My Legendaries
I have collected a fair amount of Legendary and Mythical Pokemon throughout the years! I once aimed to get all of them, but missed out on a few event Pokemon... oh well. Here you can see my collection of legendary Pokemon, as well as which ones I'm missing.
Generation I
Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres
I first caught these guys in Yellow, where I used Moltres and Articuno to beat the League. Then I transferred them from LeafGreen all the way to Pokemon Y, where they are just relaxing in a box. I appear to have caught another Zapdos in Pokemon Y?
Articuno
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from LeafGreen)
Zapdos
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from LeafGreen)
Zapdos
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Sea Spirit's Den
9/29/2014
Moltres
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from LeafGreen)
Moltres
Current Game: Pokemon Yellow
Articuno
Current Game: Pokemon Yellow
Zapdos
Current Game: Pokemon Yellow
Mewtwo
Facing off against Mewtwo in Yellow was a high octane experience. Getting this guy down to a sliver of red and then tossing Ultra Balls at him... but apparently getting that slice of HP down was unnecessary.
Mewtwo
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Unknown Dungeon, 5/2/2014
Mewtwo
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Unknown Dungeon, 5/2/2014
Mew
A friend of mine lent me his copy of Pokemon Blue and never came back to pick it up before moving away for good. Well, you can't do the Mew Glitch on Yellow, so I tried it out on Blue. I knew it worked because everyone said it would, and yet I felt my heart pound as I saw Mew appear on screen. The Mew from Pokemon Y was received in an event, but I don't remember much about it. It goes to show the difference between having something gifted to you and doing something a little off-menu to get what you want...
Mew
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GF
A lovely place
6/10/2016
fateful encounter
Mew
Current Game: Pokemon Blue
Mew Glitch
Generation II
Raikou, Entei, Suicune
I caught a Suicune in my very first copy of Pokemon Crystal using a Master Ball. I felt a sense of anticipation walking through the tower, that path up to where Suicune lived, and I faced off against it... I went straight to the menu and tossed my Master Ball at it. It worked - of course it did. I told my friend about it and he told me it was a silly thing to do, and I should have saved it for a difficult Pokemon like one of the wandering beasts. I nearly cried hearing that! I don't have that save anymore, and Suicune doesn't appear in my saved Pokemon on Pokemon Stadium 2. Master Ball Suicune is nothing but a memory.
The Shiny Beasts are from a Gamestop event. Fun, huh? I certainly wouldn't be bothered to try for Shiny Beasts in the game.
Raikou (Shiny)
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GAMESTP
(from HeartGold)
Entei (Shiny)
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GAMESTP
(from HeartGold)
Suicune (Shiny)
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GAMESTP
(from HeartGold)
Suicune
Original Game: Pokemon Crystal
Lugia, Ho-Oh
I'm pretty sure I never got Ho-oh in my original copy of Pokemon Crystal because you needed to get all three Beasts. And I did not do that! There is a chance I got Lugia, which has more lenient requirements, but I cannot remember well. In HeartGold, both legendaries are pretty accessible.
Lugia
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from HeartGold)
Ho-oh
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from HeartGold)
Celebi
Celebi was a real fixation for me as a kid. Mew could be gotten through the Mew Glitch, and I had the Jirachi disk, but there wasn't a legitimate way for an American to get Celebi for a while. My friend had a Gameshark and sharked me a Celebi. I had a chance afterwards to get a real Celebi at the "Pokemon Across America" event for the tenth anniversary of Pokemon. This Pokemon is very precious to me in a lot of ways, so precious that I didn't move it forward like I did many other of my Pokemon. I moved forward my Rayquaza and other legendaries, but that Celebi has lived on that Emerald file since.
I since got two more event Celebis. Funny that a Pokemon that once seemed so rare and unobtained is now overrepresented in my collection.
Celebi (LV 10)
Current Game: Pokemon Y
4/27/2014
Pokemon Link
Celebi
Current Game: HeartGold
OT: WIN2011
3/6/2011
Pokemon Event
Fateful Encounter
Celebi
Current Game: HeartGold
(hacked)
Met at LV 40 victory road
Celebi
Current Game: Emerald
OT: 10ANIV
Obtained in a fateful encounter at LV 70
Generation III
Regirock, Regice, Registeel
The mysterious ways in which you get these Pokemon captivated me a kid. The Braille, the Relicanth, the Wailord, the surfing currents! And their faceless inorganic forms! I like all of them, but Regice might be my favorite. I probably wouldn't have the patience to go through it all today, but I'm happy I had that experience back then. Perched over my Ruby/Sapphire guide, making sure I was surfing the current currents... hunting for Relicanth... sharing the secrets with my friend... these form many of my happy summer memories.
Regirock
Current Game: Pokemon AlphaSapphire
Regirock
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
Regice
Current Game: Pokemon AlphaSapphire
Regicev
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
Registeel
Current Game: Pokemon AlphaSapphire
Registeel
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
Latios, Latias
While I did try to hunt the legendary Beasts and the emotion/willpower/knowledge spirits of D/P/Pl, I don't recall hunting for the Latis. I'm still pretty fond of them and their portrayal in the movies.
Latios
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Faraway Place
(unknown origin?)
Latias
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
Latias
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From HeartGold)
Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza
Here's a random memory for you - a classmate of mine insisted that "Kyogre" was pronounced "KEE-oh-grey." I, of course, insisted on "kai-OH-ger." Kyogre and Groudon are story creatures, and so not very memorable to me, but Rayquaza... that mach bike section killed me. And Rayquaza was pretty high-leveled, so you had to come prepared to capture it. I was quite proud to finally capture it.
Kyogre
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Faraway Place
(From AlphaSapphire)
Groudon
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Ruby or Emerald)
Rayquaza
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Faraway Place
Rayquaza
Current Game: Emerald
met at lv 70 sky pillar
Jirachi
I have two of the Pokemon Colosseum Bonus Disks. I don't know why. It doesn't work twice. And it doesn't work on Emerald! I had Ruby and Sapphire so you may wonder why I don't have two Jirachi, and that's a good question. Perhaps I generated one for a friend which I've since traded away. In any case, I have Jirachi here.
Jirachi
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: WISHMKR
(R/S/E)
Deoxys
Deoxys is another memorable Pokemon for me, an inaccessible mystery on the level of Celebi. I knew from Serebii that there was an event that could get it for you, but it was not available in America. I turned to hacking. I'm pretty sure the first Pokemon my friend hacked for me was this Deoxys, which had a weird OT. I'm not sure how he fixed the OT later on Celebii.... in any case, this Deoxys was able to hop from gen 3 to 4 to 5, but no further. I was able to get a Deoxys through a special event in Gen VI, so perhaps it all worked out.
Deoxys
Current Game: Pokemon Y
11/29/2014
Faraway Place
Apparently a fateful encounter
Deoxys
Current Game: Pokemon Black
OT AAAAAAA
(Hacked)
(From Emerald)
Generation IV
Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf
These guys look a lot like Mew, don't they? I used Azelf to beat the league in one of these games. As cute as they are, I do not have a lot of memories of them.
Uxie
Current Game: Pokemon Y
12/1/2014
Faraway Place
and also from D/PL
Mesprit
Current Game: Pokemon Y
11/30/2014
Faraway Place
(From AlphaSapphire)
Mesprit
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Diamond/Platinum)
Azelf
Current Game: Pokemon Y
11/27/2014
Faraway Place
(From Diamond/Platinum)
Dialga, Palkia, Giratina
These are story Pokemon, and so not very notable... well, except for one thing. I didn't buy Pokemon Black 2 or White 2 because I had this fixation on getting Palkia and I couldn't decide which to get. It was the first time I did not buy the 'third' game for a generation. It took until HeartGold for me to get Palkia.
Dialga
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(Platinum/Diamond)
Palkia
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(HeartGold)
Giratina
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(Platinum/Diamond)
Heatran
Got two of these!
Heatran
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Faraway Place
(from AlphaSapphire)
Heatran
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(from Platinum)
Regigigas
I was lucky enough to have an original DS that lets you insert the GBA pak, so I could transfer over the Regis and get Regigas on my Platinum and Diamond copies.
Regigigas
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(Diamond)
Regigigas
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(Platinum)
Cresselia
This is a wandering one, I think, and I think I actually had to work to get this one using the hunting strategies.
Cresselia
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(Platinum/Diamond)
Manaphy, Phione
I wanted to get the Pokemon Ranger game when I was younger to get the Manaphy egg. I've been told nowadays a lot of the Pokemon Ranger games have had their Manaphy eggs claimed and so there is no point in buying them - you would need an external tool to erase the flag. I seem to have gotten this Manaphy through some sort of event, and I'm happy I got to get one - but I wish I could have tried for the Pokemon Ranger one as well!
Manaphy LV 100
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
6/1/2016
A lovely place
Apparently a fateful encounter
Manaphy
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GF
6/1/2016
A lovely place
Fateful encounter
Phione
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Darkrai
What memories of this one - I went to an event in real life to get this event to capture Darkrai. I had saved before starting the event so I could experience it over and over again. It involved having a nightmare in a hotel. I played the scene over many times and even wrote it down to report for a very old website of mine. I couldn't bear to capture Darkrai for a while, as it would end the scene. But eventually I went through with it, figuring that I got the event for a reason.
Darkrai
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(Platinum)
Shaymin
I missed Shaymin when the event came out and I regretted it so much! A friend of mine got it and I wanted to trade with him so I would at least have it in my Pokedex. I loved the floral theme surrounding Shaymin and both its hedgehog and adventure dog forms. The event eventually made it accessibel to me.
Shaymin
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GF
6/30/2016
A lovely place
Shaymin LV 100
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
OT: GF
6/30/2016
A lovely place
Apparently a fateful encounter
Arceus
I seem to remember the event for this one being pretty cool. I seem to have gone to the defunct American toy store "Toys R Us" to get this event.
Arceus
OT: TRU
(from Platinum?)
Generation V
Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion
Would you forgive me if I told you I had no memory of these guys? Gen V overwhelmed me with all the legendaries to catch, and was the first time I felt myself faltering on this journey.
Cobalion
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Terrakion
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Virizion
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus
These guys disappointed me a bit when I saw them - recolored genies? Yet I felt a sort of fondness for Tornadus in particular. I think he was the first one I captured.
Tornadus
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Thundurus
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Landorus
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem
More story guys I don't remember well.
Reshiram
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Zekrom LV 50
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
6/14/2016
Fabled Cave
Kyurem
Current Game: Pokemon Y
(From Black)
Victini
When Pokemon Black came out, I had the opportunity to get Victini but I got lazy. I had to wait several years for this event to happen to finally get a Victini again!
Victini LV 100
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
OT: GF
Date met: 9/6/2016
A Lovely Place
APparently a fateful encounter
Victini
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GF
9/6/2016
A fateful encounter
Genesect
I missed the Genesect event during gen IV and felt quite disappointed about it! I liked Genesect a lot and who knew when the next event would be? Thankfully I got to access the event much later!
Genesect LV 100
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
OT: GF
Date Met: 11/22/2016
A Lovely Place
Apparently a fateful encounter
Genesect
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: GF
Date Met: 11/22/2016
A Lovely Place
Apparently a fateful encounter
Missing: Keldeo, Meloette
Remember how I told you I missed the Genesect event? I missed these two, and it really brought me down. It shouldn't have, being unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but I really wanted to get them all, you know? And I still am missing these! Missing three made me stop my journey. It was a little silly, but it was an important goal to me at the time.
Generation VI
Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde
I find it funny that I have Pokemon Y and so have Yveltal, and yet I have two shiny Xerneas because I had two gen VI games. And I have four Zygarde... who needs four of them? I have as many Celebi as I do Zygarde, and one of those Celebi was hacked! But you know, there's nothing wrong with Zygarde, and I like the snake and dog formes.
Xerneas (shiny) LV 100
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
OT: XYZ
Date met: 5/12/2016
The Pokemon cartoon
Apparently a fateful encounter
Xerneas
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: XYZ
5/12/2016
The pokemon cartoon
Apparently a fateful encounter
Yveltal
Current Game: Pokemon Y
Team Flare Secret HQ
4/6/2014
Zygarde LV 100
Current Game: Alpha Sapphire
OT: XYZ
Date met: 5/8/2016
Where: The Pokemon cartoon
Apparently a fateful encounter
Zygarde
Current Game: Pokemon Y
12/4/2015
Terminus Cave
Zygarde
Current Game: Pokemon Y
OT: XYZ
5/8/2016
The pokemon cartoon
Zygarde
Current Game: Pokemon Moon
12/6/2016
route 16
Diancie
Diancie
Current Game: Pokemon Y
10/30/2014
A lovely place
Missing: Hoopa, Volcanion
There was something in AlphaSapphire where portals would open up and you could get these guys, I think? But for whatever reason, it did not happen. I wasn't quite as motivated to Catch 'Em All by that time.
Generation VII
Type: Null and Silvally
Apparently this is considered a legendary? Well, I have Type:Null.
Type: Null
Current Game: Pokemon Moon
Tapu Koko
More on the Tapus later, but this is the only one I have.
Tapu Koko
Current Game: Pokemon Moon
1/2/2017
Ruins of conflict
Missing: Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini
I began my first job around this time and I had less time to game. At the same time, I didn't feel motivated to complete the Tapu gang. They didn't really call me to me aesthetically. I'm not sure if I'll go back to get them some day - perhaps? I do like the team I had set up with Pokemon Moon.
Cosmog and Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala
Several of these are story progression Pokemon. I have Lunala since I played Moon.
Lunala
Current Game: Pokemon Moon
1/1/2017
Altar of the moone
Missing: Necrozma, Magearna, Marshadow, Zeraora, Meltan, Melmetal
There were just so many here that I kind of felt overwhelmed. It's not as bad as Unova but seeing a long list of legendaries and mythicals gives me a touch of anxiety.
I will say that I experienced the Pokemon Go event with Meltan and it was very fun! I didn't actually catch it - it was the one where "Meltan" was revealed to be Ditto - but it was great fun roaming around catching these fake Meltan. Unfortunately I didn't catch enough Ditto to progress to the next stage of the research project. 'Tis a real shame because I love Meltan!