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The Legen.. Awesome Arcanine

Posted May 23rd, 2011 at 11:58 PM by Osha_say_wott?!

Arcanine

Species/Classification - Legendary Pokémon

PokéDex Entry - A legendary Pokémon in China. Many people are charmed by its grace and beauty while running.


Ever wonder why they always referred to Arcanine as a Legendary, despite not being a Legend?
Well, that's because, originally, Arcanine was suppose to be a Legendary. Part of the Legendary Trio, from Gen I, to be exact. When the concept of the Legendary Trio was first concocted, it was planned that Articuno, Zapdos and Arcanine would be the three Pokémon to represent ice, electric and fire, respectively. The people at Nintendo thought it looked odd and would confuse gamers having two birds and one dog as part of a trio, so they decided to replace Arcanine with another bird. Thus, Moltres became the final member to join and form the first Legendary Trio, whilst, Arcanine became one of the strongest non-legendary Pokémon from the first generation.

If you didn't know this before, well, now you know.^^
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  1. Old Comment
    Zeffy's Avatar
    Who cares if Arcanine is not a legendary? Its BA without any doubt.
    Posted May 24th, 2011 at 3:19 AM by Zeffy Zeffy is offline
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    AshPikastar's Avatar
    Arcanine as a legendary would be awesome and I can see it as a legendary. Arcanine is better then Moltres.
    Posted May 24th, 2011 at 6:29 AM by AshPikastar AshPikastar is offline
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    Livewire's Avatar
    It's like, the most awesome Fire type there is. I've always loved Growlithe and Arcanine. <333
    Posted May 24th, 2011 at 7:28 AM by Livewire Livewire is offline
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    Xyrin's Avatar
    They should have Zapados, Arcanine and some fish thing to form the trio. idek
    Posted May 24th, 2011 at 12:17 PM by Xyrin Xyrin is offline
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    Timbjerr's Avatar
    I heard that it was originally going to be Lapras, Zapdos, and Arcanine, but they wanted to make it a bird motif, so Lapras and Arcanine were demoted to very powerful nonlegendaries and replaced with Articuno and Moltres.
    Posted May 24th, 2011 at 4:16 PM by Timbjerr Timbjerr is offline
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    countryemo's Avatar
    I heard Arcanine and Dragonite is the semi-legends for gen 1. :P
    ..who knows about lapras -shurugs-
    Posted May 26th, 2011 at 5:47 AM by countryemo countryemo is offline