Quote Originally Posted by tonberrian View Post
I'm not so sure that "balanced" is really a goal of the designers of Pokemon, or that it even should be. Competitive Pokemon is a small part of the franchise in general, and collecting legendaries in general has always had some mons as inherently better than others. I'm a big fan of fighting and capturing Legendaries, it's a big part of why I play pokemon, and I'd be upset if the box legend pokemon was only as powerful as your starter was - what's the point in going after it if everything's well-balanced?
You got a point there.