The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

[Fab]

I'd be okay with two box legends, a trio and one final legendary.

[Shiny Celebi]

I think there should be:
The box trio/whatever( we dont know if they'll go back to third versions)
one legendary trio
one or two stand alone legends(unrelated to each other)
one or two event legends( three or 4 like last Gen is a little much)

[H-con]

With a Skitty right next to it.

*Purugly

Just ocd running wild.

I would rather they introduce less so they could develop more story for each one.

Look, I like Mewtwo's backstory and all, but this is completely wrong on many terms. I don't see how some of the legendaries haven't been given far more plot and backstory in the later games compared to the early games, when there weren't so many of them.

The creation trio and tao trio are good examples of this if you ask me.

Of course, whether or not you (or anyone else, for that matter) liked the plot handling, is a completely different case altogether, and I think they could have easily put in more effort in creating a backstory, but I still don't buy that.


There's a fair few bunch of event mons that could have gotten a better treatment though.

[Sunburn]

They pretty much have to do box legends at this point, and I doubt they'll stop doing trios anytime soon, plus there's always going to be at least one standalone legend related to the box legends in some way. So that's at least 6 :P

[Shiny Celebi]

I think 6 is plenty, no need for like 10 or more.

[Mijzelffan]

There's no way they're going back to pre-gen III amounts of legends. I'd say 9 is the (unlikely) bare minimum of new legendaries we'll be getting.

[Shiny Celebi]

That's like a ton. I dont get why there has to be so many.

[Hunter Blade]

The weird thing is that Ho-Oh hasn't ever had a major role in anything in the anime. Everything else up to this point has.

Edit: Somehow didn't notice we had another page already, so this is late, haha..

[Shiny Celebi]

Ho-oh just kinda points Ash to where he's supposed to go next it seems.

[Greece]

I think i've seen Ho-Oh like twice in the anime

[Hunter Blade]

Yeah, that's been the only thing it's ever done, which I like. Keeps a low profile, appears maybe once every few years.

[Shiny Celebi]

I kinda like that Ho-oh in the anime is kinda mysterious, they never really interact with it, but it's there.

[Hunter Blade]

Just like decent plot. You never really know it's there until you summarize a whole season in a paragraph or so.

[Luminosity]

With a Skitty right next to it.

*Purugly

Just ocd running wild.

I would rather they introduce less so they could develop more story for each one.

Look, I like Mewtwo's backstory and all, but this is completely wrong on many terms. I don't see how some of the legendaries haven't been given far more plot and backstory in the later games compared to the early games, when there weren't so many of them.

The creation trio and tao trio are good examples of this if you ask me.

Of course, whether or not you (or anyone else, for that matter) liked the plot handling, is a completely different case altogether, and I think they could have easily put in more effort in creating a backstory, but I still don't buy that.


There's a fair few bunch of event mons that could have gotten a better treatment though.

I don't get what you mean by Purugly. I know that isn't Skitty. I was referring to HSOWA.

Also, I'm not saying Gen I had super developed Legendaries and Gen IV and Gen V didn't. I don't believe that. I just don't see the point in introducing 10+ legends unless you can thoroughly develop each one (and I don't think box legendaries have ever suffered from this). Maybe I'd like to see fewer event only Pokemon and more in-game searching (like have us find Meloetta's red shoes instead of having us download the Pokemon at an event). I don't know; I do think I can't return to the childlike enthusiasm I did have (not being a child any longer and all), so I don't expect that.

[Shiny Celebi]

I mean if there are 10+ legendaries, if they are cool and interesting, I wont really complain, but I don't expect them all to be like that.