How come we don't have a LEGENDARY POKEMANS thread?ITT, LEGENDARIES.Picture related, it's the coolest fucken' Legendary eeverrrr
>>2457Gen 4 is a goddamn mess. Gen 3 wasn't much better in terms of "where the fuck does this guy fit then?" but Gen 4 is the pits as far as legendaries are concerned.Come to think of it, the only real upsides in general to Gen 4 are Cynthia, the fact one of the starters is a kung fu monkey that's eternally on fire, and Wi-Fi.
>>1751You can shut your goddamn mouth.The Birds were the first, and Zapdos and Articuno are still two of my favorite Pokemon designs (Moltres is just a Fearow on fire).
>>2461Moltres is GIANT CHICKEN! ON -FIRE-!...Which is really lame.
Honestly, to me, it makes total sense for there to be so many Legendaries. I mean, each region in the game is based loosely off one of the Japanese islands, right? So if it's sort of psuedo-Japan, then it's keeping in time with the idea of the hundreds-and-hundreds spirits of whatever in Shintoism. I mean, there's a god or spirit for damn near everything in Shintoism, right? So wouldn't it make sense for pokejapan to have a handful of legendaries, instead of just two or three, to compensate for this idea of multiple spirits?I dunno, it's 6AM, maybe I'm not making any sense...
>>2461>The Birds were the firstThat's pretty much all they have going for them in comparison. Well, Articuno and Zapdos do also look nice. But in comparison to the other Legendaries, the Bird Trio is honestly kind of lame.>>2459Stop thinking of Legendaries as a Pantheon. Outside of a select few, this is untrue; heck, until Gen III it was ENTIRELY untrue. Legendaries are just mythical, magical beasts of the land, the rare and important Pokemon of lore. They're not an organization of gods that control the Earth from the heavens.I loved Gen. IV, personally. Sure, it had its problems, as did every generation. But the general game and design is SO MUCH FUN.
ENTEI UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER
>>2481Raikou was here.Entei is a bro :3
>>2469In Gen II Ho-Oh raised the three legendary beasts from ashes, who then ran around the world creating whatever-the-hell they represent. And before that, in Gen I, Zapdos and Articuno created thunderstorms and blizzards, respectively (what the hell does Moltres do? Forest fires?). So Nurse is right to compare it to Japanese Shintoism, which doesn't have a Pantheon so much as a list of spirits and gods you can make requests of through their representatives (the Kimono Girls and the monks in Bell Tower). Think Catholic Saints.
>>2489 In moderation, forest fires are actually a good thing for forests. By burning dead wood from the forest floor, it provides ideal growing conditions for pioneer species of plants.As it turns out, Moltres is actually quite useful for the environment, but not so much in battle.
>>2496Groudon is so screwed.
>>2467
Why all the Moltres hate ITT?
>>2803He's just not as good as the other two Legendary Birds. He's got fantastic stats, but a small movepool.That and Ho-oh has him completely beaten at his own game.
>>2821Also he just looks plain derpity.
>>2823 He's meant to look like the Arabian concept of the phoenix, but he just ends up as a giant flaming chicken.I blame his coloring. If he had orange or white all over, he'd look better. Instead, it's a yellow body with red and pink flames.
>>2823ALL the Pokemon looked derpity in the first generation.
>>2848Oh, for sure. But Moltres doesn't really look all that great in the later generations or the Sugimori art.
Still waiting for the HG Unleashed scans.
>>2963Oh wait, I mean HS Unleashed.Duh.
>>2964Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I want this so bad.
>Prerelease scans are upYeah!>Only have scans of Raikou and EnteiDarn it!
And just this half of Raikou and Suicune.You know, the videos I watched of opening the Japanese packs suggested that you always got both halves in the same pack, but everything I've heard about the English packs suggest otherwise.
Oh wait, here we go!
The hell? Why does its face look like a Ninja Turtle?
>>3758Who's?
Oops. Sorry. I mean Suicune on >>3743 - his face looks like a beak or something. I got reminded of the live action Ninja Turtles for whatever reason.I dunno it's mostly a nice illustration but the faces of both Pokémon look off to me.
I'm still waiting for the legendary Pokemon that evolved into a man.
>>4108Ah didn't have no Chimchar for a granpappy!
>>4108Man evolved from mankey
>>4229At what level?
>>4233Moon Stone. Because aliens.
>>4473Jolteon and Vaporeon continued to be awesome. Flareon continued to fail.
>>4477 >Entei>failBut how does a Flareon die in a fire? Shouldn't it be fireproof?
>>4485He got better since they decided to give him Flare Blitz., but he's still inferior to Arcanine in almost every way. Especially now that Arcanine also has Morning Sun.
>>4485Fire resistant sure, but fire doesn't give you an immunity.Alternatively: It just failed that hard.
>>4487Flash Fire?
>>4622...that's a good point. I guess Flareon really did just fail that hard.Or maybe the rain that put out the fire did it?
>>4485smoke inhalation
Anyways, English leak of a card happened before the Japanese version!