Roles of the different legendaries

[Simon Togetic]

You know how each generation introduced more legendaries? What do you think are the roles of each legandary in the Pokemon world? And how do the different generations of legandary interact with one another?

 

[Vix]

It would seem that most of the legendaries do not interact with each other unless they have to.

It looks like the legendaries are very regional beings, meaning they seem to stay in their home region most if not all of the time. Watching/Protecting over that region 1st and fore most.

The movies and the show shed a lot of light on this:
- Ho-oh is said to be the guardian force over Johto.
- Rayquaza seems to be the protector of the Hoenn region.
- Lugia is the guardian of all the oceans of the pokemon world.
- On a smaller scale, Latias and Latios are protectors of Alto Mare.

 

[Captain Murkrow]

they are guardians of an element or place. this excludes mewtwo and deoxys cos they are manmade.

 

[Pokémon Guard]

Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres are the three protectors of fire, ice and lightning in Kanto (and the orange islands).

Mew is the creator of all Pokemon, the very first Pokemon ever. The most mystical and ancient of them all.

Mewtwo is manmade. His purpose was meant by Team Rocket to be the ultimate powerhouse.

Raikou, Entei and Suicune are the three protectors of fire, ice/water and lightning in Johto. Also, Suicune represents the North Wind and can purify water.

Ho-Oh is the guardian force of Johto.

Lugia is the guardian of all the oceans.

Celebi is the protector of the forest, and a time-wanderer. A very mystical one.

The three Regis control all of the ancient tectonic plates, etc. that created Hoenn.

Latios and Latias are the protector of Alto Mare, and they control all of the water there.

Kyogre controls the rain, Groudon controls the sunshine, and Rayquaza controls the sky.

Jirachi is the wishmaker. He makes dreams and wishes come true.

Deoxys was accidentally created from a virus. He doesn't really have a purpose.

Lucario is the protector of Wave Guidance.

Manaphy is the Prince of the Sea. The entire ocean relies on him to be alive.

Finally, Diaruga and Parukia are the rulers of time and space.

 

[Shadow_Latios]

Are Lucario and manafi going to be legendaries xD

 

[Evanji Axu]

Duh.

Pokemon Guard pretty much summed it up.

 

[Simon Togetic]

If Diaruge and Parukia rule all of ime and space, does that mean that they are the most powerful of all?

 

[Pokémon Guard]

Simon: Diaruga and Parukia, in my opinion, are the second most powerful. Mew is the best, though. Check out this map:

Legendary Map

This is a Pokemon Map. Basically, it stems from Mew and goes into four sections

Section 1, Manmade Pokemon. (Mewtwo, Deoxys, Porygon, Porygon2)
Section 2, Time Pokemon. (Ruled by Diaruga, most of the Pokemon in this category are Kanto/Johto Pokemon.)
Section 3, Space Pokemon. (Ruled by ParukiaMost of the Pokemon in this category are Hoenn/Shinou Pokemon.)
Section 4, "Noble" Pokemon (Which are basically just other Pokemon that are majestic and don't fit into any of the other categories).

This map does not include non-legendaries, but yes, ALL Pokemon do fit into one of these four categories.

 

[Vix]

"Confused" I thought Ho-Oh created the Dogs(Raikou, Entei, and Suicune)??

 

[Leon Phelps]

Great map, but I would think that Rayquaza is equivalent Ho-oh and Lugia and Lati@s is along the same lines as Lucario.

edit: Ho-oh creating the dogs may be a fan made myth. The games never mentioned anything like that irrc.

 

[Ho-oh Lover]

Ho-oh created the beasts, it's mentioned in G/S/C and in the anime.

The first 3 legendary birds help maintain Kanto
Mew is the mother of all pokemon
Mewtwo has no role but is considered a legendary for being a clone off mew
Lugia is the Beast of the Sea so I'm guessing he is like a second in command next too kyogre
Celebi is a protector of forests and can travle through time
Regis probably help control the tectonic plates
Lati@s doesn't have a legendary role like 'conrtoler of____' but are considered legendary because of there power and how there is only two or three of them.
Groudon made the earth
Kyogre made the ocean
Rayquaza may have some control of the air but he keeps peace between the two.
Jirachi is Legendary for being able to make people's wishes come true
Deoxys is like Lati@s, no real purpose but powerful and very small in numbers
Manaphy is needed for the ocean and what creatures live in it.
and the two new ones, well the blue one controls Time it self and the pink one controls space.

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[Naraku_Diabolos]

Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres are the three protectors of fire, ice and lightning in Kanto (and the orange islands).

Mewtwo is manmade. His purpose was meant by Team Rocket to be the ultimate powerhouse.

Raikou, Entei and Suicune are the three protectors of fire, ice/water and lightning in Johto. Also, Suicune represents the North Wind and can purify water.

Kyogre controls the rain, Groudon controls the sunshine, and Rayquaza controls the sky.

Lucario is the protector of Wave Guidance.

Manaphy is the Prince of the Sea. The entire ocean relies on him to be alive.

Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, however, control the weather around the Kanto region. Lugia is the keeper of the Legendary Birds and is, like you said, guardian of the oceans.

The Legendary Beasts are guardians of man. Ho-oh created them to stop people who would destroy the balance of nature and wars. Before Entei (a Flareon), Suicune (a Vaporeon) and Raikou (a Jolteon) came to be by Ho-oh's reviving powers, Ho-oh was first the guardian of man. Why did I say they were the Eevee evolutions? The Wise Trio, in the past (over several hundred years ago), had a Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon as their Pokemon. Those three watched over the Brass Tower until the fire came and killed those three Pokemon.

Mewtwo was created, like you said, but to cause destruction and chaos over people. That is why Team Rocket had created it, so they could control all the people in the world with Mewtwo's power.

Kyogre is the God of the Sea; Groundon is the God of Land; an Rayquaza is the God of Sky on Earth.

Lucario (OH NOES, this is the English translations!!) is an Aura Guardian, NOT a Wave Rider or Wave Guardian. He is NOT a SURFER! >_> Since Lucario is an Aura Guardian, the 'auras' are peace. Lucario is the keeper of PEACE! That's why in the beginning of the 8th movie, he stopped a war that involved Pokemon. In other terms, Lucario, the Aura Guardian, is a peace-keeper and stops wars.

Manaphy, on the other hand, is NOT a prince. He's a Spirit of the Sea. Since the movie has Kyogre in it, Kyogre is the God of the Sea. There is no prince of it. Manaphy is a SPIRIT.

 

[Pure]

Mew can transform into Diaruga and Parukia.

It seems the Legendaries became more Godlike as the games progressed.

 

[Simon Togetic]

Pokemon Guard your map is very interesting and creative way of showing your interpretation.

But that is just one possible interpretation.

Where, in the games or in the anime, does it actually say that Mew is the creator of all Pokemon?

This is a bit off-topic, but does anyoen here reckon that Manafi will be the next '1000 of each stat' legendary?

 

[Pokémon Guard]

Pokemon Guard your map is very interesting and creative way of showing your interpretation.

Heheheh. Simon, you know it's me, Jordan. =D

Where, in the games or in the anime, does it actually say that Mew is the creator of all Pokemon?

R/S Dex Info: "MEW is said to possess the genetic composition of all POKEMON". This means that all Pokemon must hold some part of Mew's DNA.
Fire Red Info: "It is very intelligent and learns any move".
This is kind of a lie based on its actual stats, but anyway, if Mew were really able to learn any move, then that must be why certain Pokemon have the moves they have.

Also, at the beginning of the first movie, this is also alluded to.


Good job correcting me, by the way, Naraku_Diabolos. You pretty much said what I was trying to say, but failed. Heheh...

 

[Juputoru]

Lucario (OH NOES, this is the English translations!!) is an Aura Guardian, NOT a Wave Rider or Wave Guardian. He is NOT a SURFER! >_> Since Lucario is an Aura Guardian, the 'auras' are peace. Lucario is the keeper of PEACE! That's why in the beginning of the 8th movie, he stopped a war that involved Pokemon. In other terms, Lucario, the Aura Guardian, is a peace-keeper and stops wars.

Manaphy, on the other hand, is NOT a prince. He's a Spirit of the Sea. Since the movie has Kyogre in it, Kyogre is the God of the Sea. There is no prince of it. Manaphy is a SPIRIT.

He IS a Wave(Hadou) Guider...in Japan. And since the JP version came first, theirs is the version that's original, thus it is the one that should be used for canonical questions like this...not that Aura is radically different from the JP version's usage of Hadou, though. Thus, Lucario's power is to use hadou(waves/aura). In the movie, his purpose was

Spoiler: 8th movie

at first to serve Aaron, and later to use his hadou-manipulating powers to save the Tree of Origin and Mew.

And...since when do auras=peace? :<

Manaphy is a prince. It's stated as such in the movie. He is never called a spirit, only a prince. He's not god of the sea by a long shot, but perhaps he could be called the Ruler of the Sea. After all, he even had the power to call Kyogre with all those other water Pokemon.

Other than them...
Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres - Gods of Ice, Lightning, and Fire, respectively. At least the ones in the Orange Islands are.
Lugia - God of Water, and protector of the balance between Ice, Lightning, and Fire. At least the OI's Lugia is.
Mew - Creator of non-legendary-Pokemon life
Ho-oh - Giver of life(there IS a difference between that and creating life), guardian of humanity
Entei/Raikou/Suicune - Protectors of their respective type's Pokemon, watchers of humanity.
Celebi - God of Time(possibly a lesser position now that we know of Dargia), protector of forests.
Lat@s - Protector spirits of certain areas(such as Alto Mare)
Groudon/Kyogre - Gods of Land and Sea, respectively.
Rayquaza - God of Sky, protector of the balance between land and sea.
Regis - Guardians of the Tree of Origin, possibly other areas as well.
Jirachi - Wish-granter, guardian of and life-giver to Faunz.

Legendaries that don't really have a place:
Mewtwo - Manmade. Ergo, no purpose in the grand scheme of things.
Deoxys - From outer space, ergo is not native to the Pokemon World and should not be expected to be important there. Has great power, however.

 

[Sim]

This is a bit off-topic, but does anyoen here reckon that Manafi will be the next '1000 of each stat' legendary?

Like Mew, Celebi and Jirachi, yes I think so.

I wish people would stop assuming Lucario's a legendary. It hasn't been confirmed and it having a gender, as well two alternate abilities really hinders that claim.

And since when is Dragonair legendary?

 

[Jiggy37]

If Diaruge and Parukia rule all of time and space, does that mean that they are the most powerful of all?

Not necessarily. We don't know yet how easy or difficult it is for them to rule time and space; it may be that altering time and space drains them substantially and they can only do it in limited capacity, when absolutely needed. (Sort of the same effect as Psycho Boost...) As compared to, say, Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza, who rule the weather completely effortlessly.

But, again, this is all just conjecture. We don't know much about the new Pokemon yet.

 

[kyogre king]

I heard that each ledgendary is a protecter of it's own type,region and terrain

 

[WaterDragon trainer]

I heard that, too. ^^ The 3 birds for Kanto, Lugia/Ho-oh for Johto, and Rayquaza/Groudon/Kyogre for Hoenn.