What does "missing no" do if you catch him?

Question

I know he messes up your game, but what happens your game?? and can you still start new game after??

Answer 1

THE ANSWERS HERE ARE WRONG WRONG WRONG

I’m here to fix that :D

First of all, RED/BLUE. In rb, Missingno is relatively safe, only causing slight graphical glitches like scrambling sprites, or corrupting the hall of fame data. Also Missingno changes the item in your 6th item slot by 128. It’s very rare for Missingno to actually touch your save file, so it’s fine to catch, battle and even trade.

Next, is YELLOW. In yellow Missingno is slightly riskier, causing more extreme graphical glitches. For example, random NPCs may glide across the whole screen, and this Missingno is also more likely to freeze the game completely. There is a much higher chance of it destroying your save than any other Missingno.

SPECIAL Missingno should also be noteworthy. They completely copy the (either the last Pokémon in the party or the last one you sent out. Once this is clarrified I will edit this) meaning there is not really much to say about them. There are 3 but all 3 are exactly the same with a different sprite and index number.

Some clarification the other answers don’t give:

• StinkerstubbleU (missingno’s “signature move”) does NOT EXIST in the code of any gen 1 game, or any official Pokémon gae for that matter, meaning Missingno is not capable of fully “killing” Pokémon. Also Missingno learns no glitch moves, not even super glitch!
• Nothing really happens when you put him in the PC
• Missingno’s base stats are different in its respective forms. With its yellow form having a massive 178 Hp as its best stat, and the rb form having 136 atk as its best.
• Missingno is a bird/normal type in RB and a normal/glitch999 type in yellow.

Comments

What in god's name is "StinkerstubbleU"

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Idk it got mentioned in one of the comments and it seemed like everyone reading it beleived them so I thought I would include that.
https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/7480/what-does-missing-no-do-if-you-catch-him?show=7513#c7513
Yeah it was trachy who said it

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I found it on a random blog post from 2011 LMAO
https://justinthepokemonexpert.blogspot.com/2011/07/missing-no.html
Old DB really just used anything as a source back in the day huh

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Yeah, seriously anything

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We should normalize mass downvoting old incorrect answers so others don’t think they’re accurate with upvotes in the positives

Answer 2

That is Really Dangerous to catch, if you catch it Then Say goodbye to all the Pokemon you've captured and all the Progress that you Did + It Will Destroy Everything But only the Saved part, in another words you can Catch it But Don't Save it and Never ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,ever,EVER!!
DO NOT PUT IT IN YOUR PC. AT ALL OR SUFFER STARTING ALL OVER ON THE GAME!!

Comments

I'm going to try it! Yay! **clapping very fast**  Me and my friend are trying it!

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Is it a glitch or something weird?..
if it is something weird ,where to find it?

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Follow these instructions in Red, Blue, Yellow.

1. Talk to the guy in Viridian who teaches you how to use a Poke Ball.
2. Surf along the East side right aside Cinnabar Island.

It also appears in Gold, Silver, and Crystal but after Crystal Gamefreak finally realized what was causing it, the Poke Ball tuturial. That is why we can't do the Poke Ball tuturial more than once now.

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Bro he’s safe
Trust he only messes up your hall of fame data and does some visual glitches
But Pokémon yellow is a different story…

Answer 3

Yeah, you can still start a new game, as far as I know, but don't bother with catching that glitchy Pokemon.

...It's base stats and overall usage are pretty average.

It has a massive base 136 Attack Stat, but with a Mediocre Base 0 Defense, it won't be lasting very long in battle. And with a mere Base 36 Speed, it doesn't make a good sweeper.

Not to mention with it's normal/999GlItCh typing, it leaves it vulnerable to fighting attacks, and packs no resistances.

Finally, it comes in four different forms, and none of these forms differ much, so it's not much more than a gimmick.

...Yes, I just spent this whole answer making a mockery of MissingNO. But yeah, in summary, don't catch him. It just screws up your game.

Comments

Hey, his movepool is great. StinkkerstubbleU kills Pokemon. Why is it that there's all these MissingNo questions now that I asked what happened to him?

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Oops, LOL. Meant to write, "overall usage."

Fixed. :P