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Pokemon Regi's Speed State

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Before we start let me on my bullet proof vest, my army helmet and jump behind my sandbags. (Gotta be prepared for those forever hyperbeams... Yes my sandbag wall and bullet proof vest stop hyperbeams)

Ok so I noticed that the Regi's Speed is Relativistic, Regirock, Registeel, Regice (Hate that they don't spell his name like the others) and Regigigas. However aren't they guys kinda depicted as slow?.

Their attacks, sure why not but their movement speed... They didn't seem to be showcased with high speeds in the anime and movies, I don't think their quick in the games either (I know the game states don't mean much if anything I'm just saying). They seem to walk slowly everywhere they go because the way their built probably? (Big heavy dudes)

Note: I'm cool with them having that rating if everyone else is, I'm just wondering if others thought the same. Hell, just because something looks slow doesn't mean it is all the time, that I know.

Thoughts?.
 
When was this?.

Haven't watched Pokemon in a while so I don't recall
 
That's the movie when Lucario got blinded by the Houndooms right?.

Haven't seen any Pokemon movie in a long time. Last one I watched was the Genisect one with Mewtwo.
 
@Sidurd

Well just because it's hard to believe doesn't make it false.
 
Just saw a video of the Regi's in the movie. Regirock walked and used dig to get around, Registeel walked, Regice floated.

Their attacks could collide and are as fast as Lucario's which makes their combat speed Relativistic but they seem to not be able to move fast from what I saw but hey, can't expect all Pokemon to zip across the screen now can we.

I'm likely just looking to much into it since if we went by my version the scaling for all Pokemon would rival or surpass that of the ToP in Dragon Ball Super.
 
I honestly don't believe every Pokemon should be Relativistic all around. Reactions and Combat speed? Yes. Movement wise, especially when they are notably slow Pokemon, not so much.
 
I also agree with Dragon especially for slow pokémon like Tyranitar. I'm not sure about that Rela. speed, but is still missing to a lot of profiles, which will cause confusion with the Sub-Rela. ones.
 
"Slow movement speed" is extremely relative, especially in fiction. Unless we have something like Nosepass, we can't just apply the speed to reaction and combat speed just because "they look slow", especially since they're legendaries.
 
I really don't like how if a pokemon/character is depicted as big, giant, or a heavy set, they can't move around quickly. We had this same discussion regarding Groudon a while ago IIRC and we agreed he should still have his quick movement speed since the animators obviously aren't going to animate a giant kaiju moving at ridiculous speeds.

The same case should apply to the regi's here.
 
My comment wasn't talking about legendaries in particular though...I was more talking about Pokemon like Slowbro, Magcargo, etc. Y'know, obviously slower than normal Pokemon.
 
Regigigas literal ability is called Slow Start which lowers his speed all around,I highly doubt animators believe these Pokemon are capable of moving at these speeds.Attacks like Solar Beam sure why not.
 
I highly doubt animators believe that any Pokémon is capable of moving at speed even near that of lightning, let alone Relativistic. That argument doesn't hold.

@Dragon There is a difference between "slower than normal Pokémon" and "Thousands of times slower than normal Pokémon". We can only reasonably argue for the first, not the second (unless, again, Nosepass and stuff).
 
An ability that lowers speed =/= move slower than others.

And Saikou's reply goes in hand with what im saying to you as well. This argument would be like saying Akira doesn't believe anyone in DB is even LS, Kishimoto not believing anyone in Naruto is MHS+, Kubo not beliving Bleach characters can move beyond supersonic, etc.

These guys are giants, they obviously won't be animated as agile or quick as other speedish pokemon, even when they're faster.
 
"Latios will only open its heart to a with a compassionate spirit. This Pokémon can fly faster than a jet plane by folding its forelegs to minimize air resistance."

"Pidgeot, the Bird Pokémon. The evolved form of Pidgeotto. It can fly at twice the speed of sound at an altitude of nearly one mile."

I've noticed that certain Pokedex entries are ignored and some are used for feats,so why are these 2 specific speed entries ignored?
 
Even Dragonite has a specific speed entry

"Dragonite is capable of circling the globe in just sixteen hours. It is a kindhearted Pokémon that leads lost and foundering ships in a storm to the safety of land."
 
Yeah, so? We have characters who are lightning fast or are stated to be the speed of sound, yet scale to Sub Rel - Immeasurable feats.
 
I am vehemently against using author intent as an argument to downgrade any Pokemon's speed, since they've been calced at specific levels and that's what this wiki prefers to use. Even author statements aren't used if they're contradictory, so an exception shouldn't be made here.
 
When you have 100s of different Pokemon with different weaknesses and pros,scaling should not be done in this manner.It just leads to inaccuracy especially when 90% have no feats or any appearances like at all.

I don't know how every series is depicted on this wiki,so I can't speak for the others,but I doubt they have hundreds of different beings, and multiple different forms of media on the level of Pokemon.
 
If you want to complain about the way we deal with Pokémon in general, you should do your own thread, because that's certainly not the topic here.
 
@Saiou

You argument holds up but it's pretty clear Registeel and Regirock move slow simply because they move slow and are consistently depicted as walking.

I don't know why people are bringing up the creator not thinking their that fast when they can fight Pokemon in combat at that speed. However it's a clear cut fact Pokemon like the Regi's damn sure aren't moving that fast and big Pokemon are treated as slow in terms of movement speed. Again, Combat speed yes, movement speed is doubtful.

Is this always the case?, No. Can they move that fast... Maybe. I just wanted to know if others thought the same thing.

However I'm not in the mood for a back and forth, my power has been out since last Tuesday and it's been hot these last couple of days.
 
Sigurd Snake in The Eye said:
Regigigas literal ability is called Slow Start which lowers his speed all around,I highly doubt animators believe these Pokemon are capable of moving at these speeds.Attacks like Solar Beam sure why not.
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Gamefreak greatly overestimates him.
 
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