Mew glitch: Difference between revisions

[[image:Wildmew.jpg|thumb|right|A wild {{p|Mew}} being found using the Mew glitch]]The '''Mew Glitch''' is a software bug in all three of the [[Generation I]] Game Boy Games, discovered in 2003.<ref>http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mew-glitch</ref> This glitch is famous for allowing players to catch any non-glitched Pokémon in the game, most notably {{p|Mew}}, without the use of GameShark or other hacking device. Method #3 allows one to catch a combined total of 171 Pokémon in the Red/Blue/Yellow versions: 151 regular Pokémon, and 32 [[Glitch Pokémon]] (16 per version), including previously unknown Pokémon such as [[LM4]] and [[X - x]].

32 [[Glitch Pokémon]] can be found using Method #3: 16 in Red/Blue versions, and 16 in Yellow version. Whenever one of the glitch Pokémon in the Red/Blue versions is traded to the Yellow version (or from Yellow to Red/Blue), it will become an equivalent. For example, [[LM4]] will always become [[7g]] when traded to the Yellow version, even though LM4 evolves while 7g doesn't.  

The 32 Glitch Pokémon are listed on the [[Glitch Pokémon|Glitch Pokémon chart]]. Only 4 Glitch Pokémon on the chart cannot be found using the Mew glitch: [['M]], [[3TrainerPoké]], [[Charizard 'M]], and [[Q]]. 'M and 3TrainerPoké would require a special stat of 0, so they cannot be found; 'M can only be found with the [[Rare Candy cheat]], and 3TrainerPoké can only be found by trading an 'M. If a Pokémon is hacked to have a Special stat of 0, no Pokémon will appear when the B button is pressed. In the Yellow, [[Q]] can only be found by evolving a [[44Hy]], and Charizard 'M can only be found by trading a Q. [[B]] can only be found by trading a [[4B 8 4 8]], 4B 8 4 8 can only be found by evolving a [[PkMnaPkMnfPkMnk]], PkMnaPkMnfPkMnk can only be found by trading a [[Glitch (D8)]], and Glitch (D8) can only be found by evolving a {{p|Machoke}} at level 234.