Legendary Pokemon guide

From Articuno to Zapdos, we break down the easiest ways to obtain EVERY legendary

Words: Carolyn Gudmundson, GamesRadar US

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chisfer - 10 months 22 days ago

Great feature but one error, Darkrai can be transfered from Pokemon Ranger 2.

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GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson - 10 months 22 days ago

@chisfer:
I think the Darkrai download on Ranger 2 was a special event that ended already (it was only possible to get through Jan 30th, 2009 in North America I believe).

I didn't include every event in this guide because it's not something you can go back and get once you've missed it. This guide is intended to show the ways you can get the various legendaries through normal gameplay, without hacking or special events.

It is silly though, that Manaphy is available anytime in the first Ranger by using the code, but Darkrai was a finite event... weird.

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N77falcon - 10 months 22 days ago

Note that you’ll encounter Dialga at level 47 in Pearl*, and an impressive level 70 in Platinum.

*I think you meant to say level 47 in Diamond, not Pearl

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GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson - 10 months 22 days ago

Thanks dude, that's corrected now.

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sheas93 - 10 months 22 days ago

dude i had all of the 1st 2nd and 3rd generation ones...no big deal

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ramsfaniniowa - 10 months 22 days ago

I would suggest using the power save for pkmn colleseum
u start with like 99999 master balls and rare candy's
i know you were trying to give the non-cheap ways, but no one ever finds out how you caught them

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ranzatsu - 10 months 21 days ago

Awesome.

I have every legendary in Diamond, and it's sad that you can't transfer them to Platinum.

All in all, great article.

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jakery22 - 10 months 21 days ago

one question about the lugia pokedex info if whenit flaps its wings a storm occurs then wont everywhere just be one big storm as lugia flies everywhere ?

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Saa - 10 months 21 days ago

Hey, is there any way to tell if a Pokemon is from an Action Replay DS? If so, please tell me.

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purpleshirt - 10 months 21 days ago

"Its Shadow Tag ability will prevent Cresselia from fleeing even if Wobbuffet switches out." just a little nitpick here if wobbuffet switches out the opponent is no longer prevented from fleeing. I certainly would not be surprised if it worked though as I think the fleeing pokemon will only try to flee once at the beginning. any ways good article.
ReCaptcha: stemming Hawall?

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doug-e-fresh - 10 months 20 days ago

i dont mean to be a dick but you got the location of route 214 wrong... its actually south of veilstone not hearthome.

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purpleshirt - 10 months 20 days ago

"Trivia: Mew is the only Pokemon that can learn every TM/HM move."
another nitpick, smeargle can also learn all the tm/hm's

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JohnnyMaverik - 10 months 20 days ago

"Trivia: Mew is the only Pokemon that can learn every TM/HM move."

I thought mew two could learn anything aswell? Probably wrong on that one thou... also couldent dito also be said to have the ability to learn any move... although not through teh direct aplication of a tm or hm of course (atleast i dnt think he could learn nything directly). Been a while since i touched pokemon so im pobably spouting bollocks with all of that...

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The_Zanger - 10 months 19 days ago

this is pretty useful because i started playing the whole pokemon series last week for the first time. i'm a bit of a n00b.

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Whooterzoot - 10 months 19 days ago

Shouldn't Rotom be here somewhere? I mean, it's a legendary right? There's only one of it, it's really hard to get, and it has a back-up story of it's creation. Yes, it can breed, but then again, so can Phione and Manaphy. I don't want to complain, but I always thought Roto was special (took me forever to catch it).

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GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson - 10 months 19 days ago

@Purpleshirt
I wasn't counting Smeargle, because technically he only learns ONE move, Sketch, and then copies other moves permanently from other Pokemon. He can't learn a TM/HM move in the normal way.

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GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson - 10 months 19 days ago

@Whooterzoot
I agree that Rotom should be a legendary, but "officially" (according to the Pokemon company) he's not a legendary. I don't agree with Phione being a legendary either, but I had to go with the official word.

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Godmode990 - 10 months 18 days ago

Have anyone ever noticed how in emerald, ruby and sapphire, the blue and red team only wants Groudon and Kyogre, what about Rayquaza? No one cares about Rayquaza, I mean Rayquaza is so much awesomer(i know its not a word) than groudon and Kyogre. And dont mind my spellings.

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Thequestion 121 - 10 months 18 days ago

Thanks for the handy legendary guide. i didn't know that if you chose a different starter in Firered/Leafgreen, you would get a different Legendary dog! That's something that I never knew.

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