Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres weren't revealed before you find them because they had no backstory. They were just there, doing nothing, representing nothing, simply waiting to be captured like the 2 Snorlax in RBY were. Personally, I think the Legends that are involved in the main storylines are given a far greater purpose, which makes them feel more special. Reshiram, Zekrom and Kyurem just seem much more Legendary seeing as how important they are to the Gen 5 games than Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres did in Gen 1.
Eh, mewtwo and especially Mew weren't revealed either, but they have a very interesting backstory (a good one that is much better than some of the other backstories of the later gens IMO) that the player can investigate for themselves (cinnabar house). And like i said its silly if they just throw legends at you without the need to search or find clues (ie.regis in gen 3) to catch. Have you played B2W2? Virizion literally just hopped right into your path begging to be captured. Does Zapdos do that? Mewtwo? MEW? Or the Regis? All three elemntal dogs?
Some like to point out how great the Kanto birds were because they had no backstory, while saying any Legend after Gen 2 with no backstory is terrible. Yet, most Legendary Pokemon (if not all of them) after Gen 1 had some kind of backstory, regardless of how small it was.
If you considered the pokemon movie 2000 as canon, the Kanto birds do have some form of backstory (albeit a small one, but like u said, it IS a backstory)
What? I've always had to capture my Legend, though I use my Master Ball on it. (Something I've always done)
if you a pokemon that can control time and space, you must be a wimp to submit to some puny trainer's mundane contraptions without some major understanding of any sorts.
My point is that they have gone overboard with the descriptions they give to legendaries nowadays. Of course gamefreak's audience are kids so its still acceptable to do that to ramp up the hype for the mascot legendaries, boosting sales. Kids would generally believe anything.
You don't have to catch them. Nor are they certainly easy. I've had very few easy captures when it comes to Legendary Pokemon.
My point is that they are handing them to you on a silver platter, these legendaries being chucked at you like nobody's buisness. Whatever happened to the adventure spirit? Isnt this game suppose to be about exploring new regions. Whats the point of exploring when some legendary can show up on a common place/route where presumably most other NPCs can roam?
Arceus is not God, nor is it a god of any kind. It is a Pokemon, just like Pikachu (though, a VERY powerful one that has creation powers)
Dont ask me, ask gamfreak. they define it to have as such and therefore have creation powers. So something that just created an entire world from scratch is not deemed a God in your opinion? Something that creates the fabric of our universe submits itself to a man-made creation in the form of a Master ball? Btw i didnt like the arceus movie cos of this point.
Also, Legendary Pokemon are said to only appear before trainers that they deem worthy of using their great powers. So, if Arceus appears before you and you catch it, it wouldn't mind.
LOL? You realize anyone that plays pokemon (your so-called deemed worthy) would get the chance to do that anyway? Which one wouldn't?
Not really sure how any new Pokemon or Legend is any more "believeable" than anything from Gen 1 though...
any and every pokemon requires a suspension of disbelief, not just legendaries.
If I have a 1st edition Charizard card from the TCG, but also get a 1st edition Venusaur, does that mean my Charizard card is less valuable now? No. Both cards are rare, regardless of whether I have both of them or not. And in the games, there is only 1 of each Legend and thanks to version exclusives, you won't even encounter all of them, making Reshiram rarer for people who buy White and Black 2.
fallacy. you are making a comparison that has nothing to do with my point.
The games would be a lot less interesting without the Legends. Gen 1 was as basic a story as you could get, but having the Legends be a part of the story made things interesting and made some of them more mysterious.
Now, you saying gen1 has no legends? Gen1 has legends. Dont make assumptions without even playing it before.
Causing sunshine and heavy rainfall is not that crazy, is it?
Thats 3 of them. Then the only ones left to freak you out is the dimension legends of DPt. Alright, being able to manipulate dimensions is quite something, but its not the norm.
Hmm tell me when mankind have the power to change weathers on the whim like the weather duo. No more natural disasters from typhoons or droughts when we can just reverse it easily, saving countless lives from suffering and death
