Oh... I miss counted the number of stats...
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Gen VII: Pokémon Sun and Moon (New info Post #5834)
- Thread starter Karxrida
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An important thing to note about Tapu Koko's legendary status: on the official Sun and Moon website it is not listed under legendary Pokemon, only Solgaleo and Lunaala. I mean then again Zygarde is also not listed as a legendary but I think that that may show that Tapu Koko isn't a legendary in the traditional sense of the word.
Didn't we already get Pokemon with legendary reputation but not actual legendary status?
Or am I getting confused with the anime?
Magearna is also not listed as legendary. I don't think that means anything.
Well, they do make a distinction between Legendary and Mythical Pokemon...
Mythical Pokemon technically aren't considered legendary pokemon. I doubt Tapu Koko would be mythical, what are we basing its Legendary status on?
The fact it's the guardian of Melemele Island.
I personally think it'll be a rare, non-pseudo non-legendary yet very powerful Pokémon; along the same lines as Volcarona and Snorlax.
Rotom is like this iirc.
Rotom just so happens to have the legendary encounter theme is all. I've never seen it referred to as or implied to be legendary beyond that.
As for Pokémon with a legendary reputation but no status as such, Volcarona might be a good example:
"A sea of fire engulfs the surroundings of their battles, since they use their six wings to scatter their ember scales. When volcanic ash darkened the atmosphere, it is said that Volcarona's fire provided a replacement for the sun."
I mean, that sounds like a legendary if I've ever heard of one.
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Agreed. Would consider not getting Sun/Moon if they have Syncro evolutions, since they are practically the same as megas.
Nah I thought Rotom was a legendary for two years in 2012-2013 lol. And if it has the legendary theme in battle then it can be considered to have a legendary reputation or to be associated with legendary Pokémon. I think that Rotom started the trend that gens 5 and 7 followed/are going to follow if anything tbh.
Oh yeah, to those of you that are complaining about the name "Comatose" just remember that Pokemon in this game can easily get paralyzed with just a drop in speed and occasional missed turn. So it's not new for Game Freak to take the name of something terrible and apply it to something that...is nowhere near as bad.
IIRC the DPP legendary theme was otherwise exclusive to Giratina, and it had some... how could I say it? Creepy parts?
Maybe it could be better be called the "Rare DPP ghost" theme.
I quite like Tapu Koko; not only is its design cool, Electric Surge has competitive potential (and they finally made Terrain abilities). Electric Terrain prevents grounded Pokemon from falling asleep and boosts the power of Electric-type moves, so if it ends up with usable stats, I may just make an Electric Terrain team for VGC 2017 (assuming Tapu Koko is legal in the format, which it should be seeing as it's most certainly not a box legendary or something) because beefier Thunderbolts + Spore/Dark Void blocking is legit.
Bruxish looks absolutely dorky, but I still like it because of its ability. As far as we can tell, it prevents priority attacks from connecting, which is absolutely a big deal (*COUGH* TALONFLAME). Does seem like they're trying to do something about Talonflame; now we just have to wait to see if its stats (or of any evolutions if they exist) are any good.
Rockruff is the dumbest name ever. That's all I have to say about that one.
Bruxish looks absolutely dorky, but I still like it because of its ability. As far as we can tell, it prevents priority attacks from connecting, which is absolutely a big deal (*COUGH* TALONFLAME). Does seem like they're trying to do something about Talonflame; now we just have to wait to see if its stats (or of any evolutions if they exist) are any good.
Rockruff is the dumbest name ever. That's all I have to say about that one.
OH I thought we were discussing legendary status in terms of the in-game lore, not players' misconceptions lol.
In that case, another example in addition to Rotom would be Lucario, whose starring role in the 8th movie left a false legendary impression on many fans.
But they make Tapu Koko sound like its a single being, something usually done for Legendaries.
The "legendaries" that you guys are talking about as far as I know are Psuedo-Legendaries. Not true legendaries in a sense but highly revered, powerful, etc. Whatever the case. Such as Rotom, Volcarona, Dragonite even seeing as its dex entry comes after the legendary bird trio and in some of Dragonairs dex entries it's mentioned Dragonair, Dratini and Dragomite were once considered to be Mythical pokemon.
but names such as the ones to the pokemon announced follow english grammer patterns.
The term "Pseudo-Legendary" actually refers just to Pokémon whose stats rival those of a legendary, more specifically those with a Base Stat Total of 600, of which there exist only 7: Dragonite, Tyranitar, Salamence, Metagross, Garchomp, Hydreigon, and Goodra. But you're not totally wrong regarding the type of legendary-ness we're discussing.
That said, I do think Tapu Koko and its fellow island guardians will be at least minor legendaries on par with 'mons like Azelf/Mesprit/Uxie and Raikou/Entei/Suicune.
Rotom and Volcarona aren't Pseudo-Legendaries.
Their requirements are three stage evolution, 600 BST Pokémon. So it's just Dragonite, Tyranitar, Salamence, Metagross, Garchomp, Hydreigon, and Goodra at the present moment.
EDIT: Ninja'd.
I'm totally hoping for the only Pokémon with 255 in every stat is Supreme Arceus, with an Abiity that makes impossible for it to get super effective damage and a Final Judgment move that's super effective in every single pokémon. That kind of shit should be reserved to the Supreme Being and creator of the Universe.
Stop giving Game Freak ideas! Do we really want to ban something from Anything Goes?
The Goodra line isn't blue.
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