"Legendary categories in the main games and how they may apply to Pokémon GO."

#PokemonGO: Pokémon GO has a single flag for Legendary Pokemon, so we end up with scenarios like, functionally, Suicune and Mewtwo having the same limitations despite the former being downright lackluster compared to the later or to even non-legendary Pokemon.(IIRC there is also a Mythical flag, but as no Mythical Pokemon thus far has been released, it remains unused)However, in the main series, as far back as Pokémon Stadium, different legendaries would get different treatment: Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres were rentable and usable in the standard Poke Cup, while Mewtwo and Mew were restricted to the more lax Prime Cup and couldn't be rented.Nowadays, the main games have a set of flags (3 to be precise), and pretty much we have 4 different categories of legendary:Regular Legendaries (called sub-legendaries in the game code): They are pretty much Dragonite-tier Pokemon that cannot be bred. The game doesn't really place any limits on their usage, other than level-related ones.Ultra Beasts: Pretty much a lore-based category, those are flagged as (sub)legendaries by the game code but aren't refered as such. Unlike other legendaries, they can usually be caught multiple times, but, seeing they are quite recent, only being introduced last year, we will have to wait and see how they are treated in the future.Special Pokémon (outright called legendary Pokemon in the code): They have stats beyond those of other legendaries (hell, Mewtwo is the archetypical special Pokemon), and the game puts quite a few limits on them: Limited in Stadium, the Battle Tower, random online matches... And, most of the time, with reason, those guys are overpowered by design.Mythicals: A subdivision of the Special Pokémon, again, pretty much lore-based (and TPC won't call them legendaries). They are the event-only Pokémon. Generally they are Dragonite-tier Pokémon, but they are very restricted in usage: Special-Pokémon in general is a flag that prevents usage, but in the rare tournaments where specials are allowed, Mythicals are still a no-go.Oh, and Dragonite, Tyranitar and their ilk, with their legendary-tier stats, are usually called pseudo-legendaries, but that is a fan term. And Slaking, despite having Special Pokémon-tier stats, isn't counted as a pseudo-legendary.In this chart you can see which species fall in which groupSo, how could all of this apply to GO? Well, seeing Dragonite and Tyranitar are allowed in gyms, why not allow non-special legendaries as well? I don't even think they should have any limit about the amount of those per gym, they are just Pokemon between Gyarados and Dragonite in terms of stats.As for Special Pokémon, those do warrant a limit if to be placed in Gyms. Maybe only allowing players to leave Special Pokémon in gyms they have a Gold medal, and only allowing an special Pokémon per Gym. Species clause in attacking teams would also work fine with those, so 6 Mewtwos wouldn't be an optimal attacking team. via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2Ctg5XX