Is Arceus officially mythical or legendary?

Question

There are so many things that answer this but they are all different. Please someone tell my what game freak thinks, and if it ever changed, please list when and how.

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Mythical.

Answer 1

Arceus is a Mythical Pokemon.

Do note that early on, there wasn't a huge separation of legendries vs mythicals. You'll see the words intertwined in early gens. The distinction in English wasn't made until Gen 5, so there's been times prior in which Arceus has been referred to as legendary, but he's still always been mythical. Source

Arceus (Japanese: アルセウス Arceus) is a Normal-type Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus
The official English website of Pokémon Legends: Arceus used to refer to Arceus as a Legendary Pokémon, which was later corrected to Mythical Pokémon on September 28, 2021. It was always referred to as a Mythical Pokémon on the Japanese website.

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How do you make those little quotes look like that? I’ve seen comments be turned into those but it’s obvious to me now that it’s not just selected comments.

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You do

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Make sure there’s a space between the arrow and the text

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Oh ok thanks. How convenient that it doesn’t work in the comments so you can actually show me.