POKEMON GEN 6 ANNOUNCED

[Koh]

But we've already established that they've worked the legendary into the plot since Gen II. It was new in Gen II, then Gen 3 and onwards followed the same thing. To be honest, I preferred the Legendary handling prior to that, in Gen I, where it was actually interesting to find them all on your own. Some people may mention them here and there across the world, but you'd never actually find them by just following the story. You had to go exploring and check out some caves, and suddenly "OH A LEGENDARY ELECTRIC BIRD APPEARED!"