Infernape were never a common pokemon and always known better through myth and fiction – where they feature prominently – than through fact. Therefore, it is necessary to set the record straight: Infernape do not possess magic, super-heavy extending staffs, can not ride on clouds, and can not shoot blasts of chi to begin with, let alone enormous ones which engulf whole cities in light. The one about Hideyoshi and the unification of Japan, on the other hand, is absolutely true.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was of peasant birth, and could not obtain the exotic pokemon used by other daimyo; instead, he relied on the Infernape which he had captured as a Chimchar to keep his house warm in the winter and evolved through determined training and countless victories. Hideyoshi patterned his armor and helmet after his Infernape, and the Infernape inspired him and his soldiers at every trying moment in their career. Its spirit was said to burn hotter than the flames with which it dispatched Akechi Mitsuhide and his Articuno; although all Infernape have large head flames, which are said to represent their determination, this particular Infernape's crown was larger than its body when it was about to enter a battle. Hideyoshi's Infernape was renowned as a terror of the battlefield, said to be able to turn large portions of the battlefield into infernos of spinning flames, and his tactics usually relied on using it either to draw opponents into traps or deal the finishing blow.
After Hideyoshi's death, the Infernape fought on the Toyotomi side at Sekigahara, but was defeated by Ieyasu Tokugawa's Aggron – the one pokemon said to have faced down its Fire Spin and lived. Yet that Infernape survived the battle, and its deeds after Hideyoshi's death have also entered the realm of legend.