Pokemon: How Ash Caught Something Rarer Than A Legendary Pokemon

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In Pokémon, mythical Pokémon are so rare their existence is questioned, but when Ash adds his first mythical Pokémon to his arsenal, Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon Ultra Legends explains how Ash caught something rarer than a legendary Pokémon. After 26 years of the wildly successful franchise, it’s finally revealed that Ash Ketchum caught his first mythical Pokémon before a legendary Pokémon. Both groups are considered extremely rare, but mythical Pokémon holds the title of the most elusive type of Pokémon.

Pokémon has extensive lore thanks to its multiple outlets of games, manga, show series, and movies. The rarity of mythical Pokémon originated from the games, where players could only catch a mythical Pokémon by obtaining the player in a real-life event and later opened more options with Pokémon Go by players catching Meltan and acquiring 400 Meltan candies to evolve into Melmetal. Along with the gaming aspect, mythical Pokémon’s existence is more of a rumor amongst the trainers due to limited sightings. That’s why it was a shock to the crowd in the Pokémon episode “Final Rivals!” where Ash reveals his first fighter as Melmetal in Pokémon the Series: Sun and Moon Ultra Legends.

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The amount of Pokémon collected has come a long way since Ash’s first six Pokémon, including his catch of Meltan, a curious and timid steel-type Pokémon that posed its own challenge to acquire. This find led to the mythical Pokémon, Melmetal, from the evolution of Meltan. It was because of this evolution that Ash inadvertently obtained a mythical Pokémon. Ash has had multiple chances to catch a legendary Pokémon throughout the series but often decided not to despite forming close