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ConnoRAWR June 1st, 2009 8:11 AM

There's something about Rotom...
 
I read online that Rotom is not a legendary, but is regarded as one sometimes.
I was wondering whether you classed it as one or not and why.

Captain Fabio June 1st, 2009 8:20 AM

I class it has an event Pokemon.

Along with Mew and those lot...

Red Rain June 1st, 2009 8:20 AM

The amount of is Rotom a legendary threads across the net is amazing. It isn't a legendary and was proved in some Q&A thing on Pokemon.com.

Zelda June 1st, 2009 8:22 AM

I classify it as a normal pokemon. As Red Rain said on pokemon.com it was proved not to be a legendary and therefore, I'll classify it as a normal pokemon as Nintendo does as well.

OddBrad June 1st, 2009 9:18 AM

I used to think it was legendary but was proven wrong :x Bad times. I guess it doesn't really matter a hell of a lot unless you're using him in some writing.

Isabelle June 1st, 2009 9:28 AM

It doesn't matter if the pokemon is legendary or not. The important ones is the Power of the Pokemon.

Utau June 1st, 2009 11:50 AM

I never thought of it as a legendary. However, I read this Pokemon handbook that classified it as one. x_o

PokemonFanatic2 June 1st, 2009 4:22 PM

Legendary pokemon are called legendaries for a reason, because they have a legend behind it. A pokemon does not count as legendary unless it has a legend, like dialga and palkia and giritina have legends behind them, which is why they are one.

Rotom, on the other hand doesn't have a legend behind it, so it can't be legendary.

People need to pay attention to the word legendary, and actually think about if a pokemon has a legend behind it or not. People just say "Legendary pokemon" as if legendary means 'strong.'

Jasonpower June 1st, 2009 4:48 PM

i thought it was a legendary at first,but then i thought it didn't really have any good moves and is easy to catch.it also has different forms which bothered me about if it is a legendary or not.

jigglyppuff8 June 1st, 2009 4:53 PM

I thought it was at first, but now I know that it officially isn't. Mainly, it was because of its battle music.

Zelda June 1st, 2009 5:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokemonFanatic2 (Post 4705846)
Legendary pokemon are called legendaries for a reason, because they have a legend behind it. A pokemon does not count as legendary unless it has a legend, like dialga and palkia and giritina have legends behind them, which is why they are one.

Rotom, on the other hand doesn't have a legend behind it, so it can't be legendary.

People need to pay attention to the word legendary, and actually think about if a pokemon has a legend behind it or not. People just say "Legendary pokemon" as if legendary means 'strong.'

I have to agree with you on this. At first I thought it was a legendary but not because of the reasons you listed. I thought it was a legendary because of how it was only catchable once and there was an interesting music theme to it and it sounded like legendary music. I don't blame the people who thought it was a legendary though. It was tricky to see if it was a legendary, or not.

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Originally Posted by jpp8 (Post 4705938)
I thought it was at first, but now I know that it officially isn't. Mainly, it was because of its battle music.

The battle music for it was pretty tricky. It even tricked me. It sounded like legendary music so I quickly assumed it was a legendary at first. Though when I researched things about it and the abilities and all, I found out some information that lead me to saying it isn't a legendary.

Tyrantrum June 1st, 2009 5:05 PM

I count it as a rare event.

I believe people in the Pokémon world see it, but often. Just not all the time, unlike legendaries, where people usually never see them, unless they are lucky, like Ash and Co. :D

The Dragon Master Is Back June 1st, 2009 5:07 PM

I know I thought it was too because of how you just cant catch it in grass or caves or in water you have to do a certain thing to get it...
Like click on the TV for instance

Zelda June 1st, 2009 5:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naoi. (Post 4705970)
I count it as a rare event.

I believe people in the Pokémon world see it, but often. Just not all the time, unlike legendaries, where people usually never see them, unless they are lucky, like Ash and Co. :D

I would call it as an event, but I don't for several reasons. If it was a rare and special event it'd most likely be available in Toys 'R Us or a Wifi Event. Not always is it so, but most of the time it is. Rotom is only catchable once, but I think it isn't as rare as the Rotom formes. I would call the Rotom formes a rare event because it's only obtainable through the Secret Key event.

Anyways, to me they all could be mistaken for a legendary and all, but as some of us know it isn't and I guess we're going to have to face that fact whether we like it or not. Although they could be mistaken for one, I wouldn't want Rotom and the Rotom formes to be legendaries. For one, with the Rotom formes there are just too much for them all to be called legendaries and with that being so, what makes Rotom even more special? Not saying I don't like the normal Rotom but I am just stating the facts.

Ayano Hana June 1st, 2009 5:58 PM

Honestly, I call it just a regular event Pokémon. It's usually not classified as a legendary

Denzer June 1st, 2009 10:49 PM

Since it can breed 0_0 I think of it as a normal pokemon.

RYOUKI June 1st, 2009 11:03 PM

People think it was a legendary pokemon mainly because, I think a legendary music is playing when you encounter one. Also, because you can only get one per game. the same goes for Phione, people think it isn't a legendary.

The Dragon Master Is Back June 1st, 2009 11:04 PM

Yeah I Guess So...
But like I said before...
You cant catch it like any other normal pokemon.
Well I still am stuck in the middle.
Its 50% Legendary and 50% Non Legendary
Yeah and Phione has a legend behind it so it should be classified as a legendary pokemon.

RYOUKI June 1st, 2009 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dragon Master Is Back (Post 4706702)
Yeah I Guess So...
But like I said before...
You cant catch it like any other normal pokemon.
Well I still am stuck in the middle.
Its 50% Legendary and 50% Non Legendary
Yeah and Phione has a legend behind it so it should be classified as a legendary pokemon.

Oh, and so is Spiritomb. You have to fish with the Odd Keystone (Plat), and talk to 32 people underground for you to encounter it in the Hallowed Tower.

cheese rox! June 2nd, 2009 12:17 AM

I thought it was ledgendary because of the movie, and the fact that there are only one. Then I asked some people, and found out that it isn't ledgendary.

leecher June 2nd, 2009 12:24 AM

i dont class it as a legendary i class it as an event pokemon/you have to do something in order to unlock it which means its harder to get (not harder to capture just to find) but that does NOT make it a legendary

And neither is phione classified as a legendary lol...it is bred from a legendary but it isnt one, it is just like rotom u need to do something to get it but that does not make it a legendary it is classed maybe as a rare"er" pokemon but no it isnt a legendary

TERRA#493 June 2nd, 2009 1:11 PM

the only thing, what lets discuss, if rotom is an legendary, is the music, when you battle rotom ... in my opinion rotom is NOT legendary, because

- it has no overworld-template like most of the other legendarys
- it has no high stats
- it has no special role
- it dont looks like an legendary..

Zelda June 2nd, 2009 3:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TERRA#493 (Post 4708232)
the only thing, what lets discuss, if rotom is an legendary, is the music, when you battle rotom ... in my opinion rotom is NOT legendary, because

- it has no overworld-template like most of the other legendarys
- it has no high stats
- it has no special role
- it dont looks like an legendary..

What I put in bold is a bit off in my opinion. If it was a legendary then would you say the same thing? I don't think it matters how it really looks.

Anyways, I was mistaken before that Rotom was a legendary because of how you had to wait until night time until you can finally bump the television to catch or battle it. Though there is several reasons on why it shouldn't be a legendary unless the storyline for it was changed. First of all, Rotom is at a low level, and if it was a legendary I am pretty sure it would've been at a higher level. It's really easy to catch in my opinion. With real legendaries, it takes some time until you can finally catch it unless you have a stragety. Also, if Rotom was considered a legendary, then all of it's formes would be considered one as well. That would be way too much legendary formes for one Rotom. Plus the Rotom formes are events and it would only make the regular Rotom an event somehow as well. Therefore, those are some reasons why you can tell Rotom isn't a legendary and in my own opinion, it should stay a non-legendary.

PlatinumDawnFtw June 3rd, 2009 5:53 AM

Nintendo said that it's not a legendary, but they still ban it at the VGC's.

Fredu999 June 3rd, 2009 7:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~Morning Bliss~ (Post 4708706)
What I put in bold is a bit off in my opinion. If it was a legendary then would you say the same thing? I don't think it matters how it really looks.

True, if you think about Mew for example. Wouldn't you say it looks a little like Pikachu or some other cute pokemon. It doesn't look that special like, say Giratina (in fact, I think they exaggerated it's look..).


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