The Legendary Pokémon Problem (and How to Fix It)

I have an issue with legendary Pokemon...

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[siragon]

The video in a nutshell :
Long ago, the legendaries lived together in harmony
Then, everything changed when the Battle Frontiers were built

[abcmegalovania]

Pokemon: Is strong, and has a backstory.
Micheal: "There is another."

[MegaBebb]

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

[aaroncallahan]

I love how the lore about Cosmog boils down to the citizens witnessing a Lunala and Solgaleo getting freaky and making more baby Cosmogs.

[waningmoo_n]

“We’re having legendaries shoved down our throat”

*Me imagining people choking on a Regiggigas*

[riol_]

“That’s not a legend, that’s just questionable corporate activity.” Another amazing quote.

[Kirbosmith]

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.

[ryane]

By these criteria, in Scarlet and Violet, the ruin legendaries are still legendaries but the box legends are now just alternate forms of Cyclizar

[mr.sheeppeehs]

Considering Argenta has so many legendaries, she’s probably a main character

[chrispna]

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

[camillekalaw]

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 😅

[InquisitorThomas]

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.

[nathoghazi]

“And when everyone is legendary, nobody will be.”
-Syndrome

[MetaOSC]

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.

[gandalfdergraue]

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?!

[lasercraft]

I would also like to note that Buzzwole's Pokedex entry literally says its COMMON in the world its from. And in Ultra Plant (the world where you catch Xurkitree) you can see a ton of large Xurkitree in the background harvesting electricity as just part of the scenery. Needless to say, they aren't rare enough to be legendary in their home worlds.

[kiyanyacoob]

“Leon had a kubfu at one point, but couldn’t get to the tower” he got lost on the way didn’t he.

[aydenraine]

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

[maxim_beatbox]

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

[GamingRabbit]

The Legendary Criteria present in the video 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