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Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies
Commenting on: /essays/the-mew-trick

Aww - thanks anyway, though! Made the pronoun change yesterday and I gave it an extra read today to make sure I didn't miss any, but let me know if you spot anything.

Thank you so much again for commenting - I really hoped you would one day get to read my little tribute to what an important and fascinating little part you played in Pokémon fandom history, and I'm so glad to know you did. It absolutely made my week. Hope you're having a good Easter!

[20/04/2025 14:14:44]

TheScythe
Commenting on: /essays/the-mew-trick

I can't remember if I came up with the alternate route… I'd started teaching myself to program around then so I was definitely coming at it from a debugging/experimenting angle, so it's plausible I found the Lavender town way? Sorry I can't remember! I couldn't find the thread on wayback and they revamped the forum in 2009 so it doesn't go back before that.

And yes that'd be nice, thank you! (I've also submitted a minor update to my FAQ to use an email I didn't lose the password to, and a feminine pseudonym)

[19/04/2025 21:08:31]

Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies
Commenting on: /essays/the-mew-trick

@TheScythe: Ahaha, amazing! I'm so thrilled this managed to reach you and you took the time to comment - I made an attempt to e-mail the address in your GameFAQs guide while researching this and everything, but figured it was a long shot and had accepted you'd probably have just moved on by now. I'm impressed you were only twelve at the time; I was vaguely figuring your 2003 self for a teenager. I don't suppose you recall at all whether the version you saw on the forum suggested going through Lavender Town or if you came up with trying that? And would the forum and that thread still be up and/or accessible on the Wayback Machine, by any chance?

I will go update your pronouns in the article right away (unless you'd prefer otherwise - just let me know if so)!

[19/04/2025 20:53:13]

TheScythe
Commenting on: /essays/the-mew-trick

Love the write up, what a blast from the past! And omg cracking up at Happy's equivalent exchange comment, I never knew the trick disappeared stuff too!

I don't really use the username any more, but TheScythe is me – I was only 12 at the time, and still just gullible (and curious?) enough to try another fake sounding glitch that someone linked to on the forum for TPPC (an online Pokemon game I played way too much of). I think the forum required a login so I couldn't link to the thread, so I linked to their source. I don't remember much other than I knew I had to share it more widely.

Also I came out as trans a few years ago, I use she/her now :D

[19/04/2025 20:36:20]

Mixpert
Commenting on: /espeon-and-umbreon

Hey! I may have stumbled on something that I didn’t see anywhere on Bulbapedia or on Smogon’s in-game guides for the Johto games, and I immediately thought of this page.

There’s actually no legitimate way to get a Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon before beating the Elite Four for the first time in GSCHGSS unless you do a trade and receive a Pokémon holding one of the relevant evolutionary stones. The Fire, Water, and Thunder Stones can’t be obtained from the Pokéathlon Dome until you get the National Dex, the Bug-Catching contest has the same restriction, they’re not found on the ground anywhere, and although certain Pokégear rematch trainers are supposed to hand them out, the one trainer I’ve tried rematching about five times so far (Fisherman Tully, who is supposed to hand out Water Stones post-match) has not said or given anything out after any of those matches.

I never noticed this because I’ve always used Espeon in playthroughs for its fantastic coverage against the Elite Four (Bite/Psybeam in the originals, Psybeam and Shadow Ball in the remakes), but the more I read, the more I’m convinced that Umbreon and Espeon are actually your only evolution options before beating the E4.

[19/04/2025 11:25:05]

Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies
Commenting on: /calculators/gen-ix-catch-rate

@eXilieaon: Hmm, I don't think I understand. Why do you need the turn field to show up when you don't have the Timer Ball selected?

[18/04/2025 15:33:20]

Pyukumuku Power
Commenting on: /johto/mt-silver-guide

There is another way if you need help-whenever you fight a pokemon, for a millisecond it shows the surrounding area normally.

[18/04/2025 14:19:50]

eXilieaon
Commenting on: /calculators/gen-ix-catch-rate

Can you please add a permanent turn tracker for the timer ball, right now it only pops up when equipt

[18/04/2025 06:36:52]

Rawley
Website: Netbsd Club
Commenting on: /paldea/subtle-shinies

Magnemite, you can look at the magnets for a dead gievaway

[17/04/2025 23:51:15]

PraiseTheSerpentGod
Commenting on: /johto/voltorb-flip

This has been SO HELPFUL, thank you! Your writeup finally made the game click in my head, and now I feel like a very smart person. Number of Coins Go Up!!

[17/04/2025 22:38:50]

Scotty
Commenting on: /fun-facts

I was going to say you infer that Azurill change gender when they evolve, but maybe male Azurill are just more likely to evolve. But, then I read that due to personality values, some female Azurill did, in fact, change gender upon evolution. Maybe they have a little amphibian DNA.

[17/04/2025 15:57:33]

Butterfree
Admin
Website: The Cave of Dragonflies
Commenting on: /fun-facts

Confirms what exactly, where, based on what source?

[15/04/2025 17:16:23]

Clay
Commenting on: /fun-facts

Bulbapedia confirms it.

[15/04/2025 07:55:50]

Lylat
Commenting on: /calculators/gen-ii-catch-rate

@Hiesetsu Just grind something to level 100, spend multiple days getting as many Level balls as you can, and then each ball has a 5.1% chance regardless of HP/Status. It's clearly the better route :)

[14/04/2025 21:55:03]

Pyukumuku Power
Commenting on: /paldea/subtle-shinies

The shiny minor's shell is actually slightly lighter.

[14/04/2025 10:39:48]

Ignacio
Commenting on: /calculators/gen-viii-catch-rate

¿Does this apply to safari zone? If not, it would be cool if you create something for it :)

[13/04/2025 22:38:31]

Sanqui
Website: Click here
Commenting on: /essays/the-mew-trick

Awesome article. My experience with this trick is that that already in 2003 a translated version of WhiteCat's guide was available on Czech Pokémon fansites. I've also been long curious about the history. I truly hope we can one day learn more details about who actually discovered it or at least posted it on the internet first. One thing I can say is that the Japanese probably didn't care much for this glitch, as they have had their own, simpler Mew trick utilizing the infamous select glitch. It was posted on USENET in 1996: https://groups.google.com/g/fj.rec.games.video.home/c/PYO6IL0UiH8/m/FZxqSWXoSA0J

[13/04/2025 15:05:13]

Youngster Orion
Website: Folpa/web4620
Commenting on: /fake-pokemon

Can I Have A Leta Split Evo

[13/04/2025 10:06:03]

Bruh
Commenting on: /calculators/gen-ix-catch-rate

10% per ultra ball on a chien-pao at 1% health, I’m writing this comment on my 5th reset going through 70 ultra balls per reset, something isn’t right…

[13/04/2025 00:53:07]

Chuck
Commenting on: /mechanics/gen-i-safari-zone

This is awesome, great research and wonderfully helpful tool.

[12/04/2025 16:48:53]