ayselipera]

I'm just going off what they look like to me.


Articuno- Either (mostly female)
Zapdos- Either (mostly female)
Moltres- Either (mostly female)
Mewtwo - Male
Mew - Female
Entei - Male
Raikou - Male
Suicune - Either (mostly female)
Lugia - Either (mostly male)
Ho-Oh - Either (mostly female)
Celebi - Female
Latios - Male
Latias - Female
Regirock - Male
Regice - Female
Registeel - Male
Groudon - Either (mostly male)
Kyogre - Either (mostly male)
Rayquaza - Male
Deoxys - Either (mostly male)
Jirachi - Either (mostly female)
Uxie - Either
Mesprit - Female
Azelf - Male
Dialga - Male
Palkia - Male
Giratina - Male
Arceus - Either
Manaphy - Female
Phione - Female
Heatran - Male
Shaymin - Either
Cresselia - Female
Darkrai - Male
Regigigas - Male

[Mew~]

Im sure they already have genders, its just they are unknown. Like, do you think most people in the pokemon world would have had the chance to see a rayquaza's privet parts? I dont think so...
Heres what i think:
Articuno- Either
Zapdos- Either
Moltres- Either
Mewtwo - Male
Mew - Female
Entei - either
Raikou - either
Suicune - Either
Lugia - Either (mostly female because they showed a mother lugia in the anime!)
Ho-Oh - Either
Celebi - either
Latios - male
Latias - Female
Regirock - none
Regice - none
Registeel - none
Groudon - male
Kyogre - female

(those fights between kyogre and groundon remind me of an old married couple)

Rayquaza - Male
Deoxys - Either
Jirachi - Either
Uxie - male
Mesprit - Female
Azelf - Male
Dialga - Male
Palkia - female
Giratina - male
Arceus - The creator, it made boys and girls ("the word gender is a human word, i dare not say the word!"
Manaphy - Female
Phione - male
Heatran - Male
Shaymin - Either
Cresselia - Female
Darkrai - Male
Regigigas - none

[Anxiety.]

Articuno - Either
Zapdos - Either
Moltres - Either
Mewtwo - Male
Mew - F/M
Entei - M/F
Raikou - M/F
Suicune - F/M
Lugia - Female
Ho-Oh - Male
Celebi - Female
Regirock - N/A
Regice - N/A
Registeel - N/A
Groudon - M/F
Kyogre - M/F
Rayquaza - Either
Deoxys - N/A
Jirachi - N/A
Uxie - Male
Mesprit - Female
Azelf - Male
Dialga - N/A
Palkia - N/A
Giratina - N/A
Arceus - N/A
Manaphy - Female
Phione - Either
Shaymin - Female
Darkrai - Either
Regigigas - N/A

N/A - None
M/F - Mainly Male
F/M - Mainly Female
Female - Female only
Male - Male only
Either - Equal chances of being either gender.

[Pokestick, good times.]

Hm... As many legendaries are only one-of-a-kind (or are they... Thinking you can catch several of them in different games... Let's just say they are), I think many of them simply don't have any genders, as there are no opposite to prove them. I mean, for instance, Giratina may seem male...like, but firstly, there's only one, so no reproducing there, thus no need for gender, and besides, even if it looks male to us humans, it may be anything... even some kind of third or fourth gender we don't know of. And this applies to every one we don't know the gender of.

Articuno- If there's just one, then no questioning. If there are several, then both.
Zapdos- See Articuno
Moltres- See Articuno
Mewtwo - Possibly neither, but if Mew has genders, then this probably does too. In that case, Probably male.
Mew - There are apparently several, so both.
Entei - It is a species on its own, isn't it? How can you decide a gender in that case? But it sure LOOKS like a male.
Raikou - Same as Entei.
Suicune - Same as Entei, but it seems female.
Lugia - In spite of what the Anime says, I'm gonna say it's unique. And therefore genderless.
Ho-Oh - Same as Lugia.
Celebi - If there's one, then neither, if there's several, then either.
Latios - Male (obviously)
Latias - Female (obviously)
Regirock - No gender. It's animated mineral. It's like saying a rockslide is female.
Regice - No gender. -''-
Registeel - No gender. -''-
Groudon - It's unique. Probably no real gender.
Kyogre - Same as Groudon.
Rayquaza - Probably unique. Probably no gender.
Deoxys - No gender. Unless viruses has genders all of a sudden.
Jirachi - See Celebi.
Uxie - Unique, but presumed male, oddly enough.
Mesprit - Same as Uxie, but female.
Azelf - Same as Uxie.
Dialga - Unique. It was created before genders were, I would suppose.
Palkia - -''-
Giratina - See beginning of post.
Arceus - Probably none. Or Game Freak are sexists.
Manaphy - It's called Prince of the Sea. And it can breed. So presumed male.
Phione - Either, I guess. Or neither.
Heatran - 75% male, if I remember right. But if so, it's not unique.
Shaymin - See Celebi and Jirachi.
Cresselia - Female, according to the game.
Darkrai - Unknown, probably genderless, but could be male or female, or whatever.
Regigigas - Probably same as the Regi trio, genderless.