>Ancestor of all Pokemon
Cool!

>Legendary Bird that has the power to ressurect and legendary bird that protects the oceans.
Cool!

>Legendary Titans that control the planet's geography and weather.
Cool!

>Legendary Gods that control the fabric of reality.
Cool!

>Legendary dragons that embody the concept of ideals.
Cringe.

>Legendary pokemon that protect the planets ecosystem.
Okay I guess.

>Legendary pokemon that embody the sun and moon yet have nothing to do with the sun or moon.
What?

>Two dogs
Yikes

>Motorcycles.
.....
Its like they aren't even trying anymore. Whats next?

>>58006061 (OP)
The bikes are the best legends since Gen 3 desu

Genwar thread

>OP starts shitting on the legendaries the moment they actually become popular
kek /vp/edophiles are never going to beat the contrarians allegations no wonder this site died sooner than reddit

>>58006064
Legendaries shouldn't be given to you in the beginning of the game. Name has lost all meaning.

>>58006070
>the moment they actually become popular
What did he mean by this?

>>58006076
>Erm actually the legendaries shouldn't be integrated to the story they should be a lame lategame trophy despite being on the cover of the game
No wonder the raidons are loved while your favorite aren't

>>58006080
Being integrated into the story is not the same as being handed to you in the beginning of the game. Go ahead, just say you hate meaning.

>>58006082
>i want the legendaries to be part of the story
>NOOO NOT LIKE THAT
Autism

>>58006061 (OP)
they escalated the power scaling too quickly in Gen 4 and had nowhere left to go. they went from rare, powerful birds and beasts, to wardens of the environment, to...literally fucking God and the masters of all time and space. where are you supposed to go from there? Gens 5 & 6 dialed it back a bit to be more in-line with Gen 3, but it felt underwhelming after Gen 4's pantheon. so then they just said fuck it and got weird with it.

>>58006085
>Legendary
>With you the entire game

Its fine if they were normal Pokemon, calling them legendary is retard speak. Keep falling for Gimmickmons retard.

>>58006091
>>Legendary
>>With you the entire game
No one tell him about cosmog

>>58006090
No, they should have just stopped at gen 4. It was a logical escalation from planetary gods to universal gods. They should've just ended there.

>>58006061 (OP)
>all this cope
The Reggis are the only good legendaries

>Raidons are actually popular
>/vp/ hates them because of that
Many such cases

>>58006095
>Uh actually this equally retarded pokemon from gen 7 totally disproves your point about legendaries being bad since gen 5.

Get a grip.

>>58006096
>planetary gods
>when you stop them their super amazing godly power hasn’t even spread that far beyond Sootopolis
very “godlike”

>>58006100
>it's equally rearded because i said so

>>58006104
Legendaries should be rare and infrequent. Them being present the entire game makes the word lose ALL meaning.

Some are better than others, but its clear GF doesn't really care anymore and are just making the local Rat a legendary for the sake of it. No more gimmickmons.

>>58006112
>Legendaries should be rare and infrequent.
This is just your made up headcanon

>>58006064
True, at least for Koraidon

>>58006076
Nah it was well-executed and fitting, like How to Train Your Dragon. The name hasn't lost its meaning, you just lack the ability to perceive nuance if you seriously have problems with it. The Raidon you get wasn't at full power which was the point of Arven's path.

>>58006114
No, it is just what the word means. Esl?

>>58006117
>No, it is just what the word means.
Clearly not since the kanto birds have nothing "Legendary" about it

>>58006116
>The name hasn't lost its meaning, you just lack the ability to perceive nuance if you seriously have problems with it. The Raidon you get wasn't at full power which was the point of Arven's path.
It's "Legendary" but just with you the entire game is oxymoronic. Just call it something else.

>>58006120
Dont remember the Kanto birds being everywhere in Kanto. Nor were they given to you in route 1.

>>58006125
>Nor were they given to you in route 1.
You can find them in every route in LGPE while you can get only two raidons
sounds like the older legendaries weren't that much legendary lol

>>58006076
How do I use the legendary that's "handed to you at the beginning of the game" in a battle before the elite four?

>>58006129
>LGPE
This just further proves my point that modern Pokemon doesn't understand legendaries.

>>58006131
>D-Doesn't count!!
Cool goalpost but kanto birds aren't legendary at all

>>58006130
No one here mentioned battles.

>>58006134
No goalpost was moved. Being unable to understand the argument is your problem, not mine.

>>58006096
>end with the worst games
Truly would've killed the franchise.

Legendaries then
>I'M A BIRD I'M ELECTRIC
Legendaries now
>Literally a motherfucking cyborg dragon from the future

>>58006136
Then why would having a legendary be present from early on matter?

>>58006137
Unfortunately they didnt, meaning they werent the worst. Glad I could help you out there.

>>58006134
>The best legendaries aren't legendaries
Go back to pre-school newfag.

>>58006136
>Doesn't point out how i'm wrong
even kantofags recognized how the birds have nothing "Legendary" lol

>>58006141
Yeah, somehow Sword and Shit managed to be even worse than shitno.

>>58006142
>>The best legendaries aren't legendaries
There are no legends about them in the games

>>58006122
It's not oxymoronic in the slightest. Finding out they exist during your adventure is still figuring out they exist, which can be at Point A, B, ..., or Z. Whatever time-sensitive element you tack onto Legendary is your own headcanon. This isn't like the X-Files episode where the characters never see the lake monster but it's teased to the audience at the very end after they leave. The Pokemon do exist. Not to mention, Legendary is not even strictly a matter of 'oh I gotta find them' but of their fabled feats too. We get a glimpse of the Raidons grasping more of their original power as the journey progresses.

>>58006140
1. Its incredibly cliche. You are the chosen one with a legendary.
2. Theres zero reason to care about the Pokemon as a legendary if its simply given to you. It would be fine as anything else. A legendary is just GF trying to make it a gimmick.

>>58006143
Theyre rare, powerful and have meaningful abilities. Whats meaningful about a bike?

>>58006149
>Theyre rare, powerful and have meaningful abilities
Not even the strongest in their own original games lol

>>58006151
Never said they were. Anything else?

>>58006152
>The supposed legendaries are weaker than normal pokemon
Pathetic desu

>>58006153
This is how its always been. What is your point.

>>58006154
>This is how its always been.
Proof?

>>58006061 (OP)
>>Legendary Gods that control the fabric of reality.
>Cool!
Wrong. They're not cool, they're ugly as shit. Giratina is the closest to cool among them but the others have ugly faces. Pokemon had a 10/10 track record on Legendaries before Gen 4. Then they doubled down with PLA somehow making them even uglier.

>>58006155
Pseudos being bst 600 which is equal or greater than other minor legendaries. The only difference is they arent rare nor have special abilities. Hence not legendary.

>>58006116
Why not Miraidon?

>>58006161
>Wrong. They're not cool, they're ugly as shit. Giratina is the closest to cool among them but the others have ugly faces. Pokemon had a 10/10 track record on Legendaries before Gen 4
You just have shit taste.


>Then they doubled down with PLA somehow making them even uglier.
I agree with you, but again this is more of a reflection of modern Pokemon philosophy.

>>58006162
>Pseudo legendary is more legendary than the kanto birds
impressively pathetic for the supposed "Legendary trio" lmao

>>58006061 (OP)
Pokemon fans can only like something ironically so they're going to shit on the ones made in earnest and praise the mememons they'll immediately forget next gen.
Case in point >>58006070

>i don't like it because it doesn't follow my own headcanon
This thread in a nutshell pokefags are pathetically autistic

>>58006167
>Conveniently ignores qualifications and other legendaries at or below 600.
Youre done here.

>>58006170
If by headcanon you mean the English language then go off.

>>58006173
The so called special abilities like snow cloak which even frosslas can have lol

>>58006163
Afaik Scarlet was the far more popular game of the two, plus I keep hearing people meme on Miraidon for looking like a dick and balls like Palkia

>>58006098
What I want to know is where's Koraidon?

>>58006177
English will always be the headcanon language in this originally japanese franchise no matter how much you seethe about it

>>58006061 (OP)
>Legendary Gods that control the fabric of reality.
>Cool!
Stopped reading here. The creashit abominations were the tipping point. No other legendary group has looked or had lore as retarded as these things and their ugly fairy brothers.

>>58006185
Its called Legendary in Japan too, retard.

>>58006187
>>58006161

Hoennbortions really cannot get over this decades later, its a sad really.

>>58006188
>English word adapted in japanese
Case in point

>Legendary pokemon
>Doesn't have a legend in the game

>>58006195
It's Hoennbaby newfag.

>>58006195
I was alive to experience Pokemania, Mario

>>58006195
>sinnohfetuses can't cope with the fact gen 4 ruined the franchise

>>58006206
DSbabies will forever seethe because they were born too late and never experienced pokemania.

>>58006187
Atheism is for homosexuals, God pokemon are cool, you are trans.

>Arcanine is classified as the "Legendary pokemon"
>The kanto birds aren't

>>58006183
Kek, that’s fair

>>58006218
This isn't gonna stick as bait lil bro, go back to your sharty discord and find a new script. This just makes you look weird and stupid

>>58006224
>No argument
Concession accepted

>>58006195
>Hoenn out of nowhere
>redditspacing
What’s wrong with you?

>>58006183
Scarlet also has far better performance because GF suck at programming and Miraidon's thrusters make the game laggy as fuck.

>>58006183
>Afaik Scarlet was the far more popular game of the two
No it isn't

>>58006215
I actually still have some merch that stood the test of time from that era too, like bed sheets, a blanket, toys, etc. Some of it is worn down but they don't make some of this stuff anymore.

>>58006225
>even reuses the same cookie-cutter sharty/yawnfag responses
*yawn*

>>58006233
>STILL refuses to provide a counter argument
You lost because you didn't even try birdcuck

>>58006230
Same, I still have some of the merch, the original tommy toys, fat pikachu, squirtle among others.

>>58006229
>calculated based on UK sales data
I'm not from the UK, maybe they like dick and balls more over there

>>58006236
You're weird. I guess that's why people don't like you IRL.

>>58006242
>Starts insulting instead of coming up with a counter argument because he knows i'm right
You lost

>>58006246
>weirdo pretends this is some internet debate
You're a weirdo, you're probably an e-celeb watcher lmao hahahaha

>>58006149
How is it cliche if the only other game where a box legendary is alongside you from the beginning is gen 7? Why would having the legendary be a major character make it harder to care about than legendaries that show up to be macguffins sometime after the seventh gym and then let you steamroll the rest of the game?

>>58006253
>STILL no argument
You lost

>>58006256
>still seething and spewing buzzwords like some blue haired e-celeb
HAHAHAHA you are pathetic

>>58006262
>Only capable of writing schizobabble when presented to an actual argument he can't debunk
You lost

>>58006263
>weirdo still spewing deranged shit
>debate me bro, debate me
Later loser

>>58006204
Combining Hoenn and unova does wonders.

>>58006269
>To this day he still can't come up with a counter argument
Yeah you lost

>>58006226
Its common that Hoennfags obsess over Gen 4. It's just jealousy over DPPT outselling their "masterpieces".

>>58006273
>to this day
>referring to a conversation that started a few minutes ago
You're definitely a redditurd tier weirdo lmao

cringe thread

>>58006282
>No argument yet again
You pretty much lost

>>58006272
>>58006278
>yawnie got tired of getting clowned and schooled by unovachads day in and day out
>starts picking fights with hoennbabies
kekerino

>>58006283
Gen 5 thread

>>58006286
Sure weirdo, that's why you felt the need to repeat that "you won" a dozen times lmao. Keep repeating it until you delude yourself into believing it.

>>58006289
>Kanto birdcuck still can't come up with an argument on why arcanine is more legendary than his shitty bird
You might as well start spamming with your personal bot since you already lost

>>58006278
You people crack me up. It’s like watching niggers talk about how glad they are that they’re not pajeets

>>58006061 (OP)
Anyone who uses "Make X Great Again" always has the shittiest takes.

>>58006291
Gen 1
> Africans

Gen 2
>Eastern Euros

Gen 3
>American Negro

Gen 4
>Aryans

Gen 5
>Pajeets

Gen 6
>Sand nigs

Gen 7
>Thai troons

Gen 8
>Brits (the worst one)

Gen 9
>Spics

>>58006309
> Gen 1
> Africans
lol

>>58006309
>Brit’s the worst one
Found the American

>>58006410
Not sure if Brits is even relevant anymore, considering their a minority now.

>>58006309
Literally the ooga boogas of the Pokemon franchise. They are second worse to Gen 5.

>>58006255
>How is it cliche
Romhacks.

>>58006503
>actual fanfiction
lol
lmao

>>58006507
>>actual fanfiction
Dwell on that for a moment.

>>58006061 (OP)
Hear me out the next legendaries should be a Golem and a Homuculus

>>58006064
Theyre just normal shitmons in whatever timeline they came from. Not legendary whatsoever. Terapagos on the other hand...

>>58006512
ok
>you claimed something was cliche and when asked for examples you had to resort to unofficial material

>>58006137
>ending the franchise would have killed the franchise
whoa

>>58006177
Anon are you retarded?
Legendary means "described in or based in legends" (Koraidon and Miraidon are described as the Winged King and Iron Serpent in the Scarlet/Violet Book, AKA they ARE in a legend).
And the second definition of legendary is just "remarkable/famous/very well known".
You could argue that many non-Legendary Pokémon are "Legendary" if you only use the English language as reference. The classification has always been arbitrary when it comes to Pokémon, and you not liking a particular set of Legendaries doesn't make them any less of a Legendary mon.

>>58006061 (OP)
I actually toyed with the idea that there could be a third category of legendary.
We have Mythical, very rare possiblely one of a kind, usually as cute as they are powerful.
Legendary, usually god like entities, typically giant Kaiju monsters.
Then for the third I call Regional Lore.
This would comprise of things that are powerful, but would just be a regular pokemon if not for their region shaping power, things like the Bikes, the Treasures of Ruin The Steeds of Calyrex, Ogerpon and the Three Loyals.

Sure they are important but they aren't basically gods in flesh like Legendaries.
Just local legends that effect their region and nothing more.

>>58006090
Bah Necrozma is a galactic scale threat to life and energy, probably outside of Arceus is the single most powerful legendary in the universe, especially in its Ultra Form.

>>58006805
so strong it jobs to tapus, its own prey, and humans
lol, lmao

>>58006806
Let me know if the Tapus can eat a star or face tank a supernova

>>58006811
>let me know if tapus can [fanfic]
In-game lore has Necrozma get BTFO not once, not twice, but three fucking times

>>58006816
And?
It needs to be catchable.
I am talking about it's lore.

>>58006827
>I am talking about it's lore.
Apparently not if you’re dumb enough to think it can shit out supernovas at will. Gamefreak lore is always retarded but it’s objectively a fact that Necrozma is not that strong.

>>58006061 (OP)
>Gay rainbow turtle that becomes the ultimate(*) type
Cool!

>Ruination Pokémon based off of artifacts and Chinese folklore with a meme battle theme
Cool! Also hilarious.

You won't catch me defending Paldea's choice for humans but gen 9 Pokes are a step up from Galar.

>Legendary dragons that embody the concept of ideals.

Explain further. The concept of the Unova Dick dragons are completely lost on me.

>>58006843
>I am strong dragon from space
>I will split into two dragons, each of which will team up with one human I like
>sometimes we will fight each other to prove the human we like is right

>>58006805
Necrozma is kinda lame. The other super duper extinction pokemon all have reasons for why the player character can handle them. The weather duo gets nerfed by the opposite color orb (or you get protected, I forget), the creation trio are not actually antagonistic and will hold back their powers, and iirc the others are pretty kind beings overall and/or helping you. Necrozma is just this massive angry bomb and Gamefreak just gave up on trying to figure out why it shouldn’t just have awesome, unbeatable power and insta-gib you. There’s no red chain, or orb, or whatever. It’s just super strong and doesn’t immediately nuke everything because uhhhh reasons.

>>58006866
>>58006834
You guys seem to be continuing to confuse what I am talking about.

I am talking about Ultra Necrozma.

>>58006885
Yes, that is what I’m referring to. Because you fight Ultra Necrozma.

>>58006849
And this based why again?

>>58006091
You can't fucking use it in battle until you beat the game you fucking idiot.

>>58006064
dogshit opinion from scat vomit slurper

>>58006677
Okay, let me spell out for you why this is bad.
>multi-billion dollar game franchise is using tropes overused by amateur fanfic writers.
There. Get it yet retard? Do i need crayons for you?

>>58006803
Pokemon unironically need diablo loot tiers. Common Rare Epic Legendary Mythical

>>58006061 (OP)
>>Legendary dragons that embody the concept of ideals.
Cringe.
why is that one cringe?

>>58007084
The portrayal really. It boils down to two guys fighting over who is right instead of something cool and esoteric like the truth pokemon reveals all while the ideals pokemon makes things around it into their perfect form.

>>58006064
fpbp

>>58007095
And that really doesn't work when one end of the argument is a silent protagonist.

Forget about the main legendaries, which sub-legendaries are the best and which groups are the worst?

>>58007255
The stupid fighting dogs with Keldeo are all trashboats. The Ruination boys are interesting but I'm definitely sold on the Tapus because I have a deep appreciation for Terrains.

>>58007255
>birds - ruined by regionals
>beasts - ruined by paradoxes
>regis - ruined by new additions
>lake trio - so boring gamefreak forgot to ruin them further in PLA
>nature trio - always garbage but enamorous made it infinitely worse
Fuckin shit man that leaves what gen 7? Tapus and UBs? Bleak...

>>58007281
You sound like the worst type of Pokémon fan there can possibly be.

Trends have changed. Some people want the Legendary Pokemon to be funny lovable characters now like Cosmog and the bike.

>>58007281
imagine preferring kantonian moltres over galarian moltres.

>>58006203
people complain about sinnoh and unova's legendary bloat but honestly? they have the best legendary-world integration of any regions.

>>58007281
You are one miserable cunt
Why are you even posting here, you clearly don't like Pokémon

>>58006061 (OP)
I think the moment the Pokemon went from just really powerful rare mons like Groudon and Kyogre to legendary gods and aliens is when things got out of hand, and I can appreciate Gen 8 and 9 wanting to reel it back a bit.

>>58007281
/V/ is that way ---->

>>58007677
How are Groudon and Kyogre not legendary gods?

>>58006805
Would job to any of the creation trio what the fuck are you talking about?

>>58006992
Its not.

>>58007677
So you like legends being meaningless and retarded like the "protector of an island in the middle of nowhere"?

Sorry but Id rather have legends that actually mean something. This is where GF fell off. They ran out of meaning in their legends, so they keep contriving some retarded myth or legend to make them relevant. In the end they become irrelevant to the overall Pokemon world.

>>58008737
That fact that in one reality It eats all energy in that universe then explodes into a new universe

>>58008785
sauce me up that sounds cool

>>58008785
The creation trio are multiversal.

>>58008848
Take a good look at the universal timeline on the wall.

>>58008785
Not sure how this makes any difference when the creation trio have been show to create/destroy universes at will.

>>58009280
What?

>>58009357
What exactly did you not understand with that post?

>>58009272
…you mean a representation of the Big Bang? That doesn’t have to do anything with Necrozma

>>58009377
Why is it shapped like its symbol?

>>58007973
Groudon and Kyogre have the exact same abilities as other Pokemon just on a larger scale, they're gods in a more Olympian sense.
It's very possible they were just really powerful Pokemon that came to be revered like gods by humans.
The creation trio are actually just gods according to their legend, and even if they aren't the actual gods of the pokeworld they certainly display actual godlike abilities.
There are no other Dialgas, Giratinas or Mesprits, while you could feasibly assume Griudons and Kyogres are or were a species of Pokemon.

>>58009427
anon that’s an explosion symbol

>>58009554

>>58009688
They look basically nothing alike. It's literally just an explosion symbol on the poster.

>>58009735
Yeah. Necrozma’s symbol is just a generic star and wouldn’t make sense for a poster representing the Big Bang.

>>58009546
Weather trio feel extremely fitting with the very Japanese world of pokemon. While translated as god, the Japanese word Kami is perhaps better understood as Spirit or Guardian. Kami were often times fully mortal or little more then powerful magical beasts, and often tied extremely to local regions and areas. The weather trio really capture ths idea of Kami. They are powerful beings that might be worshipped and reverred but are still mortal beasts.

>>58006217
your IQ is strikingly below average. go read, bitch boy.

>>58009546
Now that it's confirmed the creation trio are just avatars. Its clear they really are godlike.

>>58010046
I think Gen 2 legends capture this better

>>58009546
Well put