The Legendary Pokémon Problem (and How to Fix It)
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#Pokemon #pokemonswordshield - Ігри
Pokemon: Is strong, and has a backstory.
Micheal: "There is another."
This took me a minute but goddamn it's an underrated comment
@@charliemcfadden5882 it wont be underrated if it gets 1 more like
@@charliemcfadden5882 Not really imo
"Micheal"
@@charliemcfadden5882 Yet another person who doesn't know what underrated is.
Ok, everyone knows that the only reason that Mewtwo qualifies as a legendary is because nobody is stupid enough to make a second after what happened with the first.
Also, you'd have to get your hands on Mew DNA or worse in the original game that was changed, an actual Mew and impregnate it with its clone.
Does that mean that technically Mewtwo is the Phione case done through science but stronger?
@@nousername191 I guess?
@@Kirbosmith so does that mean Mewtwo is Mew's long lost son?
@@urdeadnotbigsuprise7439 uhhhhhhhhhh
@@Kirbosmith what's the matter? I can roll with that
So here’s my theory with Urshifu. In legends Arceus, we had strong style and agile style for moves. Urshifu could be the last modern Pokemon to be able to use these, single strike for strong and rapid strike for agile. Kubfu’s evolution could simply be it mastering the style.
That sounds interesting.
“That’s just amateur bird watching.” Probably one of my favorite quotes along with “That’s not a legend, that’s just questionable corporate activity.”
That’s not a legendary pokemon its a starter is a good one too.
@@johnsummers2943 as somebody who really likes poipole, I really hate that quote
@@benjaminrichard4632 um why do you hate it
Poipole really is a starter
@@benjaminrichard4632 why? It literally is canonically a starter
Here is what I keep saying about the one of kubfu and urshifu:
That’s not lore of how you came to be, that’s just being kung fu panda
When he said “legendary zoo” all I thought was a legendary Pokémon petting zoo, and there’s a little five year old girl petting the god Pokémon
Who's a good God of creation and literally created the universe, you are, you are.
@@potato1094 *purrs a star to death*
i just looked at this comment and saw that it has a funny number of likes
Imagine Yveltal being petted, and he likes it so much, that he curls up into an egg.
I can only remember of Rusty and all the bone types he created
The video in a nutshell :
Long ago, the legendaries lived together in harmony
Then, everything changed when the Battle Frontiers were built
Honestly yeah, okay but what if, arceus just copy/pasted new ones for the sake of humans feeling special. No that wouldn't work cuz of the regi's storyline
@@DeltaDiggs796 yep arceus the goat
@@justaotter2085 THE GOAT- oop, what if like it is true, also technically solgaleo and lunala are everywhere because they are the sun and moon, so it makes since that they aren't that rare
this is surprisingly accurate
@@DeltaDiggs796 Arceus: "Welp, why is my save file full??"
Giratina: "Maybe because you have *100 birds??*
Definitely shouldn't have discounted pokemon based on battle frontier usage. I feel Regigigas canonically is only one. It doesn't make sense if the regis were made by multiple regigigases
Yeah
ASSES
regigigi
Yeah
Like multiple regis i can understand but not the main regigigas
I wouldn't count the battle frontier personally, it seems like a what of scenario where you can go once regular trainers in the world are not strong enough and you can get a challange.
Yeah, same
Yea. Frontier is more like lategame content for fun. Shouldn't count
Yeah like an area where you could imagine the other trainers as legitimate trainers who’ve completed the game same as you. So they would have encountered the legends on their play through. I picture it was an idea of battle frontier trainers were previous players who’ve beat the game.
Anything battle that doesn't give Pokémon Currency (hence Battle Frontier, or the similar stuff in the later games such as Battle Tree of Sun and Moon) don't count as "canon" battles, and hence their teams don't count as well
Same. Plus it makes little sense to have so many trainers stronger than the Champion. I just see it as non-canon post game content.
“And when everyone is legendary, nobody will be.”
-Syndrome
RIP Syndrome. You were taken away from us way too soon. 😭
Charizard is a legendary now-gamefreak
Technically he said Super, not legendary, but point still stands
@@reversehavoc720 he literally just changed the quote, have you not seen the amount of “when everyone’s___” where super is changed into something to fit the joke?
First off, I said the point still stands, second, no, I haven't
“That’s not a legend, that’s just questionable corporate activity.” Another amazing quote.
couldn't the same go for Mewtwo as well?
Why were they even cloning Mew to the make "Perfect Pokémon" in the first place!?
@@NeonWasInUse he explained the difference with mewtwo in the video, and they wanted to make a perfect pokemon because...humanity is stupid or something idk
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Any Idiot knows how to fix most of Gamefreaks Problems.
They dont even put as much money as they should into this Important Franchise of theirs,
so even the most simple ideas like "Put more money into it" will work.
Let alone stuff a 6-Years old can think up.
Let alone stuff a 10-Years old can think up.
Tutorial-Skip for example? 20 Years ago, games had these already.
Way to go, Gamefreak.
Not gifting Legendarys, not making them worthless and uninteresting? Yeah,
dont defend it: It's objectively a fact that Little Kids know this is not right to do.
I even have prove, cause i have seen 6-Years old literally say this - and no, i did not bias them
beforehand. Nope.
Why are your comments a hour apart like did you watch twice or think of it later?
Zygarde is debatable because in sun and moon they mention that the cells are invisible to people who don’t own the zygarde cube so it’s possible that there are zygarde still roaming Kalos
Yeah but lorewise all the zygarde cells are all one zygarde but divided to watch kalos, then if therw is a problem one of the cells alert the others so they can form the "real zygarde"
@@talagaqui6282 if you think about it there are 50 cells undiscovered by the player so it’s possible there are more core cells(Zygarde cell leaders) and 5 of them are core cells so it’s possible that there could be 5 10% zygardes
@@adamrathosky1441 Or the zygarde 100% isn't really 100
Maybe there is more
@@amazingsuperabdia1372 Good point!
I think the 100% Zygarde is the only one that is legendary, since there can only be one of it, whereas there can be 10 10% versions and 2 50% versions.
I think the criteria are definitely pretty solid, however I think using the Battle Frontier and similar places to rule Pokemon out of contention is a bit pedantic. They're really a bit out of place with the journey you've just taken.
But hey, your video, so your rules! At least you stuck to your guns.
Today I learn what the word pedantic means
love your profile pic used to be my ps4 one
But he missed the biggest and most important part of being a legendary, which is representing something, or embodying something, like sea, land, space, time, emotions, intellect, philosophy, technology, ideologies, mischief and etc you get the point
All legendaries represent something in the pokemon family tree
he didnt. he pretended it didnt exist in johto.
“We’re having legendaries shoved down our throat”
*Me imagining people choking on a Regiggigas*
😏
@@esppupsnkits4560 no
@@Hunterr_____ yes
Regigigas used crush grip!
It's a one hit KO!
😂
Don't give R34 ideas
Considering Argenta has so many legendaries, she’s probably a main character
Or she's a hacker
@@keylimepython641 maybe
Pokèmon Magenta
Or she’s Tobias’ mother
Probably lmao
By these criteria, in Scarlet and Violet, the ruin legendaries are still legendaries but the box legends are now just alternate forms of Cyclizar
That's exactly what they are lol
I mean, they're really just strong paradox pokemon
They were never legendary. It doesn’t make much sense for cyclizar to go from legendary to normal back to legendary through time. They are only legendary because of their importance in the story.
Well, yeah. Koraidon/Miraidon are Paradox Pokémon, not legendaries. I mean, Koraidon could have been considered legendary if there were records and stories of it from ancient times. But it's impossible for Miraidon or anything that literally comes from the future to be a legend.
@@macemierisch6363 That part is totally possible. Natural selection could have made them smaller and weaker but more numerous. But then pushed them into a different niche where they're again more rare and more powerful. Evolution has caused plenty of animal species to get smaller and weaker, and then caused them to become larger and stronger again.
Has it ever been explicitly stated that Legendaries were, or were supposed to be, singular creatures? I thought that was only true for Mythicals.
Fun fact: there have been multiple mewtwos in Kalos. Lore wise, Mega stones are from pokemon killed by the Ultimate Weapon, and since there are 2 mewtwo mega stones, there was a mewtwo in the war, maybe two, or maybe even more, and that’s alongside the mewtwo that’s actually in the game
I think most people are confused about MewTwo. Yes it was 'created', but not from scratch. It was a forced evolution if anything. If a Mew *wanted* to, it could probably evolve into a MewTwo.
Its not even true for mythicals, There was billions of mew before they migrated into other pokemon like Kyogre and Groudon.
@@KappaDeKappa Mew can't evolve into a MewTwo, mew doesn't evolve they slowly migrate into other creatures like Kyogre and Groudon. Mew ≠ Mewtwo
@@KappaDeKappaMewtwo was cloned from dna from mew after countless failures (ditto), he’s artificial
“Leon had a kubfu at one point, but couldn’t get to the tower” he got lost on the way didn’t he.
Underrated comment
It might end up with mustard
yup
Mustard himself says that's what happened.
He was looking for Mustard/mustard
Yessss
Idk why but the delivery of "Poipole's not a legendary Pokemon, it's a starter!" Made me laugh so hard
Man I wonder what are the other starters
@@sivaprakasamshanmugam7676 it could even have a 3rd form in its home world that people on earth can not achieve and the other starters might be other ultra beasts with evaluations that people can not find for the same reason
Ngl, i'd love to start with a poipole... would be an interesting challenge to start with a pure poison type rather than a fire/water/grass starter
I love calyrex and calyrex is an amazing pokemon and calyrex is a majestic rabbit jackrabbit pokemon but tbh, calyrex looks more like a mythical pokemon rather than a legendary pokemon due to its role as a king pokemon and it’s design and even more, calyrex shares a same typing in psychic/grass with another mythical pokemon and
calyrex possesses the time travel/ability to see the past, present and future similar with another mythical pokemon that is the same typing with calyrex, calyrex is obviously planned to be a mythical pokemon, but was made a legendary pokemon instead to add more legendaries in the DLC. And calyrex is among the best legendary pokemons. Like, calyrex is a overpowered pokemon once calyrex is fused with his steeds, you need to run for your life because calyrex will have you & your pokemons for breakfast.
Maybe the other starters are grass type and ground type, and their second evolutions add a dragon typing
I think Scarlet and Violet proves an alternative to this theory, I don’t think the issue with Legendaries isn’t necessarily that there are too many, its that legendaries are kinda Samey, you can only have so many “Stoic embodiments/guardians of the natural world that nobly wait for you to catch them after fighting the villainous team leader for the final time” before it gets old, and man has it gotten old. But I love Miraidon and Koraidon, and recently Ogrepon and heck even the Loyal Three because these legendaries feel like actual character and creatures that I’m invested in instead of a really big not quite dragon thing at the back of a 11 x 7 cave.
Wait the lousy three are legendaries?
I love how the lore about Cosmog boils down to the citizens witnessing a Lunala and Solgaleo getting freaky and making more baby Cosmogs.
Personally, I would discount any scenario where multiple legendary show up as a result of battle towers/frontiers/factories. They seem to me to only exist as an extra post-game challenge
yes
Yea I think so too
But do they exist in universe then?
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 battle frontier is basically an AI PvP simulation for post game fun
@@dennisdexter5602 I mean Annabel pops up in SuMo, so they do exist. And she has Raikou
“How do you have identical people in different places? It’s not real!”
Nurse Joy enters the chat.
The nurse Joy’s and officer Jenny’s are sisters to each other. Go watch the anime!
@@mortorchi1884 anime’s a slightly different universe, but also…same exact scenario? 😂
@@mortorchi1884 Cousins*
@@TheStigHCE09 check your facts before you say something, most of them are sister’s, some of them are cousin’s.
@@TheStigHCE09 like I said MOST of them are sisters which is why I said sisters
The Legendary Criteria excludes Koraidon and Moraidon
- 2 of them in each game
- lore pretty much outright states they are past and future forms of a pokemon that is common to the region, and would probably be common themselves in their own time
But what if the time machine (that brought the past/future mons to present) isn't what it seems?
@@robertlupa8273 I don't doubt it, we might get more answers in the DLC.
personal theory: not past/future, but alternate timelines, perceived as past/future due to the pokemon looking like past/future forms of pokemon we know.
Dude how could the box art legendaries not be legendary 😂😂😂😂
@@-BenGaming- Hey, this is all just a theory
@@-BenGaming-exactly. The Pokémon company says they are legendary so that’s that.
Plus it looks like they will get Tera forms or states of some kind (there is a Tera symbol on their Pokédex picture which is the same as Ogerpon’s picture)
So these guys have more to offer.
Fun fact: starters are actually quite rare
Charizard: and I took that personal
Then, how did a random guy in the battle tower somehow get his hands on all three Gallar starters
@@Kytchu_soundslike_kyju Random Npc luck = 📈
Player luck = 📉
*Confused Akoos noises*
@@Kytchu_soundslike_kyju Rare doesn't mean impossible to get.
Micheal: all mythics are legendary anyway.
Meltan: *nervous laugh*
Zarude: *climbs a tree*
Type null:legendary.exe has stoped2 working
Mew: *Teleports away*
Because you can get one for 20$
@@plushytv5295 there were tons of them before they turned into every other pokemon
Arceus: covers self with arms
I don’t think the battle frontier is canon. They put some legendaries in there to make it harder for the player.
True
Ah so barry has no dad
@@talonqueenzulia313 i mean that the legendary that they have arent cannon
@@talonqueenzulia313 makes sense
@@Eric-py8yy that would make more sense. I like to think when they use legendary mons its apart of a simulation. Its dumb but pokemon has done worse
I had no idea the kubfoo line was considered legendary. I definitely agree with cutting them out 😹
In the time that video was made Pokémon Sol and Luna where the only ones with the box pokémons not counted as legendaries, now we have Violet and Scarlet too.
As an amateur bird watcher, I can confirm that I see flying Pokémon every time
XD
Hmm, yes you do
I see, someone taking their time to spy on government drones. Noble work. Also that’s a pretty nice amount of likes. Whoops not anymore.
Aw just show me
XD 🗿
Groudon be like:
When in doubt...
start the drought
Kyogre be like:
When it's not beneficial...
Start the drizzle
Rayquaza be like:
When Kyogre and Groudon are being mean...
Start the freaking Delta stream
I made these myself
underated comment
Good job on the original joke
@@aydenraine470 *Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo*
30th like
So, by this logic, you could say that in Scarlet and Violet, Koraidon and Miraidon are not legendaries either.
Test #2: Their backstory is that they came from the future/past. Sure there are the stories in the Scarlet/Violet Books, but they also describe the Paradox Pokemon which, in a similar situation as the Ultra Beasts, are just versions of present day Pokemon from the past or future! Heck, even Arven and/or Professor Sada/Turo (forget who said it) remarks that Koraidon/Miraidon looks like a prehistoric/futuristic Cyclizar, a common Pokemon in Paldea!
Test #3: Following the line of thinking above, there are definitely more than one of each. The second Koraidon/Miraidon that injures the first one we encountered. We even fight the second one at the end of the game and can catch it post-game!
Koraidon and Miraidon are not legendary, just Cyclizars from different time periods.
A reminder that literal God is not considered Legendary but Heatran is
I mean it's Mythic. That's above legendary.
"God, How did she get a hold of all these legends. My God Argenta" that one got me
Same
I never really thought about it but I think I always instinctively classified the Battle Towers, etc. as non-canon.
I mean isn't it just fan service so we can have some awesome fights against Pokémon we usually only encounter once?!
Second option: what if all the Pokemon are simulated?
Exactly, it also gives Mons past gen 4 an advantage as if gen 5 had a fronter they would totally use the genies and sword of justice😅😅
Barry just went fatherless in your thoughts🙁
@@susear5939 just like everyone in pokemon
Yes but they are canon in stuff like the anime and manga right?
“They took the battle frontier, and pushed it somewhere else.” - Micheal “let’s take bikini bottom, and push it somewhere else.” - Patrick
I don't see why legendaries should only exist once "per region". Either there exist multiple, or there is only one. If only one exists, it should only be found in one region. If there are multiple, then they might as well show up in the same region. Additionally, just because has written legends about it, doesn't mean it is the one of its kind. Take unicorns and dragons - legendary creatures for sure, but there are multiple stories of different dragons (and dragon slayers mind you), while unicorns are being spoken of as protectors of multiple regions.
I would argue instead, that no more than one should be accessible to the player.
I like this.
Once per region because it’s for player access. I mean in Oras the legends are appearing via hoopa rings so they are probably just being taken from the other region
If they made 2 mewtwos, is it’s origin and legend really any different?
Mikey: “That’s like someone from another world calling Tyranitar a legendary”
My brain: “Shove as many Garbodor through portals to other worlds as possible”
Garbodor is my favorite legendary by far
@@silasmeinardus9831 lol
Ultra beasts(besides poipole) are pseudo legendary pokemon and thats it
My brain: snom
But yes garbodor
“ The game series has been there for 25 years”
Well.... I’m an old woman.
Zoras live for a long time.... GRANDMA!!! :3
Hi I'm a 21 year old man lol
@@jakk9560 I’m 159
@@Inconsolable_Weeb ew
As someone born in the year Pokemon first released... I feel you.
For the regi trio, id like to think that they ARE legendary, its just that because of their descent of non organic material, trainers are able to 'copy' or make an inorganic version of them, just for battles like the battle frontier and as rentals. Although no excuse for the other pokemon like that lmao
F the battle frontier the reason it exists is to give you a challenge
"Poipole's not a Legendary Pokémon,
IT'S A *S T A R T E R* !"
this lone got me XD
Honestly I never considered any of the battle frontiers canon... Especially for this reason
Agreed
I think that the battle frontier isn't canon too, it's just a fun side thing and there are legendaries in it because they are decent pokemon
Yeah and tbh you CAN’T say the person who created legendary pokemon(regigigas) isn’t legendary
If you ignore that Emerald, the game that introduces the Battle Frontier, doesn't treat it as a side gig at all. It's introduced very early on by meeting Scoot right after Wally catches his first Pokémon and he is seen several times throughout the game before finally bringing the player to the Battle Frontier as a reward for becoming the Champion. So the Battle Frontier is in fact a part of the narrative of Emerald. This extends to Platinum, where Barry's father is a Frontier Brain.
@@justinalicea1590 Great point
Regeileki/Regidrago: Yes!! We made it into Legendary status!
The other Regie’s: *B O I*
Then regigigas makes more to just so they are no longer legendary
*Regidrago
@@Airkong423 Ok thanks I will edit it
Remember, Regigigas only build the dragon head for Regidrago cause he ran out of materials, so that means Regidrago is the one AND ONLY
Regigigas making more regis and not finishing them is such strange lore lol. Did it get sealed away before the galar regis could be finished?
"That would be like someone on an alien world calling Tyrannitar legendary."
I guess ten year old me was from an alien world lmao.
THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE N IN TYRANITAR!
This video was somthing that is a fact, pokemon should just have made the " sub legendarys and legandarys( fake ones) a whole diffrent catagory while the mythical pokemon saty mythical
But what about the ACTUAL legendary Pokemon: Arcanine 👀
Edit: Omg I didn’t expect this to blow up! To make things a little more clear on why I made this comment: Arcanine’s actual Pokedex entry says it’s the “Legendary Pokemon.” I know that there’s multiple of them and what not 😅
Theres a lot, no lore, not Strong enough.
@@whymustyoulookhere7112 bUt ThE pOkÉdEx SaYs It Is LeGeNdArY sO iT’s LeGeNdArY
Yeeeesss! I love this. Its all about the true legendary pokemon Arcanine
no.
the real legendary Pokémon is bidoof
You all are forgetting Magicarp
The Non-Legendary Legendary Pokémon: **exist**
Everyone: *"We will watch your career with great disappointment."*
Any Idiot knows how to fix most of Gamefreaks Problems.
They dont even put as much money as they should into this Important Franchise of theirs,
so even the most simple ideas like "Put more money into it" will work.
Let alone stuff a 6-Years old can think up.
Let alone stuff a 10-Years old can think up.
Tutorial-Skip for example? 20 Years ago, games had these already.
Way to go, Gamefreak.
Not gifting Legendarys, not making them worthless and uninteresting? Yeah,
dont defend it: It's objectively a fact that Little Kids know this is not right to do.
I even have prove, cause i have seen 6-Years old literally say this - and no, i did not bias them
beforehand. Nope.
@@slevinchannel7589 Agreed.
Unknown are legendary, they literally have a book of legends about them. and its not like they just roam the world they're only located in mythical temples or whatever
They’re are multiple
@@Cheeseman826 There are multiple of many legendaries, that is objectively not a good criteria and it was even an issue in his video
@@jorgeoquendo7514 I think the idea behind it was many legendary creatures of our world are often depicted as just 1 individual, while others like dragons and unicorns are definitely rare and special, but most times are just that, a rare species that sometimes has special properties, but so do electric eels so that’s definitely not legendary. The only time when this is not the case is when like a dragon is also a god, which in that case there is only 1 of it (as far as I’m aware of at least).
@@Cheeseman826 Entai is a legend and every time a vulcano errupts one is born
In Gen 1 & 2, I always considered all the Pokémon you could catch only one of, as legendary. This included Snorlax, Lapras, Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, and the two fossil Pokémon.
but you can catch two snorlaxes? the one blocking cycling road and the one blocking the routes south of lavender town
Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee as well as Lapras and Snorlax aren't legendaries. Way too many exist in the world sam with the fossil pokemon.
Theory: the battle factory uses dittos to make it's rentals. They are just pre-transforming them to what was ordered. Argenta is rich and has influence so can rent whatever she wants.This includes research grants to Pokemon professors, data from Bill's box system and Slyphco's pokeball technology
yes. so they get the exact pokemon and force the dittos to transform.
you know, that makes a lot of sense
It IS called a factory
Everything he's saying is true
@@harrisonschannelofeverythi6229 nope
“It’s not a legendary pokemon, it’s a starter!!”
That had me laughing.
What's the difference?
@@Amber_Scarlet legendarys break out of every ultra ball you throw at them, while starters do not
@@sparecreeper1580 Ah, I see. So that Bulbasaur was a legendary then.
@@sparecreeper1580 Ah ok so that's why I couldn't capture Joey's ratata he must have a barrier protecting him
This video makes a lot more sense now with the past paradox Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet. It's highly possible that many of these legendary Pokemon are simply members of ancient species that survived until the modern day and is far stronger than most modern Pokemon as a result.
Only thing about the criteria I have a problem with is 1.has to be strong, I don’t think a legendary Pokémon has to be strong it can be legendary for other reasons like being one of its kind making it so rare that people might believe it don’t exist making it a “legend” or it could have lore like , the legendary ( blank ) is legend for its ability to deceive or some other reason
I also agree. Cosmos is weak and DEFINITELY NOT STRONG. But Solgaleo and Lunala are strong.And does BST Really make a difference? If so how much is considered WEAK. What we think is weak might not be in the Pokemon Universe. Also I want to point out that Regigiggus may SUCK in battle but CANONICLY It's one of the strongest legendary pokemon. Go watch JPR Poketrainer98's video on "How strong is every legendary pokemon canonicaly?" For more information.
I also agree that legendary pokemon shouldn't be strong. i mean irl legends, the myrmecoleon aren't strong plus fairies are (sometimes pictured as) multiple of them. So the strong and there can be only one are false, the only thing that classifies legendaries as legends is if they have an interesting story with them.
I never considered ultra beasts legendary because they’re just normal Pokémon from another dimension. There are MANY multiples of them in the games and anime. I completely agree with you
i think that ultra beasts aren't even considered pokemon, they are complerely different beeings
@@Chickoboy #slavery
Me too
@@championboy4782 ?
@@Chickoboy nah they can be catch by PokeBalls but only when they reach our universe
The battle frontier is a poor inclusion in cannon. It's a post game "what if" battle challenge
Yep
Frontier battle, battle house and the like are not canon, I agree.
Use this argument to invalidate Latios and Latias when the Pokédex says this in Emerald about Latias: "They make a small herd of only several members. They rarely make contact with people or other Pokémon. They disappear if they sense enemies."
In addition it would make uniqueness to Azelf, Mesprit, Uxie and Regigigas who have no reason not to be unique due to their very strong and important tradition. As much as the Regi have temples in many regions and are just materials that can be reproduced by their creator, as much Regigigas has a high mobility (according to legends he is responsible for continental drift and cannot be recreated).
Oh and Entei is canonically not unique according to Argent's Pokedex: "A Pokémon that races across the land. It is said that one is born every time a new volcano appears."
Then Heatran is just a gendered beast that haunts volcanoes with no role (certainly not unique).
@@Arcaninos Seriously, I've never heard anyone but him try to say that the Battle Frontier is cannon! That's insane! Also, I have to share these thoughts of mine, otherwise I might go crazy!
Ahem...
This is one of the most painful Poketuber videos I've ever watched... Seriously?! You're using the non cannon battles with the Battle Frontiers to justify why a ton of these Pokemon don't count as Legendaries?! Also, the double standards with stuff like the Legendary Beasts & Legendary Birds make me want to drink bleach! He gets onto the birds case because they don't have much backstory, even though Pokemon just started as a franchise, so you expecting super deep backstory for why something isn't a legendary is petty IMO. And yet the Legendary Beasts don't have much of a backstory ether, since all that happened was that they died and came back to life, they do nothing for the region after that happens! Look, I get that we all have our opinions, but if he has to stretch THIS MUCH to make his arguments, then that's just pathetic in my eyes... 😮💨
@@LaprasTrainerLiam1031 In any case Legendary is a title for at least extremely rare Pokémon, sometimes with associated myths (but this point is not mandatory)
This means that all the Pokémon in the video are either primary or secondary Legendary Pokémon (with the exception of the Ultra-Beast which are common in their world and not recognized as Legendary on The Pokemon Company's communication, although the codes make them specials close to secondary legendaries, probably for balancing reasons as they have high stats and are inspired by invasive species but pushed to the interdimensional)
That said, some of them are still unique whether by logic in their lore and function, or because nothing implies that there are more than one. This is the case for Mewtwo, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Regigigas, Giratina, Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Tornadus, Thundurus, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Landorus, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde-Complete, Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapa Bulu, Tapu Fini, Necrozma, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Calyrex and Enamorus.
Calyrex's mounts may be questionable, but I don't think they are unique, especially since there is no unique horse in the canon, it seems to be interchangeable and taking on the same function. It's not like duos like Palkia and Dialga who each have a different function and are not mutually exclusive. And maybe Cresselia ?
Special mention for Solgaleo and Lunala, even if they are not unique on a world scale, are special cases because they can literally travel at the speed of light and transcend dimensions. I mean, if we assume that all planets that could support life in the universe were to be terraformed by a Weather Trio, there would be several (but not on Earth), the difference being that they don't travel at the speed of light and don't change dimensions.
As Solgaleo and Lunala are light regulators (one is the embodiment of sunlight and changes night into day and the other is the embodiment of moonlight and can change day into night), there will be as many as there are worlds and there are billions of stars in the universe (not to mention other universes).
Cosmog (nebula) -> Cosmoem (proto-star) -> Solgaleo/Lunala (star/solar system), this is just symbolically the formation of the stars. They're just a reflection of something as complex and vast as themselves unlike the other legends.
Battle Frontier, apart from it just existing, shouldn't be counted as canon in any way. Its roster of possible pokemon are largely the same as the player's. If legendaries appear there, then no pokemon is unique, because you can link battle with someone else that also has a legendary. Oh, you think that Mewtwo is unique? Well, my friend has one, and so do I, and you can catch one too, and we can all battle each other. Not a very unique pokemon anymore, is it? So yeah, arguments in favor of the Battle Frontier being canon doesn't track well. The entire Battle Frontier concept is basically just competitive pokemon battling in singleplayer mode.
gonna extend this to include gen 9:
the Paradox Cyclizars: not legendary. plenty strong, but basically no lore and there's 2 of each (in the present, they're supposedly abundant in their home times)
Treasures of ruin: still legendary. very strong, theres the whole tale with the king of paldea, plus theres only 1 of each
Zapdos is the creator of thunder and storms
Articuno creates cold weather and blizzards
Moltres provides warmth meaning all have the legend of weather
Pokémon: is about to be legendary
Amateur bird watchers: hello there
Any Idiot knows how to fix most of Gamefreaks Problems.
They dont even put as much money as they should into this Important Franchise of theirs,
so even the most simple ideas like "Put more money into it" will work.
Let alone stuff a 6-Years old can think up.
Let alone stuff a 10-Years old can think up.
Tutorial-Skip for example? 20 Years ago, games had these already.
Way to go, Gamefreak.
Not gifting Legendarys, not making them worthless and uninteresting? Yeah,
dont defend it: It's objectively a fact that Little Kids know this is not right to do.
I even have prove, cause i have seen 6-Years old literally say this - and no, i did not bias them
beforehand. Nope.
Obi wan kenobi?
@@slevinchannel7589 What are you going on about
Bonjour
@@wiskful1558 A lot of what Gamefreak does is stupid.
"All mythical pokemon fit all the criteria anyway"
Meltan, which is definitely not a unique Pokémon to it's home region in any way
also a lack of backstory
And meltan is weak
What region would that be...?
I know some Pokémon are just like this but why do meltan amd melmetal exist
Well it is from “unknown origins in Pokémon home in let’s go the go park complex so Kanto and the anime ashes just somehow evolves he didn’t even give it candy so in the anime Alola
fun fact, there are canonicaly more than one dialga and palkia. in the games it shows arkoos making dialga/palkia eggs.
*IT'S ARCEUS, NOT F*CKING ARKOOS! SAY IT RIGHT!*
@@Amelia4111 bro calm down its something about the channel jesus
@@Amelia4111 the last 2 comments u poseted were shouting at people in capitals about misspelling why are u hating on so many people for no reason?
You shouldn't count battle towers or battle frontiers.
What?!! If you gonna count Regidraco and Regieleki as Legendaries, the you gotta count the others ones too.
"that's just amateur bird watching!"
the now birds: oh okay.....
"That's just amateur bird watching."
"That's just questionable corporate activity."
"That's just a common meet up point."
This is the best.
I was half expecting him to say “That’s not Pokemon, that’s just slavery with extra steps”
Also” An angry magma spider”. 🤣
I thought he would say for mewtwo before he says he’s legendary
That’s not legendary that’s just intense cloning
Heatram an Angry Magma Spider.
That was the best MandJTV said EVER
Maybe the difference between legends and sub-legends is the sub-legends are the non-box art legends (Legendary birds, beasts, etc.) and legends are the box art legends (Ho-oh/Lugia, Palkia and Dialga, etc.)
You can even find a Cosmog/Neby in Galar, in an npc's house
Cubone's Mom is Legendary.
How is marowak a legendary?
@@feliperivas1382 It's a joke.
It's a joke because that Marowak fits all three of the criteria.
@@hachinkun2220 To expand on that:
1. It's strong
2. Lore behind the skull
3. There's only one because you cant find it in the wild except for the skull
Also, the reason why it is a joke is because when you hatch a Cubone egg, it already has the skull of it's mother.
Press (X) to doubt @@feliperivas1382
"It is possible that the galarian birds are just seprate and got their names because of the resemblance"
Thats exactly what it is
Didn't he say himself before that they aren't the same and the galarian birds are completely different
I thought it was official in the pokedex.
The Dex entries state how they got their name. That's it. If you name a Spot and I name a dog Spot, that looks similar to your Spot, it could be the same breed of dog, that's how genetics work. They could be brothers. But if they AREN'T the same species, than what makes every other regional form the same species? Especially when Kantonian Meowth can't become Purrserker. And Kantonian Mr Mime can't become Mr Rime. I look at it that maybe these birds came to Galar and changed like any other regional variant. Maybe they were granted new forms from those berries. Then humans found them, and may not of heard of the Kantonian ones, also came up with the names
@@BearWith_You common ancestry but innabbility to interbreed usually means seperate species.
The pokedex says they are different
6:20 on some binoculars on a gate even after you have catched all of them in all kanto games the binoculars show that theres a legendary bird flying outside
I think that beasts aren’t bc they came from regular Pokemon species not hatched or made that way
In my opinion, the battle frontier should not count. I don’t think that they are canonical appearances, just there for cooler battles and game balance.
Yeah, he mentioned that legends like Ho-oh or Lugia appearing in games like Ultra Sun and Moon is more for the players enjoyment and accessibility to them, then actual lore. That's how I feel about the battle frontier and such. It's a cool place to do after the main game. But should not be considered canonical to the story of the videogames. It's just for the player.
Any Idiot knows how to fix most of Gamefreaks Problems.
They dont even put as much money as they should into this Important Franchise of theirs,
so even the most simple ideas like "Put more money into it" will work.
Let alone stuff a 6-Years old can think up.
Let alone stuff a 10-Years old can think up.
Tutorial-Skip for example? 20 Years ago, games had these already.
Way to go, Gamefreak.
Not gifting Legendarys, not making them worthless and uninteresting? Yeah,
dont defend it: It's objectively a fact that Little Kids know this is not right to do.
I even have prove, cause i have seen 6-Years old literally say this - and no, i did not bias them
beforehand. Nope.
@@slevinchannel7589 chill.
This is at its core. A kids game. And not a directly owned product of Nintendo. It is Game Freak and the Pokemon company. But Nintendo can't shower it with money like they could Metroid or Mario. (One could argue the Metroid point is bad because Metroid Prime 4 but I digress.)
This video isn't a debate on fixing Pokemon. But I think Michael has a video about that somewhere.
@@zeroglitch1310 It's naive to say about this whole subject 'Its just a kids game'.
It's about people's life already, that's how big it is.
People live on it.
Fans pay money for it.
And whatnot else.
@@slevinchannel7589 you still need to chill out though. You’re taking this way to seriously.
“Are they found only once?”
*Laughs in resets.*
It's also funny how your pfp is sans from undertale with resets being a very important part of the storyline
Well the timeline and everything also reset so it is still one pokemon
@@neecocarbrerrah1266 lmao
Ribbit!
*Laughs in trading from other save files*
So with the Regis I personally think the lore behind them only applies to the Regis you find in the sealed caves and the ones that the battle frontier uses are ones that get created later by Regigias. That's my personal headcanon
The 3 regis should just be pseudo legendaries. Pseudo legendaries like Dragonite and Metagross have multiples that can be obtained. Still respectable pokemon but not quite on the same level as a full on legendary. Regigias should be a legendary since only 1 is ever obtained legitimately.
If I remember correctly for every volcano that is formed a heatran is born ?
VOLCANO DOES NOT END WITH AN E!
@@Amelia4111was a small mistake
"Not Articuno" Thumbnail Twice in a row....
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My Brain: "Not ArticDos"
ArticTres
@@anthonytv7311 lol
@@anthonytv7311 Articquanto
@@anthonytv7311 Articinco
That lost pun
I feel like there's a running theme in regards to Pokemon not being unique, and that's the Battle Frontier. I feel like for the Regis and the Lake Trio, their lore insinuates that there's only one of each. That's why I definitely think the battle frontier teams are exclusively there for gameplay purposes and are non-canonical. Also let's consider the fact that it doesn't make any sense for there to be multiple copies of the Lake Trio and the Regis. Especially Regigigas.
Exactly
Okay, the prume Regi example:
Og regies: not legendary
Weather trio: three buff dudes who fly and can control weather (Rain Dance, Sandstorm, and Sunny Day exist) are, of course, legendary
I can accept that all the Regis beside Regigigas are not legendary, just rare. I can imagine Regigigas creating multiple of them across the eras.
But Regigigas should be unique.
The Lake Trio also should be unique, 100% agree with you.
The thing is, there a lot of things that exist solely for gameplay but don't make sense, lore-wise (starting with 'hi i'm a 10 yo from an irrelevant town and I captured the God of Time, Space, Antimattier, Land, Sea, Sky and the creator of universe in balls that now obey to me and battle against Youngsters and their Rattatas under my orders just like that random Zigzagoon I got solely for the Pokedex and fill my team on route 1 used to do! :)'). So I definitely agree with this.
I think it makes sense for there to be multiple regis with the exception of regigigas since he's the creator- after all the regular regis have their own caves and rooms dedicated to them multiple regions like hoenn, unova, and now in galar
This really puts a "you captured an endangered species and used it for your own enjoyment" spin on things.
if you think about it "ash greninja" is a legend
1. he is strong with a bst of: 640
2. he has a back story
3. there is only one of them (i know there was another one way back when but we can't really count it)
Zygarde: Has 99 siblings.
Michael: You are a Legend.
They are one of a whole though. Zygarde Cell isn't technically considered a Pokemon.
@@claine89
there are 5 zygarde cores though and the cores think differently if you go by what the anime showed us.
while the 5 cores in the sun moon game only teaches zygarde special moves and help make power construct zygarde
@@Runedrace Anime doesn't count and also they are still parts of one true whole
Let’s just talk about the legendary on your profile pic icy wind
@@atommidas2002 Haha yes! Vanilluxe is the best legend, It's strong and unique!
Fun fact : The third Type Null is in the Battle Tower of Galar.
I bet the chairman went to the alola for a vacation and then brought it back to galar to just give it to a random trainer.
No Macro Cosmos copied Aether Foundation stuff and made a new one
That’s the type null I have in my box right now
@@sincere3712 more corporate espionage
Yeah it's pretty fun being trapped in a tiny ball and only seeing day when they have to fight to the death and being sent to the hospital 20 times a day
what you said about the kanoto birds then the same should actually go for the unova weather trio because they also have diffenert froms right.
THERE IS NO VOWEL BETWEEN THE N AND THE T IN KANTO! AND IT'S DIFFERENT, NOT DIFFENERT!
sorry brother/sister typing mistake.@@Amelia4111
“Poipole is a starter Pokémon” was *not* what I expected to hear going into this.
no its not
@@sparkyplayz8578 It is. In it's home world, it's used as a starter. It says that in one of its pokedex entries.
@ detrilogue
It says it’s a optional Pokémon from the sword & shield games
“How do you have two identical things, in two different places”
Good design baby. They got the right engineers and contractors in
What about the people in there? Cloning?
@@robertlupa8273 Actors that's how. Ok not really, but that would be hilarious. More likely they just move locations occasionally, and you just happen opon them while at the specific locations you go to.
@@robertlupa8273 just a bunch of Dittos g. Easy fix
The birds are legendaries because the Let’s GO games are not canon, they’re Kanto games but there are dark and steel types, and you get access to Alolan Variants which is BS. The birds are legendary my theory is a while back, they were very common, but they got into a great battle with only one of each species of bird survived. Lugia grants the birds immortality, like Ho-Oh did with the beats, but there were 3 more alive again one of each. The 3 who didn’t get immortality dont know about the other 3, and they hide in Galar eventually adapting. Zapdos lives in the wild area, and needs to defend itself, so it becomes fighting. It hides in bushes, and loses the ability to fly after sticking to the ground so flying taxis don’t spot it. Moltres moved to the Isle of Armor, and adapts to be darker to hide in its surroundings, gaining the dark type. Last but not least Articuno moves to the Crown Tundra since it has lots of snow, but trainers there use fire types to keep warm, and beat wild ice types so Articuno becomes a psychic type, and turns into a darker shade like Moltres did.
Paldea:
Koraidon, Miraidon and the other paradox pokemon don’t count
The chaos quartet or whatever does count
Don’t know if anyone thinks this but Gholdengo definitely doesn’t count
Ogerpon does count
The loyal three do count
Terapagos counts
I think pecharunt is mythical so he doesn’t count
My main way to go to tell if it's a legendary is: "Is this pokemon immortal?"
Ash is legendary confirmed
@@skaionex fax👏
I'd base my definition on how notable they are in their society, such as if a member of their species has done something in the past that made people regard it as a being of legend? If they are literally spoken of in legends and myths, they are fitting of the title.
But really that's all it is: just a title. They're living creatures just like any other pokémon (or human). They may be stronger, or have strange abilities, but they are just as much a part of the ecosystem as any other creature.
Koraidon: Nope. Rules 1 and 2 are followed, but not number 3
Miraidon: Same as Koraidon
Ruin Legendaries: Walking the line on Rule 2 but I’ll give them a pass as it’s sufficient enough for backstory. The history teacher’s story is all about them, they’re mentioned in the Scarlet/Violet Book, and the stakes provide some mysticism
Loyal Three: Yes. Plenty strong, tons of backstory, and there’s only one of each
Ogerpon: Yes as well, for the same reasons as the Loyal Three. There is an argument to be made about it because of the fact that it had a trainer (because that means someone could catch it way back then, which we all know would have been difficult thanks to PLA), but then again, we (the trainer) catch legendaries all the time.
Terapagos: I’m assuming it will be, but who knows the direction Indigo Disk will take.
I think the Kano birds should be legendary! When they made the game on the Game Boy there was a limited amount of sprite storage. So they could not tell the story!!!
There is a Birdkeeper who mentions three illusionary birds in Gen 1 and that he bets they're birds of prey. Also according to Entei's Pokedex entry from Gen 2 a new Entei born when a new volcano is created. So in that case more than 1 Entei is likely to exist
Id say the entei case is reincarnation. As if how Ho-oh gives them the immortality. Should an Entei die, a volcano is just created and an entei is shot out?
But it's the Pokédex, the same one that says that Gardevoir creates black holes and that Magcargo is hotter than the damn sun. So I wouldn't pay much attention to the Dex
His reasoning for why the 3 beasts are legends makes no sense. Where the Battle Frontier is located has no connection to whether or not there are more than 1. If there's 1 in Johto and 1 in Sinnoh there's still multiple of them, making them not legendary.
@@julianzarco6403 The black hole thing could be Gardevoir using Shadow Ball and who recorded the info is just slightly incompetent
Edit. Just realized that pretty much furthers proves your point lol
@@antagonistdan95 Then none are legendary because every legendary is in the crown tundra and usum
Drinking game: take a shot every time Mikey says “plenty strong enough”
I'm almost drunk
Or battle frontier
JK don’t do that cuz that will result in death
Your so stupid they are rare
That's almost the amount of how much time you say "Honor!".
Now here's my explanation of Urshifu.Rapid Strike and Single Strike Urshifu seem to actually be different,not being the same Pokémon.Also,Leon may of not be able to evolve his Kubfu because the Rapid Strike and Single Strike already being taken,resulting in Not Kubfu being the legendary,but Urshifu being one.Sure,it doesn't have much lore,and backstories,but now I've proven my point.For Calreyx,it's basically the same thing as Urshifu,except that Urshifu had 2 evolutions in it's line.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SPACE AFTER EVERY PUNCTUATION MARK! THE Y IN CALYREX SHOULD BE BEFORE THE R, NOT AFTER THE E!
Damn, Argenta... You may be the one trainer that could actually beat Tobias!
We only know 2 Pokemon of Tobias right? He could have more Legendarys than we know
@@yaboipktendo I have never had any doubt that he had a full team of them.
If that’s the case is Ash’s Pikachu, Sceptile, and Charizard are sub legendary?
@@diobrando3685 no, only his Infernape. And only that one Infernape, who is best boi
He probably has Arceus
Zapdos, Articuno and Moltres: KNEEL IN FRONT OF US!!!
Michael: Yeah about that...
AMATEUR BIRD WATCHING!!!!
Hail yeah
@@yoseifkifele3174 HAIL YEAH!
The birds would definitely qualify as legendaries in Mystery Dungeon Blue/Red Rescue Team. I'm guessing you don't count spinoffs though.
With Zygarde it is hard to tell whether there is only one or if there is multiple as there are many regions it would be hard for one zygarde to travel the world, and if there is more than one it would be a world balancer in most regions
I just wanted to share when Micheal started talking about the regi's and how they're rental Pokemon I thought what if when the player got their regi they unlocked a tomb far away that just had thousands of them lined up like clay soldiers and when the player caught the one that the player found, they ended up awakening them all and that thought alone was too cool not to share.
Ooh, that'd be rad!
Maybe there are thousands dormant and every time a Regi is caught or escapes from its cave another one is awakened to fill its spot.
I love calyrex and calyrex is an amazing pokemon and calyrex is a majestic rabbit jackrabbit pokemon but tbh, calyrex looks more like a mythical pokemon rather than a legendary pokemon due to its role as a king pokemon and it’s design and even more, calyrex shares a same typing in psychic/grass with another mythical pokemon and
calyrex possesses the time travel/ability to see the past, present and future similar with another mythical pokemon that is the same typing with calyrex, calyrex is obviously planned to be a mythical pokemon, but was made a legendary pokemon instead to add more legendaries in the DLC. And calyrex is among the best legendary pokemons. Like, calyrex is a overpowered pokemon once calyrex is fused with his steeds, you need to run for your life because calyrex will have you & your pokemons for breakfast.
You're forgetting Fire Red's Entai dex entry "A Pokémon that races across the land. It is said that one is born every time a new volcano appears." A new one every time a volcano appears? Sounds like there's a good chance there is more than one
I wouldn't put too much faith in Pokedex entries considering it states that Magcargo is hotter than the surface of the sun, Shedinja stealing your soul if you look at it's back (which you always do when you have one in battle), Gardevoir creating black holes, etc.
@@ElHarmonyV True, but they ARE considered lore
@@tribalewok2485 yeah.
But tbh i dont think most pokedex entries should count
Otherwise everyone on earth would be fucking dead
@@tribalewok2485 Pokedex data is written by 10 year old children so that is not always accurate
It means that they are like one time use teleportation spots pretty much entei could be like I wanna be in alola and boom! he disappears and alola gets their volcano and entei come sprouting out like a shooting star!
I say pheone should have been made in gen 2 as a mythical and it has the cool new breading mechanic
THE FIRST E IN PHIONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN I!
I would classify the can birds as sudo legendary cause like there’s no lore on Garchamp but you still really strong
I agree with almost everything and your reasoning is always justifiable. However I feel like that if you make 2 regi's legendary, all of them should be legendary.
Yeah it's weird that 2 of the 6 regis including their LEADER are legendary. I think his explanation is kinda flimsy.
The other regi had multiples so many in fact that you could hire them but regigiggas pardon my spelling doesn't considering he created the Regis while the other two Regis were the only one he created with no multiples ik its confusing
I think the logic makes sense. Let's say I drew a rose. And then I drew a rose and a lily. The lily is one of a kind but the rose is not.
@@stephanieburkinshaw That doesnt make any sense, cause Rigigigas LITERALLY created the other regis.
@@stephanieburkinshaw Yeah but how can these two be legends but the guy that controls them isn't.
Sinjoh cave: exists
Sinjoh Frontier: exists
Conclusion: Arkoos duplicated it
Sinjoh.
Let that sink in.
@@PinkGoldAbby it is Sinnoh and Johto combination
Arkoos😁🤣🤣🤣 I'm dying
Stutin Narasimhan I see you're new
Auto Correct did it
I still do not understand why older legendary pokemon could not have just been used more. Sure we have seen them already. But they would still be awesome and special. It would be a highlight to get them again.