misingno glitch or not

[Blitz~2005]

ok i was just wondering if missingno was actually ment to be in the game for some reason

i havnt actually thought up any reasons for it to be i the game but in r/s they actually made a proper picture for it (it looks something like a circle with a ? in it :P )

the reason i was thinking this is becouse i dont know how it could be in b/r/y and g/s/c without it being removed (not sure if its in yellow it might have been removed)

 

[Toothache]

I know they've added two new Unown types - being ? and ! respectively, maybe that's what you are seeing (the Missingno always looked like an Unown to me). Probably a hint towards whether you can catch the Unowns in LG/FR

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Actually, the RS Missingno., while not actually called Missingno. on the game, is actually a circle with a question mark in it, apart from Unown ? and Unown !. In RS, the custom sprite shows that it was definitely programmed in there and is not a glitch. In R/B, however, I think that Missingno. was intended on there too, but I can't prove it. I find it interesting that it actually had its own name, which seems like it would have to be programmed in, because I do not think that game cartridges do any of their communication in letters and therefore could not place a name on the glitch, even if it did realize that 000 was missing from the list. In other words, it couldn't have identified the glitch with a name. Also, don't the steps to do the item multiplication seem a bit too bizarre to be something that just appeared in the game? It almost seems like someone made up those steps as a sort of secret for people who were intentionally looking for secrets in the game, or a secret for someone who just happened to do the things in that order...its attacks (Water Gun and Sky Attack, right?) and the fact it evolves into Kangaskhan seem strange as well, but a creative programmer could have easily put it in there. My vote is for missingno. not being a glitch, but rater programmed in R/B and R/S by someone.

 

[Porygon]

Ya, I think it was programmed. I heard somewhere that the programmers used it for testing?

 

[Frostweaver]

missingno in RBY is a skeleton of a half deleted Pokemon o.o; More info by checking about that in the RBY section... i believe Kairi wrote an extensive guide on that glitch there. (is it still there? haven't checked)

I have no idea about the question mark boards (I don't like to call them Missingno because people will mistaken missingno from RBY to return to FRLGRS then)... There are rumors about how they're reserved spots for new Pokemon or something. However, in terms of technical difficulty, that's near impossible to do... (or so if I remember correctly)

 

[Timbjerr]

I'm pretty sure Missingno was kinda like a test pok?mon that the programmers used throguhout the game testing stages. That would explan why it has a name and a solid movepool. but theyforgot to take it out when they mass-produced R/B versions.

BTW; I'm gonna move this to GB games discussion...you'll get better answrs there anyways.

 

[Blitz~2005]

well im sure it wasnt a unknown coz i got it by gameshark cheets

so i think we all agree that missingno is not a glitch

but i dont think they 4got to take it out in all versions

but i dont know

and if it was ment to be in the game what was the reason other then testing

it could be to get kangaskan but i think you can get his somewhere else not sure :\

 

[Scyther]

whiles using xploder i was using cheats to get electabuzz and i put the code in rong and i found a wild missingno (name on game is ???????????)
after catching it then missingno knew the moves :razor leaf,sweet sent and some other moves it even had its own pokedex wich i will show u all soon


edited: here is its pokedex on pokemon ruby:
number:000 ----------
type: Unknown pokemon
hight:0'00''
weight:0.0lbs
This is a newly discovered pokemon.
It is currently under investigation.
No detailed information is available at this time

this is very wierd
if this was put in by acsedent how come its got its own pokedex???

edited again:
after battling with missingno it errases all of your pokemon so dont save after you have caught it
missingno has the same moves as the pokemon it replaces it when missingo appears e.g route 101 zigzagoon lvl 2 takle missingno lvl 2 takle
odish sweet sent, razorleaf, sleep power,absorb missingno sweet sent, razorleaf, sleep power,absorb as i discover more about missingno i will post it here pm me for more news