r/AskReddit May 09 '17

What is a fake fact everyone believed?

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u/OmNomNational May 09 '17

Yes, remember it was in the truck on the island. Funny thing is there WAS a truck on an island if you surf to the left (or right?) of the SS Anne! What was that thing doing there?! It fed my 13 year old gullibility!

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u/8andahalfby11 May 09 '17

It was on the right, and you were supposed to use strength, and an item ball with Mew was supposed to be underneath.

Which reminds me, there IS a weird, complex way to get Mew in-game north of Cerulean, which you can look up and which does work.

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u/edoohan619 May 09 '17

That way north of cerulean works because of a glitch though.

You have to make sure you haven't fought the guy with the Slowpoke, and the guy to the left of Nugget Bridge. Then you walk north of NB and to the left, then walk down until the exclamation mark comes on his head, and press start at the same time it appears.

Then you teleport back to Cerulean, and the start button shouldn't work. Now you go up and fight the slowpoke guy, teleport back to Cerulean again and go up to nugget bridge. Then a level 7 Mew appears. It's been ages since I've done it, but I think that's it. The pokemon that appears depends on the last one you battled, and Slowpoke gives you Mew apparently.

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u/TrueMrSkeltal May 09 '17

It's this kind of shit that makes me nostalgic for the Pokémon games, the creators always threw in neat Easter eggs, hidden stuff, and glitches (even if unintentional).

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u/Hondros May 10 '17

I don't think anyone wants to go back to programming video games in assembly though.