shoz999
Back when Tigers used to smoke.
So if you've been a long-time Pokemon fan then you know that the Games, Anime, and Manga do a decent job fleshing out these legendaries. For example it was the Anime that introduced Deoxy's regeneration and cloning features which we would see again in Pokemon Generations and the Manga. In the Manga, they often showed many characteristics of a Legendary only hinted at in the Pokedex, like Suicune creating illusions out of mist, of the games and the games obviously fleshed out the legendaries through little story-filled sidequests or people speaking of legends of a great mysterious Pokemon that roams nearby. Practically every Legendary Pokemon before Gen 7 has been fleshed out... except for Volcanion.
Volcanion is a weird legendary because his movie just depicts him as a guardian protecting abandoned and abused Pokemon and that's really it, Pokemon Adventures and the Pokemon TV series doesn't introduce or mention Volcanion at all, and the 6th generation of games don't have the event quests of 4th and 5th gen but even then there are ways that legendaries like Hoopa or Diancie are hinted at throughout the game except for Volcanion. His pokedex entry often states...
"It lets out billows of steam and disappears into the dense fog. It's said to live in mountains where humans do not tread"
"It expels its internal steam from the arms on its back. It has enough power to blow away a mountain."
That's really it. It just says that Volcanion attacks with steam, disappears into dense fog, and lives in the mountains somewhere. Many of the Pokedex entries often features legends and lore but Volcanion doesn't have any legends or lore in his Pokedex entry and neither does the movies, TV series, and manga mention of this. It seems almost like people behind the other Pokemon Adaptations had no clue what to do with Volcanion that he was literally rushed in at the last second, as in it wasn't originally planned at all to be in the 6th gen.
With that being said. What is the deal with Volcanion? What do you think his legend or lore is supposed to be? Do you think GameFreak needed another legendary at the last second? What is his potential home in Kalos?
Volcanion is a weird legendary because his movie just depicts him as a guardian protecting abandoned and abused Pokemon and that's really it, Pokemon Adventures and the Pokemon TV series doesn't introduce or mention Volcanion at all, and the 6th generation of games don't have the event quests of 4th and 5th gen but even then there are ways that legendaries like Hoopa or Diancie are hinted at throughout the game except for Volcanion. His pokedex entry often states...
"It lets out billows of steam and disappears into the dense fog. It's said to live in mountains where humans do not tread"
"It expels its internal steam from the arms on its back. It has enough power to blow away a mountain."
That's really it. It just says that Volcanion attacks with steam, disappears into dense fog, and lives in the mountains somewhere. Many of the Pokedex entries often features legends and lore but Volcanion doesn't have any legends or lore in his Pokedex entry and neither does the movies, TV series, and manga mention of this. It seems almost like people behind the other Pokemon Adaptations had no clue what to do with Volcanion that he was literally rushed in at the last second, as in it wasn't originally planned at all to be in the 6th gen.
With that being said. What is the deal with Volcanion? What do you think his legend or lore is supposed to be? Do you think GameFreak needed another legendary at the last second? What is his potential home in Kalos?