2nd Gen Withheld's poke theories: Why did Red not have legendary pokemon in his team?

I have three possible explanations...
-He opted not to use them, because he believed
that would be unfair to his opponents.
-He decided to release them, because those
pokemon were too special in his eyes to be held
captive.
-He never caught them in the first place. I think
that's the most probable case. Think of it. When
you tried to catch legendaries in Gen1, how many
of you did you do it first try? I guess most of you
had to save before ''talking'' to those pokemon
and restore the game many times before finally
catching them. Well, in universe, Red did not have
the ability to save and restore, so the chances were
that he would fail to capture any legendary pokemon.

I would say he never caught them, it would be more like the anime were he battles side by side with them and parts way.

I think it's canon in games that Red caught every single Pokemon in Kanto Dex, including legendaries. So, the question is why he didn't use them? I would say that he had his favourites Pokemon and used them.

Janp said:

I think it's canon in games that Red caught every single Pokemon in Kanto Dex, including legendaries. So, the question is why he didn't use them? I would say that he had his favourites Pokemon and used them.

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He caught all of the Kanto dex? I thought that was just in the Pokemon Origins special

The legendaries didn't help him get where he is. His partners, his team did. That's why he carries them by his side all the time to remind him of where he came from. Or something like that!