Have you ever heard any funny gaming myths when you were young?

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bikingjahuty:
When Pokemon first landed in the US, it was around the time Pokemon the First Movie was coming out in Japan, and there were screenshots online of Marrel, who did not yet have a name or was even in the game. Because of this all sorts of rumors and speculation popped up online all over the place, and of course people claimed that it was a secret, ultra-legendary pokemon that you could get in the game somehow. I remember being one of those people that briefly became obsessed with trying to get this mysterious pokemon which was popularly called Pika-Blue due to its similar appearance to Pikachu and that it was blue. Some of the methods for obtaining him were just outrageous, but there were actually people who tried lol. One method I remember was something alone the lines of you needing to catch every Pokemon (including Mew), maxing every pokemon's level out, and then surfing between Cinebar and Palet Town on an ultra specific route. I man on a island would appear and after talking to him, one of the barriers that separated you from the outside world would open up and there would be an island were you could catch Pikablue who was the most powerful pokemon in the game! I never tried it, but a few poor bastards did and were understandably pissed when it didn't work.

I remember similar rumors on how to catch Mew. At least with Mew he actually did exist within the game and there is actually a legit way of catching him.

aliensstudios:
My older brothers telling me you could unlock Sonic and Tails in Super Smash Bros. Melee is probably my favorite myth in retrospect. They even had a magazine article about it that six-year-old me believed. Another myth they told me was that the next Zelda game after Ocarina of Time would be a sequel of Link to the Past called Link to the Future, where Link would travel to a modern day world. Then Majora's Mask came out and I stopped believing it.

realpoketendonl:
There are plenty out there, but for some reason this one stuck with me. The trick that would allow you to catch Rayquaza in Pokémon Black and White by ringing the bell on the Bell Tower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMq4FucvQ94
I straight up fell for this one.

Warmsignal:
There's one, and I feel like someone will jump on this bandwagon and defend this. When I was in high school there was a kid who said that playing DVD movies on your PS2 would "break" it, I guess by causing the laser in it to go bad prematurely. He swore by it. I bet there are some other people who believe it, but I my PS2 (bought in 2000) still works to this day, and it's played many DVDs.

telly:

--- Quote from: ignition365 on September 12, 2016, 01:10:14 pm ---The how to get Mew myths in Pokemon.

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Which games/myths? It's entirely possible to get Mew without a cheating device in all the original R/B/Y.

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