How to Catch Mew and Mewtwo
Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow Versions
After defeating the Elite Four in these games, head to Cerulean City. If you surf in the water besides Nugget Bridge, you will come to a cave, known as the Unknown Dungeon or Cerulean Cave. This dungeon is filled with Pokemon so strong that, for safety reasons, only Pokemon Masters may enter. Lucky you, you just became one! After you enter the cave and make your way through a maze, you will find Mewtwo. Be sure to save the game before confronting him, because you only get one chance to try to catch him, and you definitely don't want to miss.
I think that instead of saying "Mew!" Mewtwo should say, "Petty human, you think you can catch me? Mwhahaha!", but that's just my opinion.
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Most trainers would originally save their Master Balls for catching Mewtwo, in order to avoid the hassle of:
With a Master Ball, you just:
For obvious reasons, using a Master Ball was the prefered method. Hence, Master Balls are closely associated with Mewtwo, and that is why I use little Master Balls as bullet points and such throughout the site. Nowadays, randomly appearing Pokemon, such as the Legendary Beasts, who run away as soon as they are seen, are better candidates for the single Master Ball, as they give trainers the additional hassle of needing to chase them across the land and getting lucky to even see them. But, back in the day, Master Balls were reserved for Mewtwo. |
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The only way to get your own "official" Mew in these games is to have one loaded into your cartridge for you, either at a Nintendo event or through an official contest.
The above certificate came with my friend Icetigris's Mew, which she got a Nintendo event. The Mew's Original Trainer is listed as LUIGE, presumably Luigi, but mispelled. Good job Nintendo.
Nintendo said that there was no other way to get Mew, outside using a Gameshark.
They were WRONG.
With that simple statement, I probably have you bugging your eyes out, right? I mean, you've probably heard bazillions of codes and cheats that promised a Mew but ended up wasting your time. Just for the record, you cannot get Mew by knocking over the truck by the S.S. Anne (the truck, and the keys in the top right seat of the game corner, are probably just easter eggs the programmers put in for fun). You also cannot get Mew by using any sort of elemental stone on Mewtwo, running into a "secret" guy in Celedon mansion after reading all the diaries in order, talking to any person after getting all the Pokemon, going into Bill's non-existant "secret garden," getting into the forests beyond the walls of Pallet Town, using the Itemfinder a bazillion times while standing anywhere, defeating the Elite Four any number of times, or just walking around, no matter what some dumb rumors say.
That is NOT gonna work!
However, there IS a way to get Mew, without ANY equipment whatsoever, and it is quite an easy process. I caught a Mew today. Phooey on you, Nintendo!
Okay, I put you in enough suspense already. I'll tell you how the glitch works. Just so you know, someone e-mailed me about this awhile ago, and I'll give all the credit to them. However, I've forgotten who it was. I had to try out the glitch myself before I would post anything, just so as not to send people on a wild goose chase for nothing. I wasn't in the biggest hurry, because I wasn't convinced it would work. Plus, I had to restart my game to test the glitch. By the time I finished confirming it was true, I had forgotten the name of the person who told me about it, so sorry about that, but credit goes to that person. Anyway, onward on your quest for Mew!
Click here for the honest-to-goodness, REAL, personally tested, tried and true way to capture a Mew without a Gameshark!
I think this is a good place to note that, although you hear it all over the web, and it was even posted on this site for awhile, Japanese players are NOT awarded a Mew when they catch all 150 Pokemon in their Green, Red, Blue, or Yellow versions. Japanese players are only awarded a diploma, just like everyone else.
And here is what Pokemon's creator, Satoshi Tajiri, had to say about Mew in an interview with Time Magazine:
TIME: What's the story with Mew? Some kind of a secret character?
Tajiri: Yes, this was done on purpose. Mew was not originally included in the games for people to acquire. You had to get it from interacting with Game Freak or Nintendo. There were 150 characters, and Mew was number 151. You can't ever get a Mew without trading for it. It created a myth about the game, that there was an invisible character out there. Someone gives me Mew, then I give Mew to you, then you pass it on. Introducing a new character like that created a lot of rumors and myths about the game. It kept the interest alive.
So there you go. Mew was meant to be passed on around the world, eventually landing in everyone's game. I wonder who was the greedy person that messed up the chain...
Gold, Silver, and Crystal Versions
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In these games, the Unknown Dungeon is gone. I think the entrance has caved in. Mewtwo was probably sick of being woken up in the middle of the night by pesky trainers, and covered the way in with rocks. The only sign that Mewtwo was ever there is a trace of his DNA in the water, the Berserk Gene, which I don't recommend using. In any case, whatever happened to the Unknown Dungeon, you can't catch Mewtwo in these games. You'll need to trade with an older version. |
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Mew also cannot be found in these games, but you can trade to get a Mew from an older version, such as a Mew obtained using the above linked Mew Glitch.
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen Versions
Mewtwo, along with most other Kanto and Jhoto Pokemon, is not available in the Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald Version. On top of that, trading is impossible with these games with any earlier versions. However, the Unknown Dungeon is again in existence in FireRed and LeafGreen, and Mewtwo is obtainable there. If you catch Mewtwo in FireRed or LeafGreen, you can trade him to the Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald versions.
I am going to create a walkthrough of the Unknown Dungeon once I get far enough in LeafGreen.
The Mew Glitch from the Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow Versions, linked above, does not work in LeafGreen or FireRed as far as I can tell, and, as I said before, trading is impossible with these games with any of ther earlier versions. However, Mew is somewhat available in the Emerald Version. I say somewhat because she is hiding on World's Edge Island / Faraway Island. To get to this island, you need the Old Sea Map. To get this map, you need to visit some offical Pokemon event or store and get it wirelessly transmitted to your game from a WonderSpot. So, what this all means is, an "official" Mew is once again a hard-to-get prize in the Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen Versions. Dumb Nintendo, you make it so that I really don't blame people who cheat for Mew...
A weathered sign on Faraway Island provides the following garbled message:
...ber, 6th day If any human...sets foot here... again...et it be a kindhearted pers... ...ith that hope, I depar...
The Japanese version also includes the damaged signature: ji. it can be speculated that, in the universe of the games, Mr. Fuji, after founding the Cinnabar Laboratory and aiding the creation of Mewtwo, survived the destruction of Pokemon Mansion during Mewtwo's escape. Mr. Fuji then took the captive Mew who gave birth to Mewtwo and released her on this distant, deserted island, with the hope that none but the kindhearted would ever find her, and that no one would attempt to clone Mew again.
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Versions
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Unknown Dungeon did not cave in like it did in the original Gold and Silver versions. I guess there is enough additional room available in DS Games Cards verses GameBoy Color cartridges to include the Unknown Dungeon this time around. Mewtwo can be captured in these games and traded to Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum.
Mewtwo can also be transferred to these games from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, or LeafGreen using the Pal Park. He will apparently appear in the Field area.
There is apparently a way to get an official Mew using the game My Pokemon Ranch on the Wii. You will need a copy of Diamond or Pearl (the expansion that adds Platinum compatibility is only available in Japan) and connect with the Wii using your Nintendo DS. The game involves transferring Pokemon from your DS to the Wii so you can watch them play on a ranch and interact with your Miis. Once 999 Pokemon are transferred to the ranch, the ranch owner Hayley will offer to trade you her Mew in exchange for any Pokemon Egg. This Mew will be level 50 and have an unusual moveset. I have not seen the game myself, but it seems really boring. It also cannot be used to store Pokemon when you restart your Diamond or Pearl game like Pokemon Box. The only reason I could see to have this game is to get the Mew (and the Phione that is available once 250 Pokemon are transferred), but I figure you might as well get a cheating device at that rate. But, anyway, if you get Mew in My Pokemon Ranch traded to your Diamond or Pearl game (or Platinum game if you have the Japan-Only expansion), you can then also trade her to HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Mew can also be transferred to these games from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, or LeafGreen using the Pal Park. She will apparently appear in the Forest area.