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==Nintendo on Missingno.== | ==Nintendo on Missingno.== | ||
Nintendo has an official description of Missingno. listed in their Customer Service troubleshooting section: | [[Nintendo]] has an official description of Missingno. listed in their Customer Service troubleshooting section: | ||
<blockquote>"MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game. When you get this, your game can perform strangely, and the [[#Glitches caused|graphics will often become scrambled]]. The MissingNO Pokémon is most often found after you perform the [[Old man glitch|Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick]]. | <blockquote>"MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game. When you get this, your game can perform strangely, and the [[#Glitches caused|graphics will often become scrambled]]. The MissingNO Pokémon is most often found after you perform the [[Old man glitch|Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick]]. | ||
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* Missingno. is the only [[glitch Pokémon]] in [[Generation I]] whose English name is entirely composed of typographical characters. Although other glitch Pokémon such as [[Trainer (glitch Pokémon)|Trainer]] and [[C (uppercase)|C]] may appear to be entirely composed of typographical characters, they contain illegible characters which change depending on the current tileset loaded into memory. | * Missingno. is the only [[glitch Pokémon]] in [[Generation I]] whose English name is entirely composed of typographical characters. Although other glitch Pokémon such as [[Trainer (glitch Pokémon)|Trainer]] and [[C (uppercase)|C]] may appear to be entirely composed of typographical characters, they contain illegible characters which change depending on the current tileset loaded into memory. | ||
* In the [[Generation IV]] games, there is a sprite that contains text that reads {{tt|欠番|けつばん}}, Missingno.'s Japanese name in {{wp|kanji}}. However, unlike the Generation I placeholder text "MISSINGNO.", it exists only to substitute blank tile data, not blank species data. This means that the game will display this if a sprite is referenced that does not exist or cannot be accessed. | * In the [[Generation IV]] games, there is a sprite that contains text that reads {{tt|欠番|けつばん}}, Missingno.'s Japanese name in {{wp|kanji}}. However, unlike the Generation I placeholder text "MISSINGNO.", it exists only to substitute blank tile data, not blank species data. This means that the game will display this if a sprite is referenced that does not exist or cannot be accessed. | ||
* Missingno. is referred to as "Pokémon 000" on Nintendo's consumer support website, referencing its Pokédex number. | * Missingno. is referred to as "Pokémon 000" on [[Nintendo]]'s consumer support website, referencing its Pokédex number. | ||
==Name origin== | ==Name origin== | ||