Arcanine originally meant to be a legendary?

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    I would like to know everyone's opinion on this. I persoanlly think that Arcanine was originally meant to be a legendary, but Nintendo pulled the plug on it before they released the first games. Now here is my proof:


    [PokeCommunity.com] Arcanine originally meant to be a legendary?


    As you can see, the Pokemon in the top left is Moltres, the top right is Articuno, the Pokemon in the bottom left is Zapdos and wait.. is that Arcanine?

    I think so. xD
     
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    But yes, I agree. Based on its stats, pokedex entries, and otherwise proof found in the anime and the games, I think that they intended Arcanine to be a legendary, perhaps even the "trio master" of the 3 legendary birds. Although I'm not completely assured on that point.
     
    I was thinking that as well, maybe they got the idea from Entei from Arcanine. But that would be weird I mean why did they not release Arcanine as a legendary in the first place?
     
    Arcanine has Base 555 stats. Pretty good if I do say so myself.

    So, why isn't he in OU? Does he have a poor moveset?
     
    4th Gen Matt said:
    Arcanine has Base 555 stats. Pretty good if I do say so myself.

    So, why isn't he in OU? Does he have a poor moveset?
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    It isn't threatening enough. It's potential power isn't great compared to other OU Pokemon. Test it in competitive battling and find out why. A Pokemon's strength can't be judged solely on base stat totals, but rather their true potential that they can be. They have to be judged upon how much of a threat they can pose in the metagame; that and usage. And yeah, it's movepool is pretty poor.

    It does have the highest base stat total besides all the legendaries, ubers, and pseudo-legends of Pokemon. It has the highest base stat total of a Pokemon that has only evolved once. It can be compared to Ninetales pretty well. Ninetales was supposed to be stuff of legend in Mystery Dungeon. Arcanine and Ninetales both have Fire type, Ground Egg type, evolve from Fire Stone, and have Flash Fire as an ability. Arcanine has a 75% chance of being male, while Ninetales has a 75% chance of being female. Not to mention their japanese names were based off of legendary creatures in Japanese stories. Ninetales being a legendary nine tailed fox, kitsune. Arcanine based on koma-inu which are mythical creatures that take on the forms of lions, dogs, and tigers. Statues of koma-inu in pairs represent good luck and represent guardians. Some suspect that Arcanine is the Pokemon that is found on the statues in Firered and Leafgreen. Either way, Arcanine's legendary origin of its concept may lead to why it has been considered a legendary Pokemon at first.
     
    Yes, but they figured there were enough legendaries so they made it a regular Pokemon.
     
    i think so
    in its pokedex entry its stated
    The Legendary Pokemon
     
    This is where movie/game inconsistences arise.

    The people who make the movies are not affiliated with nintendo other than buying the rights to the movies, they can put what they like. The creators of pokemon never intended for arcanine to be a legendary.
     
    Yeah, I reviewed the episode with the picture of the Birds + the Dog,

    I believe they wanted you to believe it was a legendary, and perhaps it was intended to be,

    But I think it did its job.

    alot of talk about a pokemon, ^.^
     
    Yeah, i think they just made arcanine normal but increased it's stats then made Entei. Also, yeah they did pile wayyy too many legends into 4th. The pic with the bird and the dog.... idk about that =/
     
    El Gofre said:
    This is where movie/game inconsistences arise.

    The people who make the movies are not affiliated with nintendo other than buying the rights to the movies, they can put what they like. The creators of pokemon never intended for arcanine to be a legendary.
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    We are talking about episode 2 of the 1st season, not movies.
     
    I cannot see how it was a axed legendary Pokemon. Pokemon Red and Blue come out before the TCG and Anime. Where as the games never ever stated it to be a legendary.

    However the early Anime and TCG stated it is. Hmm kind of confusing.
     
    Arcanine's Pokedex entry in R/B still referred to it as a Legendary Pokemon, even though it wasn't. There probably was some intention to make it one, but the idea was dropped before the games final release, for whatever reason (maybe because Arcanine had Growlithe as a pre-evolution, while other legendaries, at the time, had no evolutions).
     
    Nanako Nanashima said:
    Interesting answer considering how many legendaries they piled into generation 4.
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    That's because Pokemon has been getting stupider.
    Also they couldn't make a whole lot of event Pokemon since it's hard to do for a new franchise.
     
    I'm surprised yall don't know this by now. Arcanine was origionally suppoe to be a legendary pokemon but Game Freak Decided not too because having two birds and a dog doent really match.
     
    Hey NtheKnight, keep in mind the last post in this thread was a whole eight years ago almost. It's considered an inactive thread which we usually ask people not to post in. Feel free to remake the discussion if you're interested in keeping it going though, otherwise I'll have to lock this! Thanks.
     
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