The Elusive Mew

[Leonhart]

I remember when I was ten, my friend traded over her Mew from her Crystal to my Silver version so I could perform the cloning glitch so we both could have a Mew... but I did it wrong or something and lost it. It was the scariest, saddest experience I ever had lol. Given that the cartridge batteries were inevitably going to die anyway, in hindsight, guess it was a mercy kill? But not really? xD

Losing a rare Pokemon due to cloning gone wrong sounds scary. But in hindsight, if I had known how to do the cloning glitch properly, I would've cloned my Mew in Gen II and traded the clones to my friends just so that everyone I knew could have one.

 

[ArcadestarBusy]

To this day I still never have had Mew in any of the pokémon games.

Same. If I were hunt Mew I would be classified as a transfer pokemon

 

[Ubermuk]

I got Mew through the Mew glitch. I know that cheating is looked down upon but idc it was the only way to get Mew outside of an event and the Mew events were rare back in the day.

 

[Leonhart]

I got Mew through the Mew glitch. I know that cheating is looked down upon but idc it was the only way to get Mew outside of an event and the Mew events were rare back in the day.

I personally don't count exploiting glitches as true cheating, though. Using the Mew glitch can be dangerous since it has a chance of corrupting the save file if done incorrectly, but I still think it's worth the risk to get a Mew.

 

[Emboar_Rulez]

What even started the Mew under the truck troll?

 

[Sakuyamon]

Got a Mew from my cousin but I never used the thing. Mew seemed like the kind of Pokemon that was too rare to use in battles so I kept mine locked in my PC boxes.

 

[TwilightBlade]

What even started the Mew under the truck troll?

Internet rumours that started spreading after Mew was revealed. It's kind of funny how even though the truck rumour was false you could actually find Mew in the games via glitches.

 

[Emboar_Rulez]

I miss all the dumb rumors back in my playground days on how to get Mew.You can’t forget the whole “My uncle works at Game Freak so he knows”Sadly lots of people fell for that.

 

[Leonhart]

Internet rumours that started spreading after Mew was revealed. It's kind of funny how even though the truck rumour was false you could actually find Mew in the games via glitches.

The strange thing is that from what I've read, the Mew rumors began even before Nintendo revealed Mew's existence. I think that some player must've accidentally performed a glitch and found Mew in Red/Green back in 1996 when the games were first released, and spread the information which was then overblown on the internet.

 

[BlueFlameCharizard]

Was able to obtain a legit mew from a Nintendo Mew Event.

 

[Emboar_Rulez]

Was able to obtain a legit mew from a Nintendo Mew Event.

How did you manage that?

 

[BlueFlameCharizard]

How did you manage that?

It was early 2000's, I was lucky enough to have one of the mall events show up close to where I lived to be able to attend and pick it up. They allowed everyone who attended it 1 once to obtain a legit Mew.

Now I'm debating if I want to get one of those Pokeball accessories so I can get one for Shield. Mew's always been a personal favorite. A Cute little fluff ball heh..

 

[Leonhart]

It was early 2000's, I was lucky enough to have one of the mall events show up close to where I lived to be able to attend and pick it up. They allowed everyone who attended it 1 once to obtain a legit Mew.

Did you also receive the certificate of authenticity that was given at most Mew distributions in the United States?

 

[BlueFlameCharizard]

Did you also receive the certificate of authenticity that was given at most Mew distributions in the United States?

I believe I recall it, but heck if I were to even attempt to find it now-a-days. Probably was tossed away in the trash for all I can tell you.

 

[Emboar_Rulez]

It was early 2000's, I was lucky enough to have one of the mall events show up close to where I lived to be able to attend and pick it up. They allowed everyone who attended it 1 once to obtain a legit Mew.

Now I'm debating if I want to get one of those Pokeball accessories so I can get one for Shield. Mew's always been a personal favorite. A Cute little fluff ball heh..

Do you still own the Mew?

 

[BlueFlameCharizard]

Do you still own the Mew?

Em, as long as my save file is still intact... I believe I moved everything over to my Pokemon Silver game...

Think it might be gone. I found my Pokemon Silver game but it doesn't give me the option to continue. Oddly enough I found my Blue and Yellow games and their save files are still intact. I wasn't able to locate my Red game to check it for mew, and I'm not sure if I ever purchased Gold or Crystal...

So Unless it's on my Red, I probably no longer have the mew...

 

[Venomshock]

Got Mew in Red by using the Mew glitch that required you to follow a bunch of steps to find one in the wild south of Lavender Town. Never got one from a legit event though

 

[RedBlastoise]

Did you also receive the certificate of authenticity that was given at most Mew distributions in the United States?

I remember my friend had the certificate and he showed it off to us until it got stolen from him. It was just a piece of paper but I like how back then Nintendo made a big deal about Mew events.