is 10 too young to own a Legendary Pokémon

Started by Moltres Rider August 10th, 2013 3:43 AM
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this might get moved to Pokémon Gaming Central but might not idk...

since there is a thread on if 10 is too young to go on a journey, lets assume the answer is no. which brings up my question, is 10 too young to own a powerful Legendary Pokémon that is so strong and can do great damage? Legendary Pokémon are REALLY powerful enough to kill, is 10 years old too young to own a Legendary Pokémon?

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Actually owning the Pokemon isn't the most difficult part. Capturing it is. If you have the skill to capture a legendary Pokemon at age 10, then by all means you should be allowed to keep it with no questions asked.
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Well I'm going to say 10 year old leaving home to explore mountains, caves, volcanoes, the ocean, and beating each other up for their money is a little dangerous and far fetched already. I also dont know if your character matures at all when the game ends- I always imagined a 12-14 year old at the start, and a 17-20 year old at the end. After that a responsible trainer/champion would join the league or open an gym, or something of the sort- basically pave th way for newer people to do the same.

So I don't think a 10 year old should have a Pokemon responsible for the flow of time in his pocket. xD
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I think the real question is if anyone is qualified to capture a legendary pokemon. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should. What would happen to the Pokemon if something were to happen to you? We know that legendary pokemon can reproduce, since there was an episode of the anime with a baby Lugia, but there are still only a handful in the world, one of which would be rotting in your PC box. Also, it's pretty safe to say that a legendary pokemon isn't going to have the same relatively tame qualities of regular Pokemon - unless you were the best trainer to ever live, holding a legendary pokemon captive would be a good way to get yourself/someone else seriously injured or killed.

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Knowing a ten-year-old, they would do something stupid like try to tie a bow around its neck and poke it over and over again once he/she got his/her hands on it.

And then they would get killed. So, no.
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I caught my first legendary at 7 ;D

I don't think any age is too young to own a legendary. If you are able to capture it and train it, you are certainly old enough to have it.
I think he's talking as if this was a real situation.

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Not in the slightest. Putting that much responsibility in a ten-year-old's hands is a terrible idea. Legendaries aren't just super-powerful Pokémon, they are functionally gods. Think back to when you were ten; you probably regret a lot of your decisions, and that's because most ten-year-olds just do really dumb things. If a ten-year-old owned a Legendary, they'd probably bring about the Poképocalypse without actually intending to.

So no. They really should not.



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They are way too powerful to be put in anyone's hands especially things like the creation trio and Arceus which can warp reality to their will. Have you ever seen that Twilight Zone episode with the omnipotent kid that could unexist people with a thought? I'd fear that power in any human being especially a ten year old child.
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My first instinct is that 10 year olds absolutely shouldn't be able to own legendary Pokemon. But the more I think about it though, many legendaries have shown to be friendly towards kids (in the anime at least), and I don't see what would be wrong with having a 10 year old own something like a Celebi or a Shaymin, other than they'd be near impossible to get a hold of. More vicious legendaries like Giratina, Rayquaza and Kyurem though, should be nowhere near regular trainers, let alone 10 year olds.

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10-year-old's shouldn't be able to own some of the Legendary Pokémon. Humongous ones like Giratina and Zekrom shouldn't be allowed, but some of the cute ones - even though they are extremely rare - are okay, like Shaymin or Celebi. I just think it'd be wrong for a 10-year-old to be walking round with a humongous Zekrom plodding behind them, but a Celebi flying around them would seem pretty cute.

And like Rozu said, keep 'yo Legendary Pokémon away from Mother ****** Gary Oak! :3

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No matter how hot-headed and skilled a ten year old trainer may be, it just isn't reliable to put something so powerful in their hands. They'll be in awe of their new legendary Pokemon and if we used this in a real life situation, they would undoubtedly show off its potential. This can be extremely dangerous, if huge dragons can already get knocked out by the force of Dialga's Roar of Time, then why is it safe to place into a child's hand? No child can handle that responsibility of owning such a beastly Pokemon especially one with a huge role in the creation of the world. Its like giving the position of ruler to a ten year old, they wouldn't know how to handle it properly and it could end disastrously.

So yes, I think ten is way too young. At that age you aren't exactly the most mature kid and can't make life or death decisions. If ten-year olds already get excited enough at the thought of remote-control helicopters, god knows what they'd do with a legendary. Rather harmless ones that have no problems with humans such as Victini/Celebi as mentioned before would be fine. But Palkia and creators of the Pokemon universe is way out of bounds for even the most skilled trainers.
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Fair enough being able to catch a legendary at 10..*cough*impossible*cough*... but I think that any time the Pokemon spends out of its Pokeball should be in the presence of a parent or guardian. Unless we're talking about Manaphy, that's innocent enough, but if we're talking Zekrom then i'd expect the government to be paying a visit regardless of the trainer's age.

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Short answer, yes. There actually isn't a longer answer. This is assuming we aren't talking about giving a ten year old something appropriate for ten year olds. Something like Groudon? That's funny, hahaha.

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If I were ten (again) I'd own a legendary, if I worked my butt off catching it. C'mon, what 10 year old doesn't want a Mew as a friend :3
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What Zeffy said, sort of. We seem to have adopted an opinion in PGen that the pokémon world doesn't work like our real world. 10 year olds can travel the world and earn money, fighting most often doesn't happen human to human so having pokémon is a good enough security against evil people, all pokémon are friendly at heart and can therefore bond with pure hearted kids if everything goes right.

So from this standpoint, I'd say a 5 year old could probably befriend a Ho-oh or something if the conditions around the situation were right. But that's mostly the way. I'm not sure an old legendary pokémon would allow a human kid to defeat them with their own pokémon team and then capture it unless there was something very special about that kid that the legendary sensed.

Because we all know there are stuff like prophecies and pure hearted kids in the pokémon world :>
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