The Mew Glitch: Unveiling the Infamous Glitch! 

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Yeah that's the earliest you can do it in Pokemon Red and Blue. However, as mentioned in the video, in Pokemon Yellow this earlier opportunity exists. You basically need to simply have the last Pokemon encountered have a Special Stat Value of 21 to get Mew from this glitch; the Koffing on the Super Nerd for instance has that value so it results in Mew. Different values will result in different Pokemon, I believe a value of 22 gets you a Gyarados if memory serves, and using moves like Growl will lower the level of the Pokemon encountered through the glitch.

Indeed! Nowadays you can just look this stuff up and get all the steps laid out for you. Back when these games first came out people had to figure this all out on their own.

Nah, it was always at the school playground where we shared our findings. Especially the trick to find Mew behind the truck.

I was aware of the dialogue changes for trainers but didn't know about the TM from the electrode. That's an interesting bit of information. Thanks for sharing it!

You thought u was the only one!?😂😅

It's just utilizing the most convoluted console in gaming history.

I'm glad the video helped! Definitely understand that you'd get that vibe from it. A lot of glitches in these old games had a certain mystique to them that felt like a schoolyard myth. It's part of what makes them so special, in my opinion. But I digress, enjoy the Mew, and thanks for watching the video!

I appreciate it! Also I'm glad to have shown you something new.

That myth has been thoroughly debunked, to my knowledge anyways.

Good point. I was considering mentioning that in the video but decided not to. I appreciate the input though!

Whaaaaat????

@@BIG_762 yeah there is a glitch that can jump your pokemon from level 1 to 100 in one battle

Now that I think about it that's, indeed, another possible method of triggering the glitch! I didn't think of that until you mentioned it so thanks for sharing. I appreciate the input!

@theomniwildcard that is the very first possible instance of doing this, literally 0 badges. I used to do it with the final trainer before you exit the forest from the top. But you showed another trainer near the bottom of the forest, so 2 possible trainers I guess

I'm glad it worked for you!

Apologies if the thumbnail was slightly misleading. I merely meant that afterwards you would have the Mew in your team of Pokemon. The intent was never to be misleading or click-bait so I apologize for that. I'm glad you found the video useful though!

@@theomniwildcard Ah it's okay, sometimes it's good to expect something new. Sometimes old games have undiscovered stuff, it feels good to scratch that itch once in a while and think 'what if'

@@theomniwildcardngl literally got a do not recommend from me as a result. Not hating but letting you know should you choose to go a different route in the future. Cheers.

Thanks! I'm currently replaying the originals myself on my physical carts. I'm glad you found the video useful though!

@@theomniwildcard :) np Am currently on a hard grind in pokemon go

Not sure what Gengar you're talking about, but it's possible that you do. I'd have to know what you're referring to specifically to give a definitive answer.

To my knowledge, yes, it does work that way in Pokemon Yellow with Growls. I would've mentioned it in the video but it, admittedly, slipped my mind at the time. I'm glad you found the video useful though!

You're welcome! I'm glad I could be of help.

You can pretty much find many Pokémon like that by battling various trainers. I did it while I was clearing the Silph Co BUT! If you do this constantly you will soon notice that items AND trainers are disappearing. Which, in my case, was GIOVANNI! So I had to basically restart my whole save!

True, Mew is more of a novelty than anything. Still, this is the earliest opportunity to acquire one in Pokemon Yellow.

True, though explaining how to do all that would take another video.

I'm sorry about that I'm gonna up the volume for future videos and fiddle with the audio balance to see if I can remedy that. I appreciate the input though!

Visual Boy Advance-M is what I use to emulate this on my PC. You should be able to find it pretty easily if you search for it on Google. I hope this answers your question!

@@theomniwildcard thanks I been looking for a good emulator to play this.

That's the earliest available spot in Pokemon Red & Blue, if I recall. It's on Route 24 with the trainer in the grass to the west of Nugget Bridge if it's the one I'm thinking of. I did that one all the time with my copy of the original Red & Blue. I hope you enjoyed the video though!

@@theomniwildcard yea it was a nice video, i didn't know there were other methods since i kept only hearing about the nugget bridge one, so it was really neat seeing another way to get mew! a while back i just went and did that on my yellow and blue copies, since red is beyond redemption rn 😭

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Not sure what you did but it sounds like something went wrong somewhere. I'm aware of the variation of the Mew Glitch that involves the Slowpoke trainer but I couldn't say why it's doing that specifically. To really figure out what went wrong I'd need to look at things step-by-step. Maybe I'll cover the other methods in a video at some point.

@@theomniwildcard I was informed in a group I’m apart of that I need to have that trainer walk to me. Which I was not allowing to happen. So I’ll be trying this later today and getting my second Mew!

@@Aaron.Seabolt Yeah, that would do it. I'm glad you got it sorted out though. Have fun with that extra Mew!

In theory, yes, you could!

@@theomniwildcard oh, wow. Thank you for the informative video and answer!

@@runellian You're welcome. I'm glad the video proved useful to you!

I forget, in honesty, that's something I'll have to look into though. Thanks for the info and I'm glad you found this interesting!

Yes there is a glitch for level 1 Gengar and Nidoking and after one battle it levels up to level 100

@@RAYZOR09 so question is how do you get Genger in original Red and blue (without trading)

I'm glad I could show you something new and interesting! Also I've heard about the battle with Oak before. It's an interesting theory but Game Freak has never confirmed or denied it as being official or just a glitch to my knowledge.

@@theomniwildcard oak was 100% intentional but was last minute scrapped and not included in final game i mean it even has 3 different teams the only difference being which starter he own so probably originally he wouldve used the starter that neither you nor your rival took "The internal data of these games includes information for the Trainer Prof. Oak. It seems that Professor Oak was intended to be a post-game boss battle at some point that was cut before release since the Pokémon on his team are the highest-level Trainer Pokémon in the entire game. To battle Prof. Oak, you can use the Trainer-Fly glitch and battle a Pokémon with a Special stat of 226. Prof. Oak has three teams, though the only difference between each one is his final Pokémon-either a Venusaur, Charizard or Blastoise. To activate the battle with Prof. Oak via the Trainer-Fly Glitch, you must lower the Ditto's Attack stage to −6 for Blastoise, −5 for Venusaur or −4 for Charizard. You can lower Ditto's Attack by using Growl." His team is always: Tauros, Exeggutor, Arcanine, "one of the 3 starters final evo" , Gyarados

Sorry about that I'll try and address it in future videos! I appreciate the input though!

That'd be nice. Sadly we're stuck with having to use glitches.

Yet it's completely legitimate and I've done it on my physical cartridges before. I mean sure it's obtained through a glitch but if you know the associated Special Values for each Pokemon you could technically use this same glitch to get various different Pokemon. I believe with a Special stat value of 22 you'd get Gyarados and 21 is Mew if memory serves. That's a little extra knowledge for ya!

I'm glad you found the video interesting!

I'm not sure who that is but I suppose I'll take it as a compliment. Thanks for watching the video and I hope it was useful!

True, there are other spots where this glitch can be done, but it doesn't hurt to know more of them. Hope you enjoyed the video!

It deletes the Helix Fossil from the world-map. So in theory you could skip choosing a fossil if you use this glitch because the fossil no longer blocks your path.

@@theomniwildcard do I need to use repel at any point?

@@DisturbedDante Not really unless you want to grab the Helix Fossil before the glitch removes it from the map. If you've properly cleared everything between you and Viridian Forest you shouldn't need any repels to pull this off since the last Pokemon you encounter has the proper special stat to spawn a Mew. Just don't encounter any new Pokemon after fighting the Super Nerd and you'll be fine.

Well I'm glad to have brought up some memories and maybe even showed you something a little new!

Tbh I could see it being possible. It'd be hard to pull off and require the use of glitches to an extent but it'd definitely be plausible. Glad you enjoyed the video though and thanks for sharing this info!

I only needed the mew glitch to get a water type HM slave for CUT. :) (not sure about the total number of available glitches, but I think many glitches do not work if you only have the water type starter) @@theomniwildcard

Yes this method works and I've done it myself this way multiple times on a physical cartridge of the game. Go get that Mew!

I'm glad the video proved useful!

PokeHEX

A good question! One I personally wish I had an answer to myself.

A good question and one I personally would love an answer to myself!

It's a glitch

Yeah it's 100% a glitch, Mew was supposed to be a rare event pokemon.

It's a glitch

Technically yes, if you use the glitch in the other viable locations you can get more than one.

As many as you want. As long as there is still one trainer you're able to battle that walks up to you, you can perform this glitch an infinite number of times. This is easily doable by just losing the battle instead of winning

Because the long-range Trainer in Viridian Forest isn't present in Pokemon Red or Blue version there isn't a chance to exploit this particular glitch earlier than Route 24 in those games. The glitch requires a long-range Trainer encounter to work. So, ultimately, you're limited by how many of them exist and where they're located. If you meant why they made this decision in terms of the design of the games, I couldn't really say. I could make some educated guesses but for a definitive answer you'd have to ask the Game Freak devs.

Yeah, it could be used to get any Pokemon in theory, provided you knew the associated special stat value required. That being said, I appreciate you sharing this and hope you enjoyed the video!

Not anymore, no. All legit Mews were from events and I think the one for Generation 1 was a Japan-exclusive event.

Yeah, I know. I fixed that in future videos, but thanks for the input. It's appreciated.

An easter egg can also be a glitch but easter eggs are always intentional inclusions in a game. With no evidence that it was an intentional feature of the game classifying it as a glitch but not an easter egg is accurate here.

First off, it's just a video title and there's no reason to get so offended. Second, not everyone knows about every single instance where this glitch can be performed and there was no video coverage I could find on RU-vid of this particular instance prior to this video. Thirdly, to someone who has never heard of this particular case of the glitch being utilized it could be considered a secret to them and this is purely an informative video meant to show how it works. Finally, why do you even see the need to be so offended about this that you left this comment? Why is this so important to you that you see a need to "call out" someone over something that is a matter of perspective? Instead of simply looking for a reason to be upset you could've just taken this video for what it is and moved on but you chose to get all bent-out-of-shape about it instead. It's only a video title.

@@theomniwildcard I am not offended I am calling you out for being intentionally misleading in the title, I would have watched anyway if you just wrote Mew Glitch. The title implies there is something MORE to it besides the Mew as if it would unlock a secret area very few or none have seen before, which would be GIGANTIC news considering how well documented and aged the game is. Nothing more nothing less the title is a plain lie, I get the clickbait thing but be HONEST about it if you do it and don't throw a COMPLETE LIE in there. I have to admit I didn't know this specific way of doing it. Also maybe you should have combined it with the exp underflow Glitch since that can be done in Viridian Forrest too.

@@GermanAnimeStudioZZWas not my intent to be click-baity in a negative way so I've updated the title to be less hyperbolic and not imply anything misleading. As for the EXP underflow glitch I had considered mentioning it at the time, but I felt it was better to be more focused for the sake of concise explanation. I'll probably cover the EXP underflow glitch along with other glitches in a future video.

@@theomniwildcard it's fine man sorry for the harsh choice of words, I am kinda like a loaded gun sometimes shoot first and think how it came across later. I'd recommend something along the lines of new Mew Glitch, or alternate Mew Glitch (sounds even better) . It's something that unites us (the series). Besides that keep it up my man, there are a few very tricky glitches if you want to try them(i failed at item underflow that shit is very complicated, if you only go by the text something like a few A4 pages ) the safari zone Glitch is nice and somewhat "easy" , but you have to count precisely.

Not sure what you mean. There was no clickbait here and the purpose of the thumbnail was merely to show that you'd have a Mew by the end of the process. Someone else mistook the thumbnail to mean that the Mew would be following them around like Pikachu. I apologized for that as that was not the intent and I could see how that misconception could occur.