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Old March 27th, 2011 (9:44 AM).
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it has too many leandrys NOT ENOUGH MASTER BALL
LIST
  1. LAKE GURDAINES[3]
  2. ARCUS ALL THE TYPES
  3. REGIGIGUS NEED 3 REGIES OF HOENN
  4. MANIPH
  5. PHOINE
  6. DAIGA PALKIA GARATINA
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  8. DARKIRIA
  9. CRESILIA
  10. HEATRAN
  11. THREE BIRDS OF KANTO[PLATINUM]
I THINK I LISTED ALL THE CATCHABLE LEANDRYS
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you can never ever have too many legendary pokemon :)

I don't want to offend you but...we're totally different people.

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Back then in the days of Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow, Pokemon was about catching 'em all. Of course, I don't blame Gamefreak for creating a few (5, to be exact) "special" pokemon. However, it got WAY out of control--legendary pokemon were appearing left and right. And ask yourselves this: If everything is special, then how is it special? When you have a juice box and nobody else does, you're special. But when everybody has a juice box, you're just like everybody else. Now apply that to legendaries.
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Just a clarification, Phione is not really considered a legendary IMO. I mean, you can breed it! Legendaries are not breedable, they are supposed to be 1 per game!
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Old March 29th, 2011 (5:15 AM).
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To be honest, when looking at Unova's selection for legendaries, I really miss Sinnoh. It seemed like there were just too few this time around. I'm not saying that I'm all for overpowered Pokemon or anything of the sort, but I think that going into a new area for the purpose of catching a one-in-a-kind Pokemon added a little bit of extra depth. In B/W, you have the 3 musketeers, Kyurem, Volcarona, Victini, and a single wanderer (with the exception of Landorus). I just don't feel like that's really enough!
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Old March 29th, 2011 (6:48 AM).
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It's true that there is a large abundance of legenadary pokemon these days, but I don't particularly mind.
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Well, in theory there is ALOT more normal Pokémon than Legendaries, so it kinda balances out.
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To be honest, when looking at Unova's selection for legendaries, I really miss Sinnoh. It seemed like there were just too few this time around. I'm not saying that I'm all for overpowered Pokemon or anything of the sort, but I think that going into a new area for the purpose of catching a one-in-a-kind Pokemon added a little bit of extra depth. In B/W, you have the 3 musketeers, Kyurem, Volcarona, Victini, and a single wanderer (with the exception of Landorus). I just don't feel like that's really enough!
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Gen V introduced 13 legendary pokemon, while Gen IV introduced 14. No offense, but what's the difference?

Again. Like I said. Gen V & IV had WAY TOO MANY. Also, Volcarona is not a legendary, it's a normal pokemon. It even evolves from another pokemon, and it can be caught (it's pre-evolution) in the wild! Don't wanna insult you but...How can you mistake that for a legendary pokemon????

Unova's official legendaries are: Victini, The Musketeer Gang (Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Keldeo), the Kami Tro (EXTREME dissapointment--they're all copies of each other) (Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus) the Tao trio (Zekrom, Reshiram, Kyurem) Meloetta, and Genesect.

I respect your opinion, but *points at above post*. Also, I respect your opinion, and I'm not trying to change your opinion, but I think it's kind of silly you think Unova didn't have enough legendaries when there was only a one Pokemon difference between the generations.


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Well, in theory there is ALOT more normal Pokémon than Legendaries, so it kinda balances out.
The thing people aren't realizing is that it doesn't matter if there are 5 million normal pokemon or just one. The fact that there are 47 alleged "special" pokemon ruins it. Legendary Pokemon can only be legendary when there are 10 or less.
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Cresselia and heatran were kinda pointless in my opinion.
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Cresselia and heatran were kinda pointless in my opinion.
I dont think Cresselia was pointless, it was in a Pokemon episode with Darkrai which was about dreams as for Heatran, I agree with you


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yeah i think that the great number of legendaries here made the games lack originality where legendaries were so hard to get !!
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There are definitely too many legendaries... I don't even consider any pokemon legendary anymore (except the original few) because there are so many now. Sinnoh wasn't that bad, but Unova is terrible when it comes to legendaries. There are way too many.
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In a Japanese copy of Platinum, assuming you have the Regigigas event, all event key items, and a copy of any Ranger game, you can obtain:

1-3: Legendary birds (roaming)
4: Mew (My Pokémon Ranch)
5-7: Regi trio (requires Regigigas caught in a Cherish Ball)
8-10: Lake trio
11-13: Dragon trio
14: Heatran
15: Regigigas (requires all three members of the Regi trio)
16: Cresselia
17: Phione (Breed Manaphy OR My Pokémon Ranch)
18: Manaphy (Ranger)
19: Darkrai (Event)
20: Shaymin (Event)
21: Arceus (Event)

Yes, I consider Phione a legendary.
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Legendary Pokemon can only be legendary when there are 10 or less.
I was with you until you said this. Who is to say that there is a limit to Legendaries? I don't really think the number of legendaries is to great so much as it is to easy to obtain them. If Nintendo found a way to make them a lot harder to obtain that would balance out the fact that there are so many.
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The Lake Guardians are all cheap rip-offs of each other. I wouldn't mind if they stayed in their caves and never came out.
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I have always thought that about Sinnoh, glad somebody finally said it.
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In the Pokemon series, there have been instances that there are multiples of legendary Pokemon..

Anyways, if it's an addition to the storyline then why does it matter?
If it makes the game go longer, then go for it.. But I do agree with some that are pointless which should be left as normal.

But I never thought to call Pokemon that weren't related to the plot line.. Legendaries?
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I don't like legendaries anyway so I don't care how much of them are there. But yeah.. there are too many.
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It's gotten to the the point where there is no 'thrill' in catching the legendaries anymore, by the end of D/P it felt more like a chore than anything.

I think that having legendaries as the focal point of the storyline makes it less exciting in a way, in Gen I & II the legendaries were a bit mysterious and were really only referenced very slightly throughout the games. It made catching them all the more fun!
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The Lake Guardians are all cheap rip-offs of each other. I wouldn't mind if they stayed in their caves and never came out.
hahaha, kudos man, those three are pointless, and their existance is pure pain for pokemon fans !!

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It's gotten to the the point where there is no 'thrill' in catching the legendaries anymore, by the end of D/P it felt more like a chore than anything.

I think that having legendaries as the focal point of the storyline makes it less exciting in a way, in Gen I & II the legendaries were a bit mysterious and were really only referenced very slightly throughout the games. It made catching them all the more fun!
yep, exactly how i feel, i mean in gen 4, the dimensional four should've been the only leendaries, i wouldn't have minded that, and in gen 5, what the hell are those pig trio doing posing as legendaries ?? and that freek'n maloetta, i mean common, its obvious that gf made these when it reached a point where it had no more ideas, couldn't they have stopped ??
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It's gotten to the the point where there is no 'thrill' in catching the legendaries anymore, by the end of D/P it felt more like a chore than anything.

I think that having legendaries as the focal point of the storyline makes it less exciting in a way, in Gen I & II the legendaries were a bit mysterious and were really only referenced very slightly throughout the games. It made catching them all the more fun!

I agree with you completely. The legendaries aren't exciting anymore. They have become mundane.

But since someone mentioned it, I love Cresslia. Maybe it is because I worship a moon goddess, but I think Cresslia is beautiful.
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Nah, hoenn had way to many legendarys.
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I found them to be a nice addition, mostly because they gave me something to do after the main story. I hardly ever use any of them, though.
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I think the legendary pokemons from sinnoh was good since they had a pretty decent back story of it (well maybe except heatran...i never knew what was the point in heatran....). It explained where pokemons were from and kinda had the same idea as kyore and groudon (first time pokemons were introduced that could apparently destroy the world!)

Unova legendaries are kinda......bad (i still very much enjoyed the game btw). I was hoping black and white would focus more on the new non-legendary pokemons like back in the days of Y/R/B. All im saying is, other than the cover legendary pokemons, the rest of them had bad backstories and they didnt really influence the game all that much. I didnt know about the muskateer trio and tornadus until i was finished the game the first time around and completing the unova dex.
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Just a clarification, Phione is not really considered a legendary IMO. I mean, you can breed it! Legendaries are not breedable, they are supposed to be 1 per game!
Manaphy can breed too.

I've never really felt like there were too many. Yeah, there are a lot of them, but attaching the word "Legendary" just doesn't make much of a difference to me anymore. It's almost like the word "Legendary" is just like another type, kinda..? The overabundance just makes me feel like it's a useless title now more than anything. I don't really mind the amount, though... some of my favorite legendaries came in Gen IV, like Heatran. -cuddles his Heatran- <33
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I like the abundance of Legendary Pokemon, simply because they give a mythos of sorts to the games. I like how this game went into depth about mythology, expanding a lot from RSE. ^-^
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