>>56311833>which is a key distinction they made in order to address the original problem they had with the idea of Ash getting his grubby mitts on Legendary and Mythical PokemonThey didn't reveal what a Pokemon Master was until the last episode and by then he had already caught a mythical (Meltan) and they had no problem giving them to his companions like Mallow's Shaymin and Goh's Suicune and Regieleki.
Also, Gary caught a legendary before Ash with Regidrago 