Get Mew through a glitch. What rock where you under if you didn't know about this?

**Lugia's_Master** · 17th January 2004, 05:59 AM

sorry if this has already been asked but can u still do the trick if you have fought the old man on r8 and the youngster or r24?

**Charizard04621** · 17th January 2004, 08:50 AM

Not for Mew, no. You would have to restart your game.

**Suicune12** · 21st January 2004, 06:22 AM

What's better than legitamitely (sp?) getting a Mew?
Legitamitely getting TWO Mews!
I traded my Mew to Crystal, then traded it back - but I used the RBY duplication glitch, so now there's a Mew in both games (I would've just done the easier GS duplication trick, but it doesn't work in Crystal).

Lugia's_Master, it is possible to still get a Mew. Just substitute some other trainer who walks up to you for the Gambler, and Fly away. Now, battle some other trainer that walks up to you and whose Pokemon's Special will get you a Mew. There's also another way: Fight any trainer after you fly away from the original one, and do something involving battling a wild Pokemon with a Ditto that has the Special necessary to get you a Mew.

**RaZoR LeAf** · 21st January 2004, 10:06 AM

Originally posted by Suicune12
What's better than legitamitely (sp?) getting a Mew?
Legitamitely getting TWO Mews!
I traded my Mew to Crystal, then traded it back - but I used the RBY duplication glitch, so now there's a Mew in both games (I would've just done the easier GS duplication trick, but it doesn't work in Crystal).

Lugia's_Master, it is possible to still get a Mew. Just substitute some other trainer who walks up to you for the Gambler, and Fly away. Now, battle some other trainer that walks up to you and whose Pokemon's Special will get you a Mew. There's also another way: Fight any trainer after you fly away from the original one, and do something involving battling a wild Pokemon with a Ditto that has the Special necessary to get you a Mew.

If you're going to explain it at all, please explain it in detail rather than giving out small peices of information.

**Andrew** · 26th January 2004, 04:19 AM

I too am a happy owner of a new Mew

After playing through for 12 hours I could perform the code and obtain my new Mew (Dawn)

So my Buffy Theme Team is complete

Buffy - Clefable
Dawn - Mew
Riley - Growlithe
Giles - Blastoise
Willow - Hypno
Xander - Primape

Huzzah for this code!

**LatiosMaster** · 14th February 2004, 01:14 PM

Sweet, ive allready captured mew as soon as i had the chance.

Pokemon Yellow team
Charzard Lv 56
Venasaur Lv56
Blastoise Lv56
Mew Lv 50
Mewtwo Lv 80
Primeape Lv 49

**SoulBurner** · 21st February 2004, 06:37 PM

I know it does work... I have been doing it for quite a long time. But did you know that Mew isn't the only thing you will run into? If you fight a different trainer and leave lavender, you will get a different pokemon.....

**Charizard04621** · 21st February 2004, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by SoulBurner
I know it does work... I have been doing it for quite a long time. But did you know that Mew isn't the only thing you will run into? If you fight a different trainer and leave lavender, you will get a different pokemon.....

Yeah, that's been mentioned before in this thread, swimming somewhere in the sea of posts.

**Mew2K** · 21st March 2004, 06:44 PM

Hmm, can someone give me a link to this code that works? I saw it once a long time ago, but now the link is bad. Must be too old.

**Poryhedron** · 21st March 2004, 09:12 PM

It's right here in this topic. Go back to page 1 of this topic and start reading; the 'code' (actually a glitch you can exploit if you do it right) is posted in its entirety right on page 1, though it isn't the first post.

**pokemasterfrank** · 27th March 2004, 08:28 PM

Hmm...

I'm really late...but...It works? lol

Anyway, I tried it on some random trainers, and if you fight the gambler, then go to the Youngster found closest to the top of the route to the right of Vermillion City, you will find a Shellder o_O

Also, for people with Blue version, the gambler closest to the left opening of the same route stated above yields a Growlithe :o

*wanders off*

**Kari and Mewtwo** · 29th March 2004, 08:16 PM

Dunno if this was already mentioned, but it seems nintendo caught onto this trick and removed it from Fr/Lg

**Poryhedron** · 29th March 2004, 09:06 PM

They wouldn't have "removed" it per se. Fire Red/Leaf Green was not created by adjusting Red/Blue; it was built from the ground up. It's a whole new game that happens to be just like the old one in many ways. There's really no reason for any of Red/Blue's numerous glitches, such as Missingno. and the sixth-item duplication, to be in Fire Red/Leaf Green.

**phantomness** · 15th April 2004, 11:53 AM

I have tried the Mew code on Team Rocket Rockin's Missingno page, and it does work with that particular trainer, as you will get Mew. However, trying the same code while fighting other trainers, I have gotten Lv. 7 Moltres, Pinsir, Poliwag, Psyduck, Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Kadabra, Machoke, Drowzee, Omanyte, Electabuzz, Chansey, Growlithe, Venonat, Pidgey, Magmar, Magneton, Ditto, Slowpoke, Dragonite, Mankey, Tentacool, Raticate, Parasect, Mr. Mime, and Seel.

WARNING: on some trainers, if you try the Mew cheat your screen will just go black. You can however undo this by fighting more than one trainer before going back to Lavendar. Different combinations often produce different pokemon.

**Deviou$** · 18th April 2004, 01:11 AM

Actually, the Pokémon you get to fight is determined by the Special of the last Pokémon you fought before it. Also, it is possible to do this with ANY trainer that sees you the moment they appear onscreen, with ANY escape device (in the area that it works. Escape devices include Dig, Fly, Teleport and Escape Rope) and with ANY trainer that walks to you to fight. You just won't always get Mew ^_^ You'll get other level 7 Pokémon, and their in-game values (not Pokédex values - rather, a weird order the game uses that I'm guessing is the order the Pokémon were created, but I'm probably wrong) correspond to the Special of the last fought Pokémon.

Is this confusing? I'll explain the Gambler/Youngster scenario then. You Fly away from the Gambler and then fight the Youngster. The Youngster's last Pokémon is Slowpoke, whose Special is 21. You then go to Gambler's area (route 8) and Start pops up. You press B and you fight Mew!

Well, Mew happens to be number 21 in the in-game order. The reason you fight Mew instead of, say, Lickitung is that the Special of the last Pokémon you fought (the Slowpoke) is 21, not 11 (which is Lickitung's value).

And Gambler's not the only one you can escape from. In my new Blue version, my team is Wartortle, Gengar, Exeggutor, Clefable and Rhyhorn....and they're levels 9-22 and I'm at Mt. Moon. There's a Rocket there that challenges you the moment he appears on the screen, and I can Escape Rope from him. Since the last Pokémon I'm going to fight (likely a Zubat, Geodude, Paras or Clefairy, unless I somehow don't fight any wild Pokémon) have limited special, I can't yet bust out Mewtwo and own everyone - but I do get a decent range of rare Pokémon including Ivysaur, Exeggutor, Lickitung, Gengar, Nidoqueen and Lapras.

One thing to note is that if Ditto copies you, it gets your Pokémon's Special value, allowing you to control exactly what Pokémon you get. This was mentioned in the Azure Heights topic.

After you lose control of your buttons, you can go back to the area where you escaped from the trainer - but they will not challenge you! In fact, I don't think anything will interact with you in the same area you escaped from. This may be useful for getting by the guard to Saffron early, or doing other stuff that involves getting by trainers or guards.

Here are some Special values for a few Pokémon:

Ivysaur: 9
Gengar: 14
Mew: 21
Blastoise: 28
Chansey: 40
Golem: 49
Magmar: 51
Electabuzz: 53
Moltres: 73
Articuno: 74
Zapdos: 75
Eevee: 102
Flareon: 103
Jolteon: 104
Vaporeon: 105
Machamp: 126
Mewtwo: 131
Snorlax: 132
Alakazam: 149
Bulbasaur: 153
Venusaur: 154
Porygon: 170
Aerodactyl: 171
Charmander: 176
Squirtle: 177
Charmeleon: 178
Wartortle: 179
Charizard: 180

EDIT: someone already explained all this XP So I'm not special...get it? Special? Special? Heh...

**phantomness** · 18th April 2004, 06:16 PM

I tried the cheat a few times on Blue not Yellow, and... I wound up facing MissingNo once. Interesting. Also, not every poekmon was Lv. 7, I fought Pidgey and Mr. Mime both on 8

**Deviou$** · 27th April 2004, 10:02 PM

Interesting.

By the way you can get Mew by Teleporting/Flying from the trainer in the grass near Nugget Bridge and fighting the first trainer in Misty's gym. Also, fighting Missigno. allows you to dupe items. Is it possible to do this in Yellow?

EDIT: I was wondering what would happen if you escaped from a trainer in between the time you fight the second trainer and the time you fight the Pokemon with the special. What happened isn't anything special - the same thing happened, but there were two areas instead of one where you could catch the Pokemon. I found a third thing to fight to get Mew - first I escaped from both the trainer near Nugget Bridge and another trainer I found right near Diglett cave (in that area with the gamblers), then I fought the trainer above Vermilion with the single lv. 20 Butterfree. Then I could fight a Chansey (early game Chansey!) and from Chansey I got a Mew! Of course this wouldn't always happen because Chanseys stats can vary.

**phantomness** · 2nd May 2004, 12:18 AM

Yes, some common pokemon including Poliwag that you fish up, Spearow Lv. 7-8, Caterpie Lv. 5, and others have the special value you need to catch Mew (21).

**Kris** · 24th May 2004, 06:47 PM

Hey Ive justr ead this and it looks good, anyone got a video of it. All the old links are dead now!

Please help!

**Charizard04621** · 27th May 2004, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Kris

Hey Ive justr ead this and it looks good, anyone got a video of it. All the old links are dead now!

Please help!

Really? This one's still here:

http://pokedex.kary.ca/catchmew.shtml

**Cyber Dragon** · 16th October 2004, 03:11 AM

... wow, I must be really late on this subject.

So, all this time, Mew's been capturable in RBY, and it's confirmable, and it's legit (well, not "legit" in a sense that it's "approved" by Nintendo).

... OH MY GOSH I need to dig up my old Red and Blue versions!!! I want to try this.

I guess I'll take a break from my FR/LG duties and go back to the 1st generation for a missed opportunity...

cd · 16th December 2004, 05:42 AM

i did the trick but now i dont know what to do with it. could somebody post some nice standard mew sets. i know softboiled is pretty obvious. thanks.

**RaZoR LeAf** · 16th December 2004, 06:25 AM

Well there's the old Elemental Mew, pretty much a chansey set
Soft Boiled, TBolt, Ice Beam, TWave

There's the cheap OHKO set
TWave, Horn Drill, Fissure, Guillotine]

Hmm, the Hard Hitter set
Swords Dance, EQuake, Swift, SoftBoiled/Twave

Aslong as you use the good moves, build a set that covers anything you've missed (don't put another elemental attacker in a team full of boltbeamers etc) it should be ok.

cd · 16th December 2004, 10:28 AM

thanks.

**mvtm** · 18th December 2004, 10:34 AM

I use Psychic,softboiled,fissure and toxic.

Its quite interesting and funny.

**Gnight** · 10th February 2005, 08:40 AM

The thread title should really be changed from "Mew Code". If sombody who amazingly do not know now that it's possible to obtain mew wouldn't even click on the thread because everybody knows that there's absolutly no code to get mew.

**RaZoR LeAf** · 10th February 2005, 11:05 AM

Good idea. Haven't changed a topic here for ages.

**yuki sohma** · 4th November 2005, 12:07 AM

Interesting effect...After flying from the Gambler directly to Lavender and immediately returning to route 8 (which had no effect, as far as I could tell), I took the southwest route to route 5 (I think, north of Vermilion) and battled the Bug Catcher.
I then flew to Saffron and returned to route 8. At the place where the Start menu SHOULD pop up, a blank message box and a Pikachu window(the one that appears when you talk to him) appeared simultaneously. Has this happened to anyone?

(level 7 Grimer, by the way)

**frylock** · 22nd June 2006, 11:08 AM

Hey this website has pictures and everything. I even caught Mew using the exact instructions! It also has details on catching any pokemon. Mind you, be careful I got a glitchy reaction for trying to catch a random pokemon and it was very weird. Just follow direct instructions. MEW ROCKS!!!

http://pokedex.kary.ca/catchmew.shtml

**DaBlackBandit** · 17th August 2006, 09:58 AM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...n+battle&hl=en

apparently Mew can be caught anywhere. Check out this video

**Gnight** · 17th August 2006, 10:20 AM

Whoa, cool! I should really experiment with this glitch.

**mr_pikachu** · 18th August 2006, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by DaBlackBandit

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6367567296548624255&q=pokemon+battle&hl=en

apparently Mew can be caught anywhere. Check out this video

Hmm. I hate to say it, but I'm still hesitant to take this one at face value. Combine the Mew exploit with the overall insanity of Missingno (which, if you noticed, was in the guy's party, along with an affected Pokemon), and crazy things can happen. It's hard to say what other factors may have been involved in making Mew appear in that manner. Furthermore, I wouldn't want to save a game like that, because (obviously) you're carrying a Missingno.

A little troublesome. Cool, yes, but it may not be as simple as it seems.

**frylock** · 18th August 2006, 03:36 PM

you don't need M or Missigno, The glitch worked fine, I used it several times, for Mew, Electabuzz, and Kabuto. That video is misleading.

**Magmar** · 6th May 2007, 10:34 PM

Not to dig this out of the grave, but I know people actually search around here for this thread, so *bumps*

Nevertheless I finally tried this trick for the first time and, yes, I now have a Mew on my Yellow version! So I have a complete Sailor Moon team, including a Luna! Yay! Now to try to find an Artemis... any way to get a second Mew??

**Jeff** · 6th May 2007, 10:58 PM

If you have another RBY game, you could do the glitch there then trade. Other than that, I haven't heard of any other trainers that trigger Mew. You might be able to do it through a wild pokemon though.

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