Pokemon Central discussion

This is where you can debate stuff. for those who don't know how to debate you're lying.

Which came first: the Torchic, or the egg?

Dinosaurs

XD

Something to think about: if you look at pokedex descriptions, anime, manga, and in-game stories, Arcanine, Dragonite, Tyranitar, and sometimes even gyrados are described as legendary. However, they are all easily obtained Pokemon. So, my theory is that all new Pokemon species start off being so rare that they are called legendaries. But eventually, they become more common as they begin to breed. So, for all we know, one day, we could be walking in tall grass, and a wild Raquqzar will appear and we'll get annoyed, because they're so common.

Nah, they're called legendary because of their statistics compared to other Pokemon. Dragonite and Tyranitar are part of the Pseudo-Legendary group, which includes Metagross, Salamence, Garchomp, Hydreigon and Goodra. They're not that easily obtained, especially in-game.

The others, Arcanine and Gyrados, aren't really considered legendaries except by some characters in the anime, although Arcanine was originally meant to be a legendary.

The idea of game-mascot legendaries is to provide the player with a statistical advantage to the Elite Four. You're meant to catch them, and remember that there is only one in the whole game – the in-game mechanics don't even allow you to breed them.

So, your theory is entertaining to observe, especially because imagine hundreds of Zekrom just running around aimlessly omg. But, yeah, like I said, the title of "legendary" is objective and it's meaning changes when directed at different Pokemon.