What region do you think handled Legendary Pokemon the best?

I think it is really unfair for kanto to be so high, only for the solo reason of being the first game. I don't get why kanto always gets this special treatment. Where we have been looking at lore most of the video and presentation and upbuilding, kanto really lacks massively in two of those departments.

I remember playing Emerald as a kid and freaking out when the cataclysmic storm starts since it started storming irl and our power went out Needless to say I was freaking out trying to save Hoenn as fast as I could 😭

One more thing about Groudon and Kyogre, unlike almost all other legendaries, they actually get to wreck havoc for a little while before you catch them. You see their effect on the world as you explore. This, combined with the Drought and Drizzle theme, is something no other legendary ever does quite as well. Most legendaries are summoned just to be captured immediately after. You never see their power shown like Groudon and Kyogre.

The pokémon of ruin are truly some of the best legendaries in terms of being beings of legend. The history lessons throw in a hint but you actually have to get through Ms. Reitfort's interactions to learn more about them. Multiple NPCs mention the sealed doors and so when you finally unlock the shrines you can really get that feeling, atleast on a first blind playthrough, of an ancient mysterious being that brings ruin and destruction being just beyond your reach.

Legendaries in some later regions: The noble guardian has come to your aid against the threat! Legendaries in Hoenn: That big lizard’s gonna BOIL THE WORLD and you know what? That’s YOUR problem.

Funny thing is Gen 9 makes it clear that their box legendaries aren't actually uncommon pokemon where they come from. In fact they are the paradox Pokemon of a common pokemon of the region Cyclizar

Alola should be higher I feel. I rarely care about the legendaries but finding out that the Pokémon your friend has been travelling with is the legendary is still pretty cool. It means you have a bond with them, not to mention that you constantly hear about Solgaleo/Lunala throughout the game as these powerful, mystical god-like beings. It’s a lot better than most regions that just say “oh yeah there’s a rare Pokémon around, or whatever”.

Here's the good thing about Cresselia and by extension, its counterpart Darkrai. They had a really cool side story in the Strange House in BW2

Blindly finding heatran in Diamond was exciting for me as a kid cause I didn’t expect a legendary to be there. A lot of people don’t like it but I loved it

I think in time Koriadon and Miriadon will become some of the most beloved legendaries of the franchise. Purely because of their ongoing presence in the story of SV. They have personalities, and the fun quirk of loving sandwiches, and provided useful and meaning gameplay outside of battle. As compared to most legendaries that just sit in a cave waiting to be captured, and then just live in the box as a trophy (for most enfranchised players at least). I hope we see more legendaries treated as characters in the story moving forward.

Giratina was my personal favorite legendary. I remembered trying to earn my national dex in Diamond so I went back to routes with trainers I potentially avoided so I could see pokemon I've never saw before only to realize a path I never noticed leading to the Turnback Cave. I remembered being spooked from the sudden change in music yet super curious what was in Turnback cave only to see a really weird creepy legendary with a really intense battle theme. Can't describe the feeling kid me had but it was such a cool moment for me personally to catch this legendary that even my friends didn't know about or where too freaked out from Turnback Cave's music to delve into it deeper.

I honestly feel like roaming legendaries would have been appreciated in Scarlet/Violet. Would make them seem kinda like open world events.

One of my favorite parts of the cataclysm in Hoenn as a kid when playing sapphire was that I didn't solve it immediately. I ended up traveling to different towns, and it was raining everywhere. Really made it feel like this monumental event

Hisui, by far! The best way to pickup a quest with a rumor/lore & then either risk your life to weaken them with sticky Globs/mud or go old fashioned false swipe & hypnosis/paralysis.

When I was in the power plant as a child I was like hey a lost pidgey...oh boy was I not ready for that fight.

The cooler thing about ORAS, as well, was you had to fulfil certain requirements before being able to land on specific areas while soaring. Like 3 pokemon with full EVs for the swords of justice and 3 pokemon with max hapiness for the lake trio, etc. All came with their signature tracks too.

Watching the cutscene with Rayquaza appearing and just sushing 2 titans who were about to literally destroy the world was without doubt the most hypest thing to ever happen.

I remember how shocked I was by how the legends of Hoenn were handled. In Kanto, they were just super powerful Pokemon, with only one of them getting extensive lore. In Johto, they got a little more focus, specifically in Crystal, but they were still simply super powerful Pokemon. Then came Hoenn, where the evil team awakens a Legendary Pokemon whose power immediately puts the entirety of Hoenn at risk and required the player to put a stop to it. The silence after the legend's awakening, broken only by the familiar beeps from dialogue advancing, was deafening. Suddenly, Pokemon stories went from a fun adventure discovering cool monsters while stopping an evil crime syndicate thrown in to spice things up...to a high-stakes race against time to save the region you've spent the whole game exploring, and even the world as you knew it. It was a massive change of pace from what came before, and it made facing down these legends much more thrilling. This ended up setting the standard that the core series would follow for a decade, largely coming to an end with Gen 6 (which, fittingly enough, closed out with Hoenn remakes; they came full circle).

I've said it before and I will say it again: Scarlet and Violet handled box legendaries the best. They managed to make me actually take Miraidon into my team afterwards

I really love that with the Paldean legendaries you get to meet them right at the beginning, there's this whole thing where they bond with you after saving you, and they have a history with Arven as well. In the past, the legendaries have been interwoven in the story to an extent, but never like THIS. And the Ruin Legendary Pokemon really reminded me of the Regis as well, going on quests to find them. And I love that they have the Chinese names. Like Chien-Pao Wo-Chien Ting-Lu and Chi-Yu. It just ADDS to the mysticism of these Pokemon cause with most Pokemon etymology, it's pretty cut and dry. But with these guys, ohhhh sooooo many layers. Even with just the Romanized version of the names.

The braille was the best part of Hoenn legendaries! I didn't have the manual growing up, but did have an encyclopedia with braille translation. It made me feel so clever having to look that up! Also, probably the only time I've ever used an encyclopedia lol!

I've never had any issue with roaming legendary Pokemon. It becomes a little game when you're learning how the Pokemon moves around. Sometimes it takes you by surprise when you least expect it.

I think it’d be interesting to have a game where your starter becomes a legendary through the story of the game. Kind of like a twist on sun/moon with cosmog (first time a pokemon evolves into a legendary), and scarlet/violet with the bike legendaries (first time you start out with a legendary) It could even be along the lines that you were tasked to raise an undiscovered pokemon to help with a professor’s research on the side (rather than exploring a region to collect already known pokemon)

Even if they weren’t handled the best, you’ve gotta admit the Kalos legendary trio has some amazing designs visually

As much as I want to find something to like in every core Pokémon game, I must say that this list feels pretty fair. Looking forward to seeing what the Scarlet and Violet DLC will add to the table. PS. The Treasures of Ruin battle theme is really fitting. It screams "Chinese" to me and has an ominous feel to it.

I remember just exploring around the power plant in my Yellow days and eventually running up to Zapdos. I ran back to the nearest pokemart and buy all the pokeballs I could afford. Eventually caught it. These memories last

I always opened up my games and looked at the book first. How did I miss the braille guide!? Even a decade later it makes me sad how Kalos was so unfinished. It was like they just stopped at 80% and gave up. I love the Kalos region and its Pokémon. It really needed another version.

I thought Necrozma's original appearance in SM was kinda cool. When you finish the Ultra Beast quest, you hear about him, but he instantly gets dismissed because all the Ultra Beasts are contained so surely it's just a fluke. I don't know about anyone else, but I IMMEDIATELY beelined for there to see what was up. The fact that he doesn't appear in the overworld, like the Ultra Beasts, makes it feel a lot more mysterious. What is this thing? It's not an Ultra Beast, but here it is, acting exactly like one. Mine became one of my core teammates in the post-game, and I was SO hyped to find out he'd be more important in USUM. Yes, he is just hanging out in the grass, but I feel like it's the context AROUND that (the Ultra Beast questline you just finished) that makes it more impactful.

I do wish that the Ruins Legendaries had been a path in the game before you got to complete it. It would’ve been nice to see them included in the story. Maybe Raifort would’ve helped give the player the Academy’s permission to enter Area Zero if they proved they could handle such legends?

Urshifu is my favorite Legendary from recent gens, but yeah, as a 'Legendary' he's one of the most underwhelming. I mean, part of Urshifu's "Legendary lore" is the fact that he's the "Secret Armor of the Dojo", given by a Legendary Trainer. The "Legendary feel" however is due to Gigantamax, which makes both forms basically look like giant legendary guardian deities. But I agree this may not be enough, bond with it was fine gameplay-wise but it was clearly called Legendary just for marketing purposes (though I can accept the fact that there are multiples of the same species as long as it is still extremely rare). Maybe a simple way to "fix" its "Legendary appeal" would be to say that Urshifu is the species that created martial arts (the Pokedex suggests something along those lines) and teaching them to humans in the past for self-defense and spiritual balance (Gmax forms have spiritual powers), and so martial artists today wear those typical headbands in dojos, inspired by the design of the legendary master bears of the past; so developers just needed to find a way to implement this lore in the game in a way that the player would feel how mystical and special it is to train the little bear to become the Dragon Warrior -whoops I mean the Legendary Wushu master. Instead we got another waste by Game Freak I guess... My favorite Legendary mythology is easily gen 4 though - Creation of the universe, the Devil of the Pokémon world, space & time, parallel dimensions, I was hoping to see an expansion of these concepts in the remakes like time travel.

I love how the Pokémon of ruin feel like actual folklore beats rather than Pokémon mascots like most of the other legendaries. I’m cool with the past legendaries but it’s a nice change of pace

I disagree with roaming legendaries being bad by default. I will never forget facing Raikou for the first time, catching it with pure luck (and mean look) so my friends believe me it exist. Nothing in pokemon beats that feeling.

figured that either Sinnoh or Hoen would be up fairly high the lore surrounding those beings and the impact they left on the world they inhabit was palpable throughout the story, even back on the Nintendo DS and GBA for example when you go out in Sinnoh and discover the cryptic texts of the Elemental Plates, you have not yet met either one of these creatures yet their existence is hinted at all over, creating a sense of anticipation I also really liked the old Intro Screens were instead of a remix of the usual pokémon melody a dark ambient soundtrack with a shaded silhouette of the pokémon was displayed

One thing I see that no one states is the the roaming Legendary Dog in FR/LG. Depending on your starter, you could encounter Entei, Raikou, or Suicune. Another roaming legendary I might add. I remember this as kid as it was NEVER stated in the game and I didn't have internet at the time, and I ran into Suicune by random chance. (Starter was Charmander) I don't think roaming Legendaries are bad by any means, just wish they were implemented better by being able to only move one route/area over instead of RNG where they maneuvered to. This was also only possible after getting the National Dex.

Man the delta part in alpha sapphire and omega ruby hyped up rayquaza soo well

Hisui did quite a nice job both with Legends and Mythicals

I'd almost agree with Sinnoh being as high as it is if it weren't for so many of its legendaries being event exclusive in an era where "event" meant "find a participating retailer and if there isn't one near you lmfao idk"

I think placing Galar below Kanto was a mistake. While I respect that Kanto's approach to Legendaries is having them be super powerful, rare, and mysterious Pokemon, in practice they're just static encounters. Galar on the other hand has storylines to most of their legendaries. Zacian and Zamazenta show up and help you fight Eternatus, a very cool moment. You have to train up and care for Kubfu to evolve it into Urshifu. Calyrex is just a straight up character, and the storyline of getting the people of The Crown Tundra believe in it again was unique. I feel like these placements are biased by nostalgia/the belief that newer games are worse.

i think they have been pretty good at integrating at least box art legendries into the plot since sun and moon with nebby. the lillie and nebby plot, the stuff with calyrex and peony in the crown tundra and all your friends interactions with koraidon or mairadon thru scarvio has been some of my favorate pokemon stories. the pokemon being a charecter in your party is really nice

I like the extremely cryptic hints of the regi locations in RSE where there are only 3 ruin maniac trainers in the game and they are all near the regi caves which have the same shape and they all mention ruins being nearby also how did you not mention ORAS regigigas?

The Regi quest from gen 3 was so good they coasted off it into gen 4, as there's no way outside of events to catch them

Roaming legendaries are definitely not a negative in my opinion, they’re actually a huge positive. Having to locate and capture these super elusive Pokémon did as much to make legendaries feel legendary as anything has IMO. I will agree that the way X and Y did it was a little much, but otherwise I love the roaming mechanic. In fact, right now is when it could be at its best now that we’ve reached open world Pokemon games. Can you imagine coming across the Legendary Beasts or the Eon Duo while exploring Paldea? Where they can literally roam free and you can spot them off in the distance and proceed to try and sneak up on them and catch them? That would be a God tier experience, and I hope we eventually reach that point someday.

The Kalos box legendaries feel incredibly important and have reasons for being legendary, but the way they were implemented really killed their chances.

I think the ultra wormholes were better than the hoopa rings Its so cool having to dodge a different wormholes or youll get sucked into them, it adds a sense of challenge rather than flying around on latios or latias, finding a ring in the sky and then some hobo legend jumps out and beats your animals to a bloody pulp

You should have included Orre, Fiore, Almia, Oblivia, and Hisui. They are basically just more regions that introduce the legendarys a little differently.

I loved exploring the areas of Paldea in order to unlock the Ruin legendaries. It felt a little bit like the insane quest to unlock the Regi trio in Hoenn, figuring out the Braille texts in those games made young me feel like the Albert Einstein of Pokemon. I really hope Pokemon continue to create more such quests where you have to dive into the lore to unlock the pokemon instead of just encountering them somewhere random.

I actually think SV handles legendaries the best as immediately from the get-go, ur miraidon/koraidon becomes ur friend and u get to spend ur entire journey to form a connection with them. This not only gives the legendaries personality but also makes them memorable and likeable. From the first hour of the game , miraidon has already become one of my favourite legendaries, which for me can’t be said for the other legends. They also just tie into the lore so we’ll to the point where they literally become one of the characters. Top tier legends.

The thing why I feel the threat of Groudon and Kyogre’s fights more than Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina’s is that the Hoenn legendaries’ powers were raw nature power and the creation Trio were more of abstract concepts. What I mean is that I feel more threatened with thunderstorms, earthquakes, and drought because you get to experience them in real life while you can’t really grasp the concept of reality being torn to shreds unless it’s portrayed in media. Creation trio still great nonetheless.

It really feels like you can separate these games into tiers; you could slide 1-3 around and I would have no complaints; do you value story involvement more? lore? design? accessibility vs exploration? All of them have their pros and cons but they definitely stand above the others. Paldea feels like a really smart modern way of approaching legendaries and Kanto feels like the perfect old school. The rest... eh.

Wait you talked about Unova and didn’t mention the lore behind Kyurem?? The original dragon! They dive even deeper into it with B2/W2 also being the first legendary to fuse with others - the others being the previous box legendaries.

I had a lot of fun as a kid hunting for legendaries in omega ruby so when I heard the music in the regi ruins in the crown tundra, it really took me back

Johto should be higher! You failed to mention how in Silver and Crystal you had to catch all 3 roaming beasts to gain access to Ho-Oh. Yes, roaming legendaries are a chore, but it makes sense in this region considering their lore. It also created quite the feeling when you randomly found one in the grass only for it to flee. Really makes a person understand Eusine’s mania in chasing Suicune. The thrill of random chance crossing your path with a miracle. For me, how impossible Ho-Oh felt to obtain puts it in a category above all other legendaries. Finding and catching 3 beasts that evaded capture and ascending the heights of a puzzle maze tower, which mind you no other box art legendary has had to the same extent.

I have to agree, nothing will ever top decoding the riddles to the Regis. I remember when I was maybe 7 or at the time renting that guide book from my local library since I came across all of the Regis hideouts but didn’t know how to open them. It was fun spending hours with a good old pen and paper translating what each and every little brail blurb had to say.

I think this is the first time I've ever heard any one defend that waaay too cryptic brail puzzle lol. I personally think Johto and Platinum are easily the best at handling legendaries.

I think you're not giving the fact that the second Miraidon/Koraidon literally murdered the professor of the region while they were trying to defend your mount, which is one of the most raw things that happened in pokemon, enough credit

The Galar legendary wolves music is one of the most badass ost songs in the franchise. That wolf howling sound in the background is spine chilling.

I remember dialga (i had diamond) leaving such a strong impression on me as a kid. I was so excited my heart beat fast and my adrenaline was pumping when I finally got to fight and catch it. It really felt urgent, like I had to catch this pokemon to save the world..but I think that's just being a kid tbh, I was like 7 and video games feel so much more real and exciting when youre that age..but even now I think sinnoh did an amazing job with its lore and the build up to the final spear pillar scene

For me, legendaries who have more interactions or bond with the player/trainer are the best ones in the series instead of being just another legendary that you capture and then nothing anymore... so to me, the best ones would be Koraidon/Miraidon and Nebby/Lunala/Solgaleo. The fun thing about it is that both these games made this legendaries as rideable pokemon. 😁

The thing with heatran and cresselia is they were very popular in gen 4 anime so I think the lore was implied at the time for the games diff to other legendaries , shah min and darkrai were also pretty popular in the anime and loved in the game although I don’t remember the events as well 10 yrs later

I stumbled upon one of the ruin legends’ stakes during my first play through and legit got chills when interacting with it. The music cut out, I had no idea what the sword in the ground was, and I’d never heard about them. Eventually I looked up the locations for all of them while trying to finish my Pokédex, but the hunt for them was still cool as hell with a great battle theme.

9:10 it legit took me 100 tries to get myself a shiny Lunala because I love it's Blood moon shiny 11:00 So basically you complained about Gold and Silver not giving Lugia and Ho-Oh enough background but are fine with Gen 1 doing it? Don't make sense considering the reason you say they work cause they reward the player for exploring. Same with the Ruin Squad too cause "the lore doesn't matter". Can't have double standards bro.

Nice list but I do disagree with the Gen 7 one, it makes sense for the lore of gen 7 and if paying attention they do feel earned.

3 and 4 ROCKED it with their legendaries, and how they FELT like legendaries (Technically a Gen 5 kid [never got the games for that gen, but watched cartoon!], who had Stadium 1 growing up, and my first full Pokémon game was shield, sue me) Edit: Yes! They got top 2!

As a 31 year old, the greatest memory of me playing pokemon is when I discovered with 0 internet sources the braille method to unlock the 3 Regi in Sapphire. It was magnificent. Nothing as a playing experience these days can come close to compare with it

My vote is split between gen 3, 4 and 5. In all of these the legendaries are front and center in their stories

Hearing JPR talk about the Kanto birds makes me wish I was old enough to have played Gen 1 when it first came out. Hearing playground talk about the legendary birds would've made them feel more legendary than current ones, since now we can just look up guides and strategies.

I think roaming legendaries can be frustrating but the fact that they roam & run can make the chase so much more exciting & the catch very satisfying

Suicune was beautifully memorable. The second to last encounter chasing after the beast running around on the ground trying to keep up was incredible.

In USUM the wormhole Legends aren't postgame. They all become available between Trial 7 and 8.

I really loved how Gen 9 handled the legendaries. I had so much fun with these games, I know a lot of people dislike them for valid reasons but for me they’re my favorite Pokémon games in many years besides Legends Arceus. I can’t wait for the DLCs and I hope the teams developing the games are given more time to make the games in the future, because with a little bit of polish I truly think most people would have ADORED SV.

The ruin legends in Paldea are handled great. I wasn't very explorative in the early game, so I didn't come across any of the stakes or vaults until I had already unlocked climbing. I also hadn't gone to history class at all. So, in my mind, these stakes were holding back the disk pokemon from the Scarlet Book like the Dark Dragon in Mother 3. Lo and behold, there were 32 stakes and 4 legends.

A video like this but for mythicals would also be pretty cool

I can’t be the only one who love urshifu man

My favorite part of ORAS was when you got a trio or the requirements to another legendary Pokémon, and then you fly in the air and just see this ominous cloud with a powerful Pokémon. Even while expecting it I was intimidated by it.

Thank you for putting Hoenn at number one! I totally agree. Finding the Regis and figuring it out with the foreboding music and all that as a kid is honestly one of the peaks of my 24 years playing Pokemon. It’s just not the same when you can just look it up

This list feels fitting legends always been something of a point of contention for me in recent gens eaither there really good or there really bad or meh I just want to feel like I’m looking for a rare creature and gotta say gen 9 did that well the big doors and swords made it feel mysterious loved the video as a kid in 2003 I felt super hype because I didn’t have to look for Braille I already knew what it was and how to read it 😊 I was blown away to even see it in my Pokémon game tho! Even now still madness thankfully they never go to the more complex braille which yes does exist

2:56 I thought I was the only one JPR. All those years ago when XY came out, I used to joke about this but I also had a theory in mind about the weather bird trio and Lugia having connection to Sea Spirit Den. Imagine bringing Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres to Sea Spirit Den to summon Lugia. That would've been a good payoff almost like getting Tornadus and Thundurus in different games to summon Landorus. This would explain why they roam around Kalos until they went to that den where we catch them, hence the reference you said. All four of them had their own movie based on this.

i didnt have the ruby and sapphire guide as a kid, so i took my dictionary i got from the scholastics bookfair that had a section in the back that translated braille thinking back, that's some quality game design

The first Pokemon game I ever played was my older brother's copy of Pokemon Red when I was 5. I grew up playing Pokemon until gen 3 and to this day I still think that Hoenn had the best handling of legendaries, Johto had the best story, lore, music, etc. and Kanto was the blueprint to success that gave us all the franchise we love today.

I know not many people will agree, but only for this case only. I actually really like the way ORAS handled getting Latios/Latias. They are meant to be friendly and understanding Pokémon (I played Alpha Safire so I got Latias and it made more sense), so it really made me happy when Latias wanted to come along with me, without me having to forcefully catch it. It felt like it cared for me than a normal Pokémon, so I made sure to always have it with me. I personally think Mew and Shaymin could work in a similar way. Mew, and Shaymin (2 of my favorite Pokémon) are said to only appear to those who have lots of gratitude and are good people. They both seem like Pokémon that would want to join you happily, and be your best friend from the moment you met them. I would rather that then being sent one through a gift box and it not make sense. Those are the only cases where I think it works, for Pokémon other than them, I think going on a long adventure and solving puzzles to find them is better for side legendaries (Regies, Paldea side legends), some I like when they see you as “worthy” (Arceus, Zacian/Zamazenta), some you have to locate (Mewtwo, Legendary Birds), and some are good when you have to catch them to save everyone (Giratina, Eternatus). I CANNOT STAND HOW THEY HANDLED CUBFU. It doesn’t even seem like a Pokémon that would deem someone as “worthy” because itself looks so young. It looks more like if someone just gave you a Pokémon because you were there when they thought of it. Oh wait isn’t that just Miradon/Koridon?

I really liked how the 4 from SV all looked so different for once. Like in the past they were the same body type (birds, beasts, golems, genies etc) but all four are unique in design.

The moment I saw the intro , I knew Hoenn would be the top... Regis were handled the best offcourse... But I can't believe Deoxys was not mentioned... The Iconic triangle... Not to mention how beautifully it was revisited in ORAS...

I agree with this I remember growing up accidentally discovering the Braille cave Where the Regis lie in spending hours and hours and days trying to find out how do I open the caves to discover the Regis It really did give a lot of mystery to trying to find these legendaries so whenever you finally discovered it it felt so much more satisfying to go catch them as well as an Emerald where it made the experience 10 times better

I'll already never forget my encounter with Chien-Pao. _Finally_ caught the thing with not the best but at least Beneficial Attack nature. My only reservation was its shrine for some strangest reason not being located in the vast Mount Glaseado region! I think the only gen I actually disliked overall was no8: Sword & Shield. Aside from that ORAS, USUM and gen5 all were really Special.

Loved that ORAS made the mirage islands more tangible.

I like Pokémon black and white 2's handling of the legendary Pokémon, mainly because each and every one is important and is a reward for either exploration or advancing the story in the post game! I also like how Kyurem is easy to defeat because lore wise it and Zekrom/Reshiram don't want to be used as weapons by team plasma but Kyurem's fear of Ghetsis is why you have to fight them in order to save them both! it is also believable that Kyurem was exhausted after having its power used on Opelucid city! tie that in with the fact that all legendary Pokémon in the game are only able to be caught in the post game after defeating the Pokémon league and you have a game where you can't half a** the story with Legendary Pokémon (except the swords of justice but they aren't that good against the league), a truly evil man who wants to rule with an iron fist and has no empathy or side to appeal to, a ton of post game fun with just the legendary Pokémon that each have some sense of story or interesting lore around them, as well as locations that seem to have some significance to certain Pokémon, and the top legendary Pokémon feel more down to earth (despite being from space) by being Pokémon that can have trainer's that have caught them in lore rather than you as the protagonist can catch them despite not a single other trainer ever having done that!

the coolest part of the SoJ stuff in Crown Tundra is the fact that completing it allows you to catch a mythical pokemon without an event

X and Y should have been bigger games with new legendaries introduced in a potential Z

My first game was Moon and I honestly thought that Zygarde was an Alolan Pokémon for a while

8:56 holy crap that transition was smooth af

Game Freak: Acquiring a flute and then taking it to a tile with a flute on it and pressing A is too complex. Game Freak: Reading braille on a screen is fine. My copy of Ruby was second-hand, and didn't come with the manual. So I had zero clue what to do with the Regis. I eventually did get them in ORAS, though.

Urshifu is just a bear. Calyrex has his title claimed by Landorus already. The horses literally serve no purpose other than being with Calyrex. Regieleki and Regidrago don't even make sense. Eternatus is just... there. And a poison type, for some reason. Gen 8 had a lot of duds.💀

Roaming legendaries are burned into my memory. I'll remember them forever Love the doggos

Randomly found your channel on a stoned KZfaq rabbit hole and i am loving your content!

I definitely think Gen 3 or 4 handled them the best. The sheer variety in methods to get them, with all of them feeling interesting in their own right was excellent. Probably leaning towards Gen 4 just because they had so many great ones and they weren't all just tossed in haphazardly. I always had an action replay so I never saw a huge issue with the events being hard to get to IRL since you can just trigger them ingame with a tool, and I really wish modern event pokemon were given the love they had in Gen 3 and 4, having some actual dialogue and unique location given to them. Don't really get why you criticize gen 2 for putting Lugia and Ho-oh in optional side areas and then applaud gen 1 for doing the same thing. The roaming legendary point I get though, that's a pain in the ass in all games it was used.

Great video with great points for each region I personally prefer Johto as the legendary stuff is its own story that doesn't overlap with the League story when I played Pokémon Crystal while still including the lore

gens 1 and 3 are way too high gen 3 is way worse than 4 and 5, but nostalgia wins again I guess

16:59 I didn’t think that was true, so I had to check for myself since I still have my boxes and instruction booklets from back in the day. There is no braille guide in the instruction booklets for Ruby or FireRed (which also had braille stuff in the post game). Maybe the instruction booklet for Emerald has a braille guide, but I couldn’t check that because I got Emerald preowned cartridge-only as a kid. It’s also possible that regions outside the U.S. included braille guides in their instruction booklets. Anyway, I solved the problem by checking out a book on braille from the library as a kid.

Here's how I would rank the regions based on how they handle Legendary Pokemon. 9th: Kalos (Xerneas and Yveltal don't have a lot of lore, while Zygarde gets shafted in Kalos and has all of its lore and forms transferred to Alola instead due to the lack of a Pokemon Z, making it the worst handled third legendary. Oh, and Kalos handles the roaming mechanic the worst out of any region.) 8th: Johto (Ho-oh and Lugia receive no fanfare when they show up, and the Legendary Beasts introduce one of the worst things in the series: the roaming mechanic.) 7th: Kanto (I get it's the region that establishes what Legendary Pokemon are, so of course they wouldn't have any lore, but we've come a long way.) 6th: Alola (This region focuses way too much on Legendaries, and Necrozma, while not handled as badly as Zygarde, is still handled terribly.) 5th: Galar (If not for the Crown Tundra DLC, Galar would be lower based on how it handles Legendaries, but Zacian and Zamazenta's lore is handled much better compared to Xerneas and Yveltal from Kalos, and Solgaleo and Lunala from Alola. Eternatus is handled much better as a third Legendary, especially compared to Zygarde from Kalos and Necrozma from Alola. This is also one of two regions where the roaming mechanic is more tolerable compared to other regions, the other being Unova.) 4th: Paldea 3rd: Sinnoh 2nd: Unova 1st: Hoenn