>Type: Null, Silvally, and the Ultra Beasts are internally categorized the same way as minor legendary Pokemon in SM's coding despite not being identified as legendary by the Pokedex or the official site; furthermore, the Tapus, to which these criteria also apply, were recently officially confirmed to be legendaries by the advertisement for the shiny Tapu Koko distribution; consequently, the position that Type: Null, Silvally, and the Ultra Beasts are not legendary Pokemon cannot be logically defended, as the same arguments for this being the case also applied to the Tapus, which are now confirmed to be legendary.
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