Is Arcanine a legendary pokemon?

[True-Target]

My friends have been arguing about this for some time now. I want to hear from you guys what you think of this. The Question: Is Arcanine considered a legendary pokemon as in Mew, Entei, and Lugia.

 

[AlphaMightyena]

if he was a legend-

he would be banned from the battle frontier
he would be hard to catch
have weird music playing when you encoutered him
although 555 is a respectable base stat it's at least 600 in a legend

but in the Anime, they thought he was in acient times

 

[Captain Hobo.]

No i don't think he is a legendary but he is good.

 

[wolf]

[jq]if he was a legend-

he would be banned from the battle frontier
he would be hard to catch
have weird music playing when you encoutered him
although 555 is a respectable base stat it's at least 600 in a legend

but in the Anime, they thought he was in acient times[/jq]
Not all legendaries are banned, such as Latias, Latios, Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres, etc.
Some legendaries are pretty easy to catch.
Latias, Latios, Cresselia, and Shaymin all has normal music, rather then a different tune.

Anyways, Arcanine isn't legendary, only its species states it is. Arcanine was supposed to be a legendary when making generation one iirc, but I think they decided not to.

 

[Redstar]

This topic has been discussed before, mostly concerning Unown. And the answer is, yes.

Check out the other thread, Normal Pokemon-Legendaries = Real Life Animals -Cryptids in this same forum, Pokemon General. In it we all discover the honor of Slowpoke and his legend.

 

[Twisted Cuteness]

It's a legendary because of it's shisa-esque appearance

 

[Wings Don't Cry]

It is Legendary because the Pokedex said so.

 

[Azonic]

No, Arcanine is not a legendary Pokemon. It is classified as a legendary Pokemon, and is described in Chinese legends (as stated by various PokeDex entries) but it doesn't meet the "requirements" to be considered a legendary Pokemon. There are 35 legendary Pokemon, Arcanine is not one of them.

Most legends have the following characteristics:

• In games, the trainer usually only has one chance of catching / obtaining such Pokemon. NO
• The Pokemon usually has no gender. NO
• Refuse to be bred by trainers. NO
• Trainers rarely see such Pokemon. NO
• The Pokemon are statistically some of the strongest in the game. YES
• Do not have an evolution chain. NO
• Held in higher regard in anime. NO

Arcanine only meets one of the common characteristics, but that characteristic could just be any Pokemon's general characteristic and may have nothing to do with it's legendary status (Togekiss, Garchomp).

 

[Sakura Rain]

Be nice if it was. But no, Arcanine's not a legendary. It was supposed to be, but Game Freak decided against it.

 

[The Red Chain]

if he was a legend-

he would be banned from the battle frontier
have weird music playing when you encoutered him
although 555 is a respectable base stat it's at least 600 in a legend

1. Not all legends are banned from the Battle Frontier, so that is untrue.
Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus are the banned Pokemon.
That leaves Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Latias, Latios, Regirock, Registeel, Regice, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Heatran, Regigigas, and Cresselia unbanned.

2. Again, not a true fact. Shaymin is a legendary and normal wild Pokemon music plays when you encounter it.

3. About half legendaries have a base stat total of 600, and the other half have roughly 580. So that's about half right. As Cherii says, the 600 stat total legends are considered ubers.

To answer the main question, no, Arcanine is not a legendary. ^u^
It was believed to be a legendary in the Pokemon world's ancient times, but in truth it's not.

 

[Azonic]

if he was a legend-

he would be banned from the battle frontier
he would be hard to catch
have weird music playing when you encoutered him
although 555 is a respectable base stat it's at least 600 in a legend

but in the Anime, they thought he was in acient times

Just clarifying, but you're getting you're definition mixed up with Ubers.

 

[DonRoyale]

Arcanine is classified as a Legendary Pokemon.

Is it classified with the "ghost" classification of a legendary Pokemon (in that it's asburdly rare--usually only one per game--has insane stats, insane movepool, and insane badass factor that forces every n00b that sees it to hump its right leg)? No.

Its stats are decent. Very decent, at that.
Its movepool is a pile of shat. It's one of the Fire-types of the game that pretty much sucks, Flareon being the better example, just because of its movepool.
It does, however, have a trace of that insane badass factor.

However, it's nothing special to most, really...

 

[Redstar]

No, Arcanine is not a legendary Pokemon. It is classified as a legendary Pokemon, and is described in Chinese legends (as stated by various PokeDex entries) but it doesn't meet the "requirements" to be considered a legendary Pokemon. There are 35 legendary Pokemon, Arcanine is not one of them.

Most legends have the following characteristics:

• In games, the trainer usually only has one chance of catching / obtaining such Pokemon. NO
• The Pokemon usually has no gender. NO
• Refuse to be bred by trainers. NO
• Trainers rarely see such Pokemon. NO
• The Pokemon are statistically some of the strongest in the game. YES
• In games, the trainer usually only has one chance of catching / obtaining such Pokemon. NO
• Do not have an evolution chain. NO
• In games, the trainer usually only has one chance of catching / obtaining such Pokemon. NO
• Held in higher regard in anime. NO

Arcanine only meets one of the common characteristics, but that characteristic could just be any Pokemon's general characteristic and may have nothing to do with it's legendary status (Togekiss, Garchomp).

Nice job mentioning the same thing not only twice, but three times.

Plain and simple, Arcanine is a legendary.

 

[Azonic]

Nice job mentioning the same thing not only twice, but three times.

Plain and simple, Arcanine is a legendary.

Copy n Pasta has failed me. :U

 

[Pidove Flying]

Arcanine isn't a legendary, but it truly diserves to be.

 

[Fishyman]

Arcanine is a lengendary. It has been since its first appearence.

 

[The Red Chain]

Plain and simple, Arcanine is a legendary.

It's a pseudo-legendary.
In other words it's total base stat is very close to the lower stated legendaries [580], but it is not a legendary in any meaning of the definition.
Other pseudo-legendaries include :

• Dragonite
• Tyranitar
• Salamence
• Metagross
• Garchomp

Arcanine's species classification does indeed say 'Legendary', but this is only because it was believed to be in the Pokemon world's ancient times.
But the definition of legendary in the Pokemon world is:

Legendary Pokémon are a group of extremely rare and powerful Pokémon. In the Japanese version, there are three distinct terms used to refer to those Pokémon which are collectively called legendary in English. One, 伝説のポケモン (densetsu no Pokémon, lit. Pokémon of legend), refers to those which are featured prominently in legends, such as Groudon and Kyogre. The second, 幻のポケモン (maboroshi no Pokémon, lit. Pokémon of illusions, translated as mirage Pokémon in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl), refers to those so rarely seen that some question their very existence, such as Mew and Lugia; an alternative definition restricts it only to Pokémon not available in normal gameplay. The third is 神話のポケモン (shinwa no Pokémon, lit. Pokémon of myth), which is a term applied to some of the legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh

Everything I bolded is everything Arcanine is not.
Therefore, not a legendary.

 

[DonRoyale]

You call that a legendary when it could be walled/defeated by so many things. :[ That's quite unethical of a legendary, dontcha think? Legendaries are supposed to be strong, now.

Phione would like a word with you. :V

 

[WolfWrath]

Arcanine is classified as the Legendary Pokemon probably based on the poke dex, it says something like: Its proud and regal appearance has captured the hearts of people long ago. So people in the pokemon world must of considered it legendary way back in time 'cause of their 'legendary' appearances. Besides, they are quite powerful fire types IMO.

 

[Citrinin]

If legendary is taken to mean

1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a legend.
2. celebrated or described in legend: a legendary hero.
(Source)

Then no, Arcanine is not a legendary. Its existence is well-established.