PUSA and Rotom

[paperfairy]

My brother recently bought one of those PUSA PokéDex books. It lists Rotom as a legendary. Whilst the trivia on Rotom's page states this, shouldn't we be officially classifying Rotom as a legendary? The back of that book also has an official list of legendaries, does somebody want a scan?

 

[Jukain]

Rotom doesn't have a story rooted in ancient times, that I'm aware of. And what exactly is so special about being able to possess appliances? I call translation error.

 

[$aturn¥oshi]

They're probably basing it on the fact that the Legendary theme plays during the Rotom battle. Rotom is not Legendary, and PUSA doesn't decide these things.

 

[Jnoo]

I doubt that's a legit source.

I have an Emerald Strategy Guide from Prima that states that Mudkip is a Water/Ground Type, and that Brawly uses Flying Pokemon.

I could list more than that, but you get my point.


I seem to recall that PUSA on the main Pokemon website saying that Rotom wasn't a legendary Pokemon, too.

 

[MAGNEDETH]

this was already brought up on the wiki and caused a huge edit war actually.
the concensus was "not a legendary" i think.

 

[paperfairy]

That's funny, because when I brought up Phione being a legendary, everybody said that PUSA was indeed a creditable source. By the defintion that we argued over the summer, Rotom is not a legendary and yet...

So again, I'll ask, is PUSA a valid source or not?

 

[TTEchidna]

PUSA said Phione's legendary though.

 

[KingMario]

So again, I'll ask, is PUSA a valid source or not?

Of course. They are part of The Pokémon Company and is responsible for that every Pokémon-related thing that they consider should be release worldwide is released in the USA, Europe, and Australia.

 

[The Outrage]

What do they consider it in Japan? For all we know, PUSA just called it a legendary because it was at the end of the Pokédex and had a legendary theme music.

 

[White Len]

I asked them about it at the mailbox...but I doubt they replied yet.

 

[paperfairy]

They've answered the Phione question on their mailbox.

 

[The Outrage]

Does PUSA manage Pokemon.com? We know there are a lot of mistakes there and the only certainty we can trust from that website is release dates.

 

[Gaiash]

I'd sday PUSA are as replyable as Wikipedia. There can be some information you can learn from them but theres always a chance its wrong.

 

[$aturn¥oshi]

Except PUSA are supposed to be people in the industry. They're supposed to know.

 

[Gligar13]

Does PUSA manage Pokemon.com? We know there are a lot of mistakes there and the only certainty we can trust from that website is release dates.

Pokemon usa does manage pokemon.com. (it says that at the bottom of pokemon.com) They also managed the old pokemoncenter.com site before they closed it unexpectedly.

 

[The Outrage]

Pokemon usa does manage pokemon.com. (it says that at the bottom of pokemon.com) They also managed the old pokemoncenter.com site before they closed it unexpectedly.

Then I'd like to point this thread out: http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=31738

Surely if one cannot seem to trust their website (and I know that this website gets some information wrong) why should we trust it on telling us what is a legendary on something as obvious as Rotom?