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0.0 Version
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Version 1.00: - The submitted "Pokemon Yellow MissingNo" FAQ.
03-19-2007
Version 1.10: - Had to correct critical parts; the special is not only 184,
09-05-2008 but also 182 and 183, or so I have been told, by someone who
got lost in the emailbox. If you are this person, please
email me again, and you'll be named! PokemonLab, however, is
responsible for these special values, so don't blame me or
the contributor :).
- If you get to use a 182 or 183 Missingno, please me if it
does, or does not work. I would like to know the results as
haven't tested them myself.
- The predetermined 'getting the special parameter' Pokemon are
incorrect! This is a very important point I've been getting
complaints about, and I now know why.
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1.1 FAQ Info
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My FAQ number: 14.
Version: 1.1.
Last update: None.
Lay-out type(*): 1.
*: The 2nd type also has In-Depth sections, besides general sections,
sub-sections and sub-sub-sections.
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1.2 Introduction
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This is a FAQ of (]=-The@N-=[), known as TheaN on Gamefaqs messageboards.
My real name is Arno Middelkoop and I'm from the Netherlands. Look in the
Credits section on how to contact me for additional info, questions or
corrections, but DON'T mail me for flaming or insulting, because you'll and up
on my black list. That was my introduction, on to the subject of this FAQ:
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1.3 SUbject Introduction
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MissingNo, Pokemon #666 (no, that I just made up) that will duplicate the 6th
item 128 times. That's the general explantion for this black block being glitch
Pokemon that's overused in Pokemon Red and Blue. In Yellow, the general
MissingNo glitch has been removed. MissingNo also? Nope, not by a longshot.
Why this FAQ now? Just because it's probably the only thing asked on the Yellow
board at this time. I'd like to see that no longer. So I hope it's going to
be accepted and used a lot overtime.
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1.4 Copyright
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This FAQ is created by me: Arno Middelkoop, aka TheaN.
PERSONAL USE
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Feel free to modify for PERSONAL USE ONLY. This includes, and is pretty much
limited to, saving only sections you need onto your computer, copying/pasting
sections to print out for personal use. Once you are distributing it to sites,
magazines or selling it for profit, even without claiming it's your work, you
are breaking my Copyright.
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Email me to grant permission on your site. Although I'll keep an eye out for
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2.0 Table of Contents
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Introduction 1.0
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FAQ Info 1.1
Introduction 1.2
Subject Introduction 1.3
Copyright 1.4
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Table of Contents 2.0
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MissingNo in general 3.0
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How is he encountered in Red and Blue? 3.1
Why not in Yellow? 3.2
Can I recreate the MissingNo glitch? 3.3
How can I encounter MissingNo in Yellow? 3.4
HOW??? 3.5
So why only these three? 3.6
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MissingNo encouter guide 4.0
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Step 1: determining the long-ranged trainer 4.1
Step 2: getting the special parameter 4.2
Step 3: the long-ranged and random trainer 4.3
Step 4: how to keep battling a trainer 4.4
Step 5: using the Transform Trick 4.5
Step 6: 6th item, and the encounter 4.6
Step 7: and repeat... what? 4.7
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3.0 MisssingNo is general
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About MissingNo, there's not much to explain. This not to be Pokemon was part
of a game code error in Pokemon Red and Blue. As a positive glitch, the 6th
item got duplicated upon the encounter, but the negative glitches were more
frequent: corrupted save files, messed up Hall of Fames, too uber Pokemon and
more corrupted save files. These are avoidable if you don't capture the Pokemon
however, and the glitch was much used to duplicate limited and extremely
expensive items.
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3.1 How is he encountered in Red and Blue?
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- Go to the Viridian How To Capture A Pokemon guy, with fly and surf capable
Pokemon.
- Say you'll listen.
- After his tutorial, Fly to Cinnabar Island, and go Surfing off the island
coast. I'm not aware of the precise location (and it is irrelevant for
Yellow).
- You'll encounter a lot of uber level Pokemon, and occasionally a MissingNo.
If not, it depends on the name choosen. 'Ash' WILL generate one, FAFAIK.
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3.2 Why not in Yellow?
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Removed out of the game code, I guess. It was too obvious, and they wanted the
'perfect' GB RPG to have no glitches. Up until 5 years after the Yellow
release, Yellow players were banned from the use of glitches.
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3.3 Can I recreate the MissingNo glitch?
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Probably, with all the knowledge about the Gameboy (and) game code hacking.
Unlikely for a regular player and, there are other methods. That's what this is
about. If you want to encounter level >200 Pokemon as well, you should try it.
As that is NOT what the Yellow method can create.
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3.4 How can I encounter MissingNo in Yellow?
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Use the Mew Glitch with the Teleport Trick with a special of 182, 183 or 184.
If this doesn't recall anything, go to 3.5. Otherwise, go to the guide.
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3.5 HOW???
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The Mew Glitch was discovered 5 years after the release of Blue and Red. AS the
name applies, this is, what the MissingNo glitch was unable to do, the only way
to encounter and capture Pokemon #151, the legendary (and ingame overpowered)
Mew. I will not go in-depth in the Glitch itself. TheScythe (Red/Blue) and
IMAKUNI (Yellow), have anything you need in their FAQs. It would plagiarize
them if I were to put something in about it. Any practical uses of the glitch
WILL be explained with proper credit, as any specific findings were done by me
(and accepted by Yellow veterans).
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3.5 So why only these three?
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'Only' is not the right word. 'Maybe' there are more, but 182-184 have at least
some different effects. You'll encounter fossil-like (182 and 183) or
Ghost-like (184) Pokemon as in the Pokemon Lab and Pokemon Tower, however, it
is called MissingNo. The differences with a 'regular' MissingNo are impressive.
Please look at Step 5 of the guide for more info on the actual differences.
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4.0 MissingNo encounter guide
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So be it. At this point, I require you to have sufficient knowledge about the
(Mew) Glitch (from now on, any reference will be the Glitch). I gave you the
direct criteria at 3.5: generate a Glitch encounter with a special of 182-184.
This can only be done with the teleport trick, with only few possibilities of
own Pokemon to be used. That's what the guide is for.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE
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You will ALWAYS need a long-ranged trainer to perform the Glitch. Make sure
you keep one available. See the first step to see which I use.
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3.1 Step 1: determining the long-ranged trainer
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Not that easy. There are a lot, but not too many. I guess it's a matter of
preference, but the easiest to encounter and to initiate the glitch battle is
the one west of Lavender, west of the entrance house of the Road to Celadon.
Pros:
- If you use Lavender as drop point, the glitch battle will take place right
upon exiting Lavender, which is only a few steps from the Pokemon Center.
- The Trainer itself is not too far off Lavender.
Cons:
- The Trainer is usually fought early on; thus maybe already beaten if you read
this FAQ.
- Nothing more, actually. Most others are far away from a drop point. He's
probably the closest to encounter.
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4.2 Step 2: getting the special parameter
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182-184 is our goal.
As you might have read in my version update, this is not as a solid section as
it was before. Both in my own research Articuno, and the base/max stats FAQ
have ignored the existence of Pokemon DV:
DV's or diversity values are what sets a Pokemon apart from another. Like when
you catch two Pikachus, even though they are at the same level, one might have
a higher Special Attack, while the other is a bit faster. Each Pokemon has 5
DVs and they are used to determine the Pokemon's stats all the way up to Level
100. DV's range from 0-15 with 15 being the best and 0 being the worst (credits
to PokeZam.com).
This ought to explain enough. The same Pokemon of the same level, in Yellow
(and Blue and Red), have five DVs. With 16 different numbers of all stats,
16^5 = 1/1048576 Pokemon is identical to one you had earlier. For the special,
this is obviously only 1/16, but that is still WAY too low to create solid
examples. Hints, however, I can give.
Try to use, as my own Pokemon was (I no longer have the savefile), legendary
birds. These can come close from their starting level on with eight to twelve
levels to these specials. The second thing I can say is that if you can find
yourself a Pokemon that will have either of the specials on complete max stats,
use it.
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4.3 Step 3: the long-ranged and random trainer
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On to the glitch. This should be known. Still, very summarized.
Initiate the long-ranged trainer battle and Fly off to a place with a random
trainer. Fly is a necessity, as well is Surf, and Dig preferably. The legendary
Pokemon are good candidates, as Fly is a great ability.
Battle the trainer with a vision of two or more (it will freeze if you
encounter a trainer next to you). Defeat him, and fly off to Cerulean and use
the transform trick. Repeat next time.
Only if you're out of random trainers, go to step 4. Otherwise go to step 5.
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4.4 Step 4: how to keep battling a trainer
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WAAAAAAH I'm out of trainers! No problemo. The League can be used. I have my
own usage for the league, although this is a known method.
Initiate the long-ranged trainer battle and Fly off to the Plateau. Get on the
computer, Bill's computer and switch boxes. Quit the game and load. Defeat the
league or be defeated (at least beat Lorelei; but getting defeated will be
costly). Fly from Pallet/Plateau to Cerulean and use the transform trick.
Repeat next time.
Usage for the League:
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- Train Pokemon and get money.
But that's pretty much it. It IS a boring way to battle a random trainer to
initiate the glitch, but it's the only way when all the trainers are gone. When
you REALLY hate to battle the league, try to combine it with the Safari Zone
glitch (run around after you've beaten Lorelei and fly to Cerulean afterwards),
but I don't recommend that, as I once did not get the glitch encounter and it
might be dangerous.
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4.5 Step 5: using the Transform Trick
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Now get those Pokemon with at least: Surf, you have to get to the Indigo Cave
and to the Ditto's lair, Fly, you have this already but you need to get back in
case you deposited the Pokemon with whom you activated the glitch, and Dig, you
want to escape from the Cave the moment Ditto copied the special.
Once you're in Cerulean, go past the Nugget Bridge. To the west in the water.
Go on shore next to a cave entrance and enter it (you'll know this place
if you are aware of Mewtwo). Go in the water in the cave and go west until you
can't go any further. Go on the ladder to the north. Here, move up and down
with the Pokemon with special 182, 183 or 184 on the top of your list. Escape
all battles EXCEPT Ditto. When you encounter one, use the Poke Flute (at least
don't escape or kill him) and escape the battle after he transforms. Now Dig
your way out and Fly to Lavender (you don't want to walk out, as you risk to
encounter another Pokemon that will crush the correct value). Repeat next time.
There are no alternatives. It's just not possible.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE
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DO NOT SAVE AND QUIT NOW. You will have to encounter Ditto again, as a quit
will reset the Special counter to no value. No value, is no encounter. And no
encounter means you have to repeat step 3 (and 4 (this is even worse)).
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4.6 Step 6: 6th item and the encounter
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Well. Least but not last. Other way around. You know what I mean.
Once you're in Lavender, you should decide which item you want to duplicate.
For some recommendations, look at Step 7. Put the item in the 6th slot
(BE EXtREMELY SURE OF THIS, DON'T COUNT WRONG!). Move west of Lavender. Your
menu, as stated in the FAQs, should get up. Cancel and be encountered. You'll
encounter a Lv7 MissingNo.
I'll point out, in table form, what are the differences between special
MissingNos and a 'regular' MissingNo. These differences are usually YELLOW
specific. That's the reason why Blue/Red were able to use MissingNo regularly.
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| 'Regular' MissingNo | Special MissingNo** |
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| A black-block-like glitchy being | A special Missingno, not glitchy |
| Will corrupt or turn off sound | Will NOT corrupt or turn off sound |
| Will slow down the game | Will NOT slow down the game |
| Will save the game | Will NOT save the game |
| Will corrupt the Hall of Fame | Will NOT corrupt the Hall of Fame |
| Can freeze the game | Has NEVER frozen the game |
| Can completely turn off the game | Has NEVER turned off the game |
| Can completely CORRUPT THE SAVE* | CANNOT completely corrupt the save*|
| Will usually NOT duplicate items | Has ALWAYS duplicated the 6th item |
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The chances of an error that will occur from a regular MissingNo increases with
each encounter. Although they are easier to encounter (specials around 30 are
already sufficient) they can really mess up your game and not be able to
duplicate the item. The Ghost always will (up until now (~10 clones without
problems)) without problems.
* The first happened to me in my research for a good MissingNo. The latter has
not occured yet, but seeing that it does not save your game and does not
freeze, this is extremely unlikely.
** PokemonLab takes credits for 182 and 183 specials. Also 184 but that was the
basis of my FAQ and I found it from scratch myself. If the 182 and 183 do or
do not work, please email me when you get to use such Missingnos. This I
have also adressed in the version update.
Escape from the battle, verify the #9 amount at the 6th item. Congratulations!
Repeat the next time, and for that, look at step 7.
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DO NOT CAPTURE THIS POKEMON IF YOU DID NOT INTEND TO!
I've not tried it, and I will not. MissingNos in boxes and in Pokemon Lists
are screw-ups: they cannot be registered in the Pokedex, as they don't exist;
they usually have moves that don't exist; upon level up they turn into Lv41143
uber Pokemon that need a breeze to KO a league Pokemon, but still mess up
your game. Saving with them in your list is as much as goodbye normal savefile.
There are some sources online that explain how you can catch them safely but I
will not use it myself.
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4.7 Step 7: and repeat... what?
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In this section I'll give an overview of items that are worth duplicating. You
can completely repeat any step, as the limited amount of trainers is not a
problem (see step 4), and you can use the long-ranged trainer unlimited.
Item list (probably from best to worst, although it depends):
- TMs: unending perfect move sets.
- Elixirs: unending PP restoring.
- PP Ups: maxing out a Pokemon completely with +50%PP for every move.
- Other ups: as they're the most expensive items in the game.
- Nuggets: unlimited money.
- Rare Candy: although it has side-effects when levelling like this.
- Other limited items... howver, do take a look at the note.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE
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Don't use Key Items (items without a count). I've never tried it, and perhaps
I'll test it in the future for certain items (without saving then). If you are
POSITIVELY SURE you don't have to save, you may try it. That's your own risk,
and take note that, even if you save in Lavender, you still have to encounter a
new Ditto to make the Ghost appear again (would it be not useful).
I'D SAY: GOOD LUCK DUPLICATING!
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5.0 Credits
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This is it folks. Another FAQ finished. I hope you need it, and more important,
use it.
- I thank Game Freak for creating this classic masterpiece.
- And then I thank Nintendo for publishing it, of course.
- Of course I credit IMAKUNI and TheScythe for their trouble on the Glitch, but
I only used my own strategies for this FAQ. Anything else used is fact.
- I thank GF greatly for their trouble to approve this FAQ, seeing it has
distinct info.
- I concur that PokemonLab has found all three specials earlier then I did.
Still, the FAQ, originally based around special 184, is an original work of
myself (as PokemonLab is not into writing the stuff in FAQs). Due to it, a
lot of people were able to encounter a normal Missingno, so enough credit to
myself, I presume :). I have not used PokemonLab's information in any way to
write my own FAQ, so leave the insults.
If there are any questions, improvements, additional info or info I forgot, get
in this list my mailing me at:
arnomiddelkoop_1@hotmail.com
Yours truly,
Arno "TheaN" Middelkoop
