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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 17:41:51 No.58213720 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>58213736 >>58213796 >>58213809 >>58213847 >>58213885 >>58214782

>mythological birds embodying the elements that live in Kanto's most remote areas
>theorized ancestor of all Pokémon and its manmade clone
>twin patron deities of a historic city's bell towers, with powers over the sea and resurrection
>deceased Pokémon given new forms by the aforementioned patron deity
>protector of the forest
>Pokémon that control the weather
>powerful war machines created and sealed away by an ancient culture
>reclusive Pokémon that grants wishes
>mutated space virus that can reorganize its cellular structure at will
what lore do the latis have

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 17:44:28 No.58213731 Report

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The Latis are more like Mythicals than Legendaries in that most of what we know about them comes from the movies and anime rather than the games

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 17:45:21 No.58213736 Report

Quoted By: >>58213924 >>58213929

>>58213720
>deceased Pokémon given new forms by the aforementioned patron deity
How is this doing something?

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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:04:24 No.58213796 Report

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>>58213720
He jets
They're probably just rare and thus are considered legends

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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:08:31 No.58213809 Report

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>>58213720

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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:21:46 No.58213847 Report

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>>58213720
>mythological birds embodying the elements that live in Kanto's most remote areas
Do the legendary birds actually have any special lore behind them? I always thought they were basically just cryptids
I'd put Latios/Latias in the same general category

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:27:17 No.58213866 Report

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>>58213847
They REALLy hate Lugia, as every aryan mon should

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:29:32 No.58213885 Report

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>>58213720
https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemonconspiracies/comments/wbuleb/japanese_translation_unconvering_latios_and/

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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:38:35 No.58213924 Report

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>>58213736
They still do things meanwhile the lati's don't
>Born from volcanoes and can cause eruptions from barking
>Fast as lightning and summons thunderstorms
>Can run on water and purify polluted waters

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:39:54 No.58213929 Report

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>>58213736
Entei embodies volcanoes, Suicune embodies water purity, and Raikou embodies lightning.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 18:52:40 No.58213969 Report

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Gen III tends to focus on superancient Pokémon and society. Latios and Latias have names derived from Plato's works Timaeus and Critias which were about the nature of the physical world, human beings, and the sinking of Atlantis to a more orderly society. Their category in Japanese is the Mugen Pokémon (not infinity mugen, but fantasy/dream mugen). They're shown to be highly intelligent and in-tune with the human psyche and empathetic, capable of understanding human speech, and turning invisible. They are more or less manifestations of humanity's ability to fantasize, being tied to Hoenn's theming of the superancient with the Plato stuff.

Gen II is about legends tied to culture and tradition. This is fitting since Kansai is so steeped in it. Lugia is somewhat disconnected to Ho-Oh, but it has ties to Wadatsumi in a real life sense.

Gen I is more about urban legends, because Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres don't really have many historical legends about them, they're more rare and powerful Pokémon that some people talk about. Mewtwo's existence is rumored and it's treated as a science experiment gone wrong. This is more fitting for Kanto which has Tokyo which is modern and urban.

Gen IV is about mythology and creation, the spirits of what makes everything what it is. Sinnoh is based on Hokkaido, which historically had the Ainu people who believed there were kamuy for every concept.

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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 20:28:58 No.58214318 Report

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Man after gen 2 they had such legend bloat. Over 10 percent of all pokemon are some level of legendary now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 22:33:47 No.58214782 Report

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>>58213720
Hyper intelligent dragon birds that live in a pure island untouched by man, and can turn into people like swan/crane wife myths.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 22:38:17 No.58214800 Report

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>>58214318
I thought it was like 7%

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 22:41:12 No.58214823 Report

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the movie was the lore
the film was the only place where they decided to explore these pokemon narratives
of course theres a strong chance at one point they considered a plot point in game for them but that never came to anything so they were happy to tell that story outside the game

like unown, heatran, mythicals like jirachi and deoxys

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 23:07:15 No.58214954 Report

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>>58214800
1025 pokemon + 55 regional forms = 1080, so 108 legends are needed for 10%
>3 birds + Mew/Mewtwo - 5
>3 beasts + lugia, ho-oh, celebi - 11
>Weather trio, 3 golems, 2 Latis, Jirachi, Deoxys - 21
>3 creation dragons, 3 lake fairies, Heatran, Regigigas, Cresselia, Darkrai, Phione, Manaphy, shaymin and Arceus - 35
>3 genies, 3 swords, 3 dragons, victini, meloetta, keldeo, genesect - 48
>XYZ trio, Diancie, Hoopa and Volcanion - 54
>type null, Silvally, 4 tapus, cosmog, comoem, solgaleo, sunala, and necrozma, magearna, Marshadow, zeraora, melmetal, meltan. -70
>Sword and Shield dogs, Eternatus, cubfu, ushifu, 2 more regis, calyrex, glastrier, and spectrier, girl genie, and Zarude - 82
>Chinese 4, motorcycle duo, ogerpon, loyal 3, Pecharunt, terapolga - 94

94 + 11 ultra beasts + 3 Regional forms for the kanto birds, paradox versions of the 3 Johto beasts and the 3 Unova swords - 114.

People will contest what counts and doesn't count as a legendary but the point stands that the number has increased a lot since gens 1 and 2.

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Anonymous Fri 05 Sep 2025 23:10:00 No.58214966 Report

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>>58214954
I would count all paradox mons instead of just a few, tbqh

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 07:09:07 No.58216326 Report

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>>58214954
Jesus Christ, no kidding

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Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 07:39:21 No.58216361 Report

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>>58213929
this is incorrect

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 07:49:35 No.58216373 Report

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>>58216361
You didn't play the games.
>Raikou embodies the speed of lightning. The roars of this Pokémon send shock waves shuddering through the air and shake the ground as if lightning bolts had come crashing down.

>Entei embodies the passion of magma. This Pokémon is thought to have been born in the eruption of a volcano. It sends up massive bursts of fire that utterly consume all that they touch.
>It is said that when it roars, a volcano erupts somewhere around the globe.

>Suicune embodies the compassion of a pure spring of water. It runs across the land with gracefulness. This Pokémon has the power to purify dirty water.

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Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 14:04:17 No.58216987 Report

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>jet-bird-dragon hybrid
>psychic, intelligence and can speak telepathically
>eon/infinity Pokemon
>male and female, blue and red
>brother and sister
>female can change its appearance
>male can make you see images
>“Those whose memories fade seek to carve them in their hearts…”
>“All dreams are but another reality. Never forget…”
>signature move is mist ball (misty flurry of soft feathers) and Luster Purge (damaging light)
>have special item Soul Dew (so related to souls)
>can be summoned with enigma stone, a crystal dug from the ground

I think they were scrapped evolutions to Togetic.
Maybe they're meant to represent duality of red and blue pokemon versions, that's why you choose between them which to follow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 14:50:19 No.58217083 Report

Quoted By: >>58217125 >>58217760

>>58216373
>speed of lightning (not actual lightning)
>passion of magma (not actual magma)
>compassion of a pure spring of water (not actual water)
Way to disprove your own point

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 15:06:06 No.58217125 Report

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>>58217083
embody
be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).

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Anonymous Sat 06 Sep 2025 18:43:46 No.58217760 Report

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>>58217083
>Electric Type who embodies lightning and commands it via the stormy clouds on its back
>Fire Type who embodies magma and commands it via volcanoes erupting when it roars
>Water Type who embodies pure water and commands it via running across dirty water to purify it
You didn't play the games.

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