4th Gen Rotom. Legendary or nay?

[Ichida]

It's been bugging me. Who considers Rotom, the new Ghost/Electric Pokemon found in the Old Chateau, a legendary? On one hand, there's only one of it. So what? Same deal with Eevee. On the other hand, it can breed itself. Big deal, so can Manaphy/Phione. I don't know under which category to place its statpool, since they're kind of metagame-average. Its catch rate isn't low enough to call it a legendary either, nor its appearance level. So what do you think?

 

[LawLessChaoz]

Not it isn't a legend it is just rare.

 

[Hideki~kun]

I think it's just a One-Off Pokémon, like Riolu/Lucario, I wouldn't really class it as a legendary, it's not like it can OHKO three Pokémon straight. (In-game, xD)

 

[Ayano Katagiri]

It's been bugging me. Who considers Rotom, the new Ghost/Electric Pokemon found in the Old Chateau, a legendary? On one hand, there's only one of it. So what? Same deal with Eevee. On the other hand, it can breed itself. Big deal, so can Manaphy/Phione. I don't know under which category to place its statpool, since they're kind of metagame-average. Its catch rate isn't low enough to call it a legendary either, nor its appearance level. So what do you think?

What you've said isn't entirely accurate as well.
There isn't only one Eevee ingame, you can get more from the Pokemon Mansion. I have already 4 from there. A better example would be Lucario (as mentioned above), as that is an one-off receiving.
It's more of a half half Pokemon, it's not a legendary, but it's exclusive in being one-off to start with. I dont count it as legendary and I'm sure many others don't either... it's just one of those Pokemon... kinda similar to the Metagross chain of R/S/E.

 

[_Prince_]

I wouldn't consider Rotom as a legend

 

[EvilDunsparce]

If I remember correctly, Rotoms are part of the indeterminate egg group and can breed with Dittos. So it isn't legendary since it can lay eggs :3 Manaphy seems like a legendary to me since it doesn't produce another Manaphy in the egg...just Phione...the knock-off Pokemon. Rotoms produce more Rotoms making them less exclusive.



Being Electric/Ghost type makes for an interesting team addition. :P

 

[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

I wish it were a legendary since I love Ghost type Pokemon but I still wont consider it a legendary

:t354:~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~.

 

[EvilDunsparce]

Spiritomb also seems like it would be a legendary given the lengths you have to go to get it...but it falls into that same category void in between normal and legendary Pokemon that Rotom is in :P

 

[Ichida]

Spiritomb especially, since it has no elemental weakness, a good set of stats, and a decent movepool. :P

 

[RLan69]

Rotom's stats aren't up to legendary snuff. I think the lowest stats you need to be a legendary are like an avg. of 96.3 or something in base stats. All trio legendaries I believe have a 96.3.

I'm SURE that Rotom does NOT have beautiful stats comparable to Zapdos or Azelf...

 

[Rivvon]

Diamond and Pearl do seem to have a lot of new legendaries...I honestly think Rotom is not a legendary, it just doesn't seem legendary material. It's hard to explain, but just look at the Pokemon that we're sure are legendary. Rotom doesn't have that air about to him.

 

[RLan69]

I think 13 Legendaries is more than enough for one generation. 14 isn't that great of a number, but "lucky 13" is :D

 

[ilovenickle]

Are there 'legends' surrounding Rotom? I haven't heard any, like poeple talked about Ho-Oh and the Regis, you know? I wouldn't consider him legendary.

 

[micerunningonsundays]

I always assumed a Pocket Monster to be legendary if only one instance exists and it is unbreedable. i.e. People don't view Lucario as legendary in game format, but do in anime format.

 

[TyranitarFan]

I would say yes just because the game plays that same music as with Giratina, Heatran, and a few others.

 

[Caleb290]

I consider rotom, lucario and spirtomb to be semi-legends :) they are rare but not legends

 

[Sprite]

Yes, I consider it a legend.

 

[SilverDragon]

I think Rotom is only rare cuz u can only find it in the least expected places and it appears at night time.

 

[Maple Meganium]

Rotom is not a legendary. It's like the next Snorlax/Sudowoodo. There's only one of it for effect. And Manaphy can only breed with Ditto.

 

[Rising_Altar7]

I don't think Rotom is a legendary, It's just a rare elec/ghost pokemon that comes out at night. I've caught it with a Dusk Ball inside the Old Chateau.