Legendary?

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    What do you think makes a pokemon legendary? Super strength, Ancient powers, Extreme rarity, or something totally different?

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    In my opinion, legendary pokemon are simply pokemon with legends behind them. They don't have to be rare or strong.
     
    Legendary Pokemon? Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Latios, Latias, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Regigigas, Giratina, Cresselia, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, & Arceus.

    If you wanna get technical, this is how I define a legendary Pokemon:

    - cannot breed (Yes, yes, I know, except for Manaphy)
    - abormal stats, high or identically balanced
    - only one per playthrough (except Phione, of course :P)
     
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    I think legendarity is gained through the way they look, if they look awesome, to me, they're most likely to be legendary. Though that theory can't really be proved true in all cases.
     
    Legends, and the fact that they're so powerful somehow makes them really special... Oo
     
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    Well, if the stat is powerfull and the pokemon looks unique i will call it a legendary
     
    - only one per playthrough
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    Playthrough? We're talking about the pokemon world as a whole, not just the games. You can't play the manga or anime.

    - cannot breed (Yes, yes, I know, except for Manaphy)
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    They do breed. Baby Lugia have been seen in the anime before. Just because it doesn't like to breed in some pokemon daycare, doesn't mean it can't.

    Strength isn't consistent to what people claim to be legendary either. Is tyranitar legendary? Most say no. Is it extremely powerful? YES. Wouldn't that be 'stats'? Now, would someone please explain to me how Power = Legendary status?
     
    Because Celebi can travel through time?

    Because Groudon can cause the entire world's oceans to evaporate?

    Because Kyogre could flood the world?

    Because Deoxys is a mutating virus from space?

    Because Dialga and Palkia have the power to control the very fabrics of time and space?

    Because Arceus is the CREATION GOD of Pokemon?

    <.<;; I live by the games, whereas you seem to live by the anime. *shrug* I'm not up to following the beliefs of an anime with hundreds of episodes of filler with no purpose other than to showcase each Pokemon. IMO it's a vehicle for the game. The only reason people use some of the weaker Pokemon is because the anime misconstrues the actual usefulness of many Pokemon in competitive battle.
     
    Kenji-kun said:
    In my opinion, legendary pokemon are simply pokemon with legends behind them. They don't have to be rare or strong.
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    I agree with that. Legendaries just have all mysterious and powerful Legends behind their name and creates a super power image just because of that. And then, they are pumped up ingame with abnormal stats.
     
    Because Celebi can travel through time?

    Because Groudon can cause the entire world's oceans to evaporate?

    Because Kyogre could flood the world?

    Because Deoxys is a mutating virus from space?

    Because Dialga and Palkia have the power to control the very fabrics of time and space?

    Because Arceus is the CREATION GOD of Pokemon?
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    Yes, exactly. Isn't that the definition of the word legend? I don't see what you're getting at.

    <.<;; I live by the games, whereas you seem to live by the anime.
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    I don't live by the anime. I never even watch anymore. This is the pokemon general forum. You can't just ignore another part of the pokemon world because you don't like it. If I put this in the game section, you could continue to spread your game-related facts.
    A certain pokemon has been shown to have an ability to breed, yet in the games it doesn't breed when you give old people it's pokeball. Makes sense, no? They can breed. They choose not to. If there was a reference in the Manga that conflicts with the anime, I'd accept it and compare them, not complain about the Manga for biased reasons.

    I won't even acknowledge that last sentence; I'm offtopic enough as it is, I don't need to dicuss your opinion of the anime ruining competitive battles in a thread about the definition of legendaries.
     
    The correct definition of a legendary Pokémon is "a Pokémon that cannot be gotten more than once in a single Pokémon Game" (no glitches or gameshark)

    So it restricts it to: Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew, Entei, Raikou, Suicune, Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Latios, Latias, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Heatran, Regigigas, Giratina, Cresselia, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, & Arceus.

    You can get more than one Phione, so it's not a legendary.
     
    Shiny Umbreon said:
    The correct definition of a legendary Pokémon is "a Pokémon that cannot be gotten more than once in a single Pokémon Game" (no glitches or gameshark)
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    Ichida said:
    - only one per playthrough
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    THANK you. Someone who agrees.

    Nod to Phione; forgot that it can be bred multiple times.
     
    THANK you. Someone who agrees.
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    No one disagreed. Everyone one knows that 'legendaries' in games are pokemon that can be caught once.

    What I'm trying to say is to look at it from the point of a game character, without the "it can only be caught once per game" attitude. Pretend that the pokemon world = the world you live in. What would you consider a legendary?

    Please, no one else post the 'only once a game' thing.
     
    Hmm, that is very interesting! I never really thought about what makes a pokemon legendary...

    I guess I agree with what some other people said. In the game at least (sorry ^^; ), there is only one of them. In the show there is usually only one of them except for the Lugia example Kenji-kun mentioned. And all the legendaries have some sort of story or 'special' power.
     
    I think its only the rarity since there is only one in the game because not all legendaries are strong

    :t354:~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~
     
    Well, Legendaries are always:

    -One of a kind. ('Cept Fione.)
    -Have a mystical power that only it has. (Example: Suicune can purify murky water.
    -Being chased after by a crime syndicate that ends up being thwarted by a ten-year-old Pokemon Trainer.
     
    I believe the bonus disk allow syou to transfer Jirachi more than one (although I think I'm wrong). Anyways, doesn't that take away from its rarity and its legendary status?
     
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