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==Potential Legendary Pokémon== | ==Potential Legendary Pokémon== | ||
There are several [[Generation VII]] Pokémon which may be Legendary Pokémon, but have never been explicitly stated to be in official media. These Pokémon are the [[Ultra Beast]]s, the [[guardian deities]], and {{p|Type: Null}} and {{p|Silvally}}. | There are several [[Generation VII]] Pokémon which may be Legendary Pokémon, but have never been explicitly stated to be in official media. These Pokémon are the [[Ultra Beast]]s, the [[guardian deities]], and {{p|Type: Null}} and {{p|Silvally}}. | ||
===Evidence for=== | ===Evidence for=== | ||
On the [[Global Trade System]], excluding people searching for "Mythical and Legendary Pokémon" also excludes these Pokémon. In the game data, an unnamed list speculated to be used for tournament restrictions | * On the [[Global Trade System]], excluding people searching for "Mythical and Legendary Pokémon" also excludes these Pokémon. | ||
* In the game data, an unnamed list speculated to be used for tournament restrictions consists of these Pokémon, all confirmed non-{{pkmn2|Special}} Legendary Pokémon, and no other Pokémon (implying that these Pokémon are also non-Special Legendary Pokémon). | |||
* On [[Pokémon.com]], an article about the 2017 Pokémon Video Game Championships rules and regulations [http://archive.is/tIguO originally stated] that no Mythical or Legendary Pokémon are allowed, but was [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/battle-today-using-the-2017-pokemon-vg-championships-format/ updated] to state that Mythical and some Legendary Pokémon are not allowed. As this text was specifically changed to allow certain Legendary Pokémon, this means that some of the Pokémon allowed in the 2017 Pokémon Video Game Championships must be Legendary Pokémon. The only Pokémon that could possibly qualify are these Pokémon. | |||
===Evidence against=== | |||
* In the Alola Friendly online competition, according to the [https://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/information/173540c6-ac2a-4d47-b5db-b9a2a197607e English Pokémon Global Link] and download rule description, all Mythical and Legendary Pokémon are not allowed. All confirmed Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are not allowed in this competition; but these Pokémon are permitted. | |||
=== | ===Inconclusive=== | ||
* In a screen on the [[Rotom Pokédex]] (which lists only the [[List of Pokémon by Alola Pokédex number|Alola regional Pokédex]]), all Pokémon have one of three background colors: a blue color shared by almost all Pokémon, a yellow/gold color shared by confirmed Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, and a green color shared by these Pokémon<ref>http://imgur.com/a/1xkGy</ref>. It is possible that these Pokémon not having a yellow/gold background color classifies them as non-Legendary, but it is also possible that the green color is intended to be used by non-{{pkmn2|Special}} Legendary Pokémon (as all of the Pokémon with a yellow/gold background are either Mythical Pokémon or Special Legendary Pokémon). However, this is not possible to confirm because the Alola regional Pokédex does not include any of the other known non-Special Legendary Pokémon. | |||
* When adding a confirmed Legendary Pokémon to the Rotom Pokédex, it will specifically mention that it is a Legendary Pokémon. When obtaining one of these Pokémon, the Rotom Pokédex will comment on its group instead (Land Spirits, Ultra Beasts, or unable to describe Type: Null and Silvally), thus failing to confirm or deny their status. These groups may be considered groups outside of the group of Legendary Pokémon, or they may be considered sub-groups within the group of Legendary Pokémon. | |||
* In {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} onward, when obtained (in the {{pkmn2|wild}} or as a {{pkmn2|gift}}), Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are guaranteed to have three {{IV}}s of 31. (In {{g|X and Y}}, this was instead the case for Pokémon in the {{egg3|Undiscovered}}.) These Pokémon also all have this property, but it has never been stated that this property must be exclusive to Legendary and Mythical Pokémon in Generation VII. | |||
* Japanese-language episode summaries<ref>http://imgur.com/eojk7UE</ref><ref>http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/pokemon_sunmoon/episodes/</ref> for [[SM019]] explicitly call Tapu Koko a Legendary Pokémon, although the animated canon has made mistakes before; it is unclear if these summaries were provided by an official source or were simply improvised by writers not affiliated with official sources. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
<!--Don't add the remaining Gen VI and VII Pokémon as those that have not appeared in movies as they are too recent. Give it another generation or two. Generation III-V legendaries are also not notable since there are still a few that haven't had a movie, rather than just one. | <!--Don't add the remaining Gen VI and VII Pokémon as those that have not appeared in movies as they are too recent. Give it another generation or two. Generation III-V legendaries are also not notable since there are still a few that haven't had a movie, rather than just one. | ||
Also, do not add Poison being the only type without a legendary Pokémon, there is also no Bug type legendary Pokémon, since Genesect is now a mythical Pokémon.--> | Also, do not add Poison being the only type without a legendary Pokémon, there is also no Bug type legendary Pokémon, since Genesect is now a mythical Pokémon.--> | ||
* Though {{p|Unown}} is not considered to be a Legendary Pokémon, in ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'', it is shown in [[Molly Hale]]'s book about Legendary Pokémon, its power (in large numbers, at least) appears to match that of Legendary Pokémon, and it is | * Though {{p|Unown}} is not considered to be a Legendary Pokémon, in ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'', it is shown in [[Molly Hale]]'s book about Legendary Pokémon, its power (in large numbers, at least) appears to match that of Legendary Pokémon, and within the canon of the movie it is specifically referred to as a Legendary Pokémon. | ||
* {{p|Heatran}} is the only Legendary Pokémon that can be either gender. | * {{p|Heatran}} is the only Legendary Pokémon that can be either gender. | ||
* According to interviews with [[Junichi Masuda]] in 2009, Legendary Pokémon are the most difficult to design names for because Game Freak strives to make sure that the names of Legendary Pokémon are universal across the different translations, so extra work must be put into their names to make sure that they work universally in all languages and don't conflict with anything else. This is consistent with the relatively small number of Legendary Pokémon that have had their names changed significantly outside of Japan (currently eleven: the [[Legendary birds]], the [[lake guardians]], the [[Forces of Nature]], and in [[Pokémon in Greater China|Chinese]] only, the [[Mew duo]]). | * According to interviews with [[Junichi Masuda]] in 2009, Legendary Pokémon are the most difficult to design names for because Game Freak strives to make sure that the names of Legendary Pokémon are universal across the different translations, so extra work must be put into their names to make sure that they work universally in all languages and don't conflict with anything else. This is consistent with the relatively small number of Legendary Pokémon that have had their names changed significantly outside of Japan (currently eleven: the [[Legendary birds]], the [[lake guardians]], the [[Forces of Nature]], and in [[Pokémon in Greater China|Chinese]] only, the [[Mew duo]]). | ||