RBY Rumors and Fake Cheats

[AdventureSerum]

Hmmm… Eternally chasing after some of these rumors and glitches like pots of gold at the end of the rainbow comprises some of my fondest childhood memories. I almost got to test that old Strength/truck legend a few years, ago, but unfortunately I discovered that the cartridge I was storing Mewtwo in was struck with the second generation battery blight. I’m still looking for someone with a Mewtwo, to no avail. As far as I can recall, for that one you had to get someone to trade you a pokemon with the appropriate HM moves, get to the S.S. Anne and find the truck on the shore, push it with a Mewtwo that knew Strength, and lo and behold, there would be a key! Specifically, a key to Bill’s backyard. Bill would then allow you to traipse around his backyard, which contained, according to varying sources, the three starter pokemon, their evolved forms, the three legendary birds, and, of course, Mew. So, why did they put in that truck? It’s not like there are cars anywhere else in the game. Is it just there to drive us crazy?
Another oldie I remember is yet another way to get Mew. I’m a little hazy on the details, but I remember you had to catch a Magikarp, possibly of a certain level, leave it in the daycare until it was level 70, and then train it until it was level 71, and poof! It would evolve into a Mew! The most convincing Mew legend I remember hearing is that if you caught every pokemon and talked to the man who said to talk to him again when you finished you pokedex, he would give you one. I suspect this is false, but I am unsure. Anybody know?
Some of the best rumors started when pokemon Gold, Siver, and Crystal were announced. One of the biggest rumors was that you could acquire Togepi in G/S, which of course turned out to be true but not in the sense we had assumed. Another one that we were all agog about was that apparently, Crystal could be played on a cell phone. This one turned out to be partially true, but only in Japan.
On a slightly-related note, I want to find Missingno once again on my Blue version, and I vividly remember seeing it many a time in days of yore, but now I can’t seem to find it. Can anyone give me some clues or pointers?

[Poryhedron]

The most convincing Mew legend I remember hearing is that if you caught every pokemon and talked to the man who said to talk to him again when you finished you pokedex, he would give you one. I suspect this is false, but I am unsure. Anybody know?

Having accomplished that very feat more than once, I can say with confidence that it's false. The man just gives you a diploma. There was a rumor that he gave people a Mew in the original Japanese version, but I've heard that this is false as well.

On a slightly-related note, I want to find Missingno once again on my Blue version, and I vividly remember seeing it many a time in days of yore, but now I can’t seem to find it. Can anyone give me some clues or pointers?

There are various ways to encounter Missingno., but perhaps the simplest and quickest is to talk to the man in Viridian City who shows you how to catch pokémon, watch him catch a Weedle, and then Fly to Cinnabar Island and Surf up and down the island's east coast. In that area you'll encounter whatever pokémon were in the last wild area you were in, and watching the Weedle capture screws up that data and makes Missingno. appear.

[Blademaster]

Heh, MISSINGNO.... There's no limit to the crazy methods I've seen to get those things, including but not limited to:


1.

Talk to the man in Viridian City who shows you how to catch pokémon, watch him catch a Weedle, and then Fly to Cinnabar Island and Surf up and down the island's east coast. In that area you'll encounter whatever pokémon were in the last wild area you were in, and watching the Weedle capture screws up that data and makes Missingno. appear.

2. In Red or Blue, go anywhere that has both wild Pokemon and Cut-able trees. Cut the tree down, then walk onto the spot where it stood, save the game, and turn it off and then back on. You should be standing ON the tree, unable to move anywhere else. Walk in all four ditections at least once, and then Fly, Dig, or Teleport to Viridian City and Surf in the water; the first Pokemon to appear will be a MISSINGNO..


3. In Red, Blue, or Yellow, obtain the Poke Flute, go find Snorlax, and wake it up. After battling or catching it, walk to where it was sitting and save; when 'SAVING... DON'T TURN OFF THE PO' is on the screen, turn the game off, then back on. If timed correctly, the Snorlax will seem to be gone; take a step to the left (if on Route 11) or right (on Route 16), turn around, and press (A); the Poke Flute and grumpy Snorlax text will come up, but the Pokemon you battle will be a MISSINGNO..


4. In Red or Blue, defeat the Elite Four without catching or battling Articuno, Zapdos, or Moltres, and then catch Mewtwo in the Unknown Dungeon. After you catch it, battle Zapdos, then catch Moltres, and then go stand in front of Articuno, save, talk to Articuno, and as the screen goes black before the battle, turn the game off and then on; talk to Articuno again, battle or catch it, and then turn the game off and on again; you should still have a saved game from before Articuno, but it'll be gone; talk to the spot where it stood, and you'll hear Articuno's cry and then battle MISSINGNO..


5. In Green, catch all 149 Pokemon, then catch Mewtwo last, and then go talk to the guy in Celadon City who gives you a Diploma. After that, obtain a Mew and go back to him with it at the front of your party; talk to him 5 times, and eventually he'll tell you to go back to where you caught your 150th Pokemon and see if anything new has appeared. Go back to where Mewtwo stood in the Unknown Dungeon, stand in Mewtwo's spot, face forward, and press (A); you'll hear a cry that none of the original 151 Pokemon sounds like and enter a battle with - you guessed it - MISSINGNO..


And now, the most ridiculous MISSINGNO. glitch I've ever heard...


6. In Red, Blue, Green, or Yellow, battle the Elite Four, catch every Pokemon, get the Diploma, obtain a Mew, and go back and defeat the Elite Four again; you'll restart in your room in Pallet Town, as usual; without moving, save the game until 'SAVING... DON'T TURN OFF THE PO' is on the screen, then turn the game off and on again. After that, take a single step in any direction, save again, and when 'SAVING... DON'T TURN OFF THE PO' is on the screen, turn the game off and then on again, and start playing. There will be two of you in the room! You'll control only the new player; the old one will stay in your room. Go back and defeat the Elite Four one more time, and you'll restart the game in your room again afterwards. Take a step, and the other you will be gone. As fast as you can, leave your house, Fly to Cerulean, Bicycle to the shore of Route 24, Surf to the Unknown Cave, and Bicycle through Unknown Cave without battling any Pokemon (A team of LV100 Pokemon as many Max Repels as you can carry helps with this task.); if you went fast enough, you'll find the other you standing at the very back of the Dungeon, behind where Mewtwo stood. Go talk to him, and he'll tell you that he is the part of you that is a winner and that you will never win another battle without him. Then, he will spin around, as though with an Escape Rope, and disappear. Use an Escape Rope of your own, Fly to the Pokemon League, and defeat the Elite Four one last time; the Champion will be the other you, who battles you with a LV100 team of (in this order) Mewtwo, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mew, and your starting Pokemon. They have these moves:

MEWTWO
-Psychic
-Recover
-Amnesia
-Mega Punch

ARTICUNO
-Ice Beam
-Bubblebeam
-Blizzard
-Hyper Beam

ZAPDOS
-Thunderbolt
-Drill Peck
-Thunder
-Hyper Beam

MOLTRES
-Fire Spin
-Swift
-Fire Blast
-Hyper Beam

MEW
-Transform
-Mimic
-Metronome
-Rest

VENUSAUR/CHARIZARD/BLASTOISE
-Earthquake
-Sleep Powder/Swords Dance/Withdraw
-Toxic/Slash/Seismic Toss
-Solarbeam/Fire Blast/Hydro Pump


Defeat this guy, and he'll vanish; in his place will be a MISSINGNO. that DOESN'T glitch your game. Battle it, catch it, and... uh... enjoy.