Do you think The Battle Between Legendary is canon?
I mean it's a stretch, but Red doesn't have a Mewtwo on his team on Generation II, so you think it's possible, canonically, a lot of the legendaries just ended up getting caught by type specialists?
>>26125536
Yes it is canon. Just because it isn't on his team, doesn't mean he didn't catch it. Plus, you can't catch it in Gen 2, proving it further that Red caught it. Also, it makes sense that he doesn't have it on his team, since it would be weird to have two Mewtwos possibly battling each other (back in the day, now we canonically have two Mewtwos) Also Time Capsule was the only way to get Mewtwo in Gen 2, from Red. So yeah, he did catch it.
As far as i know unless specified by the story the player simply battles the legendaries.
>Giratina-O without the Griseous Orb
No.
Forget about the 680 tier, none of these plebs could even tame a lesser legendary.
Red doesn't have Mewtwo on his team because only faggots use legendaries
>>26125536
Every legendary encounter including and after gen 3 is canon bar FRLG.