Mew and Mewtwo's #s

TaylorGS · Post by **TaylorGS** » Tue 05 Apr, 2005 9:58 pm

I was in the PokÃƒÂ©mon Mansion on Cinabar Island, right? Well, the little journal entries around the place made me wonder. According to them, and the first movie, Mew came first. Then Mewtwo was cloned from Mew's DNA.
So why exactly is Mewtwo's PokÃƒÂ©dex number before Mew's?

Demonwing · Post by **Demonwing** » Tue 05 Apr, 2005 11:53 pm

I think it was mostly made for the pokemon r/g/b/y games, since Mewtwo was the last # available, and if they switched it with Mew, everyone would haave a missing #150, and Mewtwo would be up on 151, I think they just did it to save the kids from confusion

Pikachu90000 · Post by **Pikachu90000** » Wed 06 Apr, 2005 1:36 am

I don't know, maybe mewtwo was known first to prof oak and then mew

TaylorGS · Post by **TaylorGS** » Sun 10 Apr, 2005 5:43 pm

Demonwing wrote:I think it was mostly made for the pokemon r/g/b/y games, since Mewtwo was the last # available, and if they switched it with Mew, everyone would haave a missing #150, and Mewtwo would be up on 151, I think they just did it to save the kids from confusion

That's what I was thinking too. Cause Mew was supposed to be known first, but well... I guess putting Mew first in the PokÃƒÂ©dex would cause confusion... But... why didn't... gah. Nevermind me. --;

Website · Post by **Powerchu** » Mon 18 Apr, 2005 10:44 pm

i know I am referring to the first movie when I say this but in the game and in the movie Mew was thought to be extinct.

Mewtwo is cloned from fossilized DNA of a Mew. Yes Mew was thought to be extinct (It is said during the origin of mewtwo story). This is my reasoning on why Mewtwo is #150 and Mew is #151

TaylorGS · Post by **TaylorGS** » Sat 23 Apr, 2005 6:56 pm

... Oh. I forgot Mewtwo was cloned from fossilized DNA. Heh. ^^;

Flame · Post by **Flame** » Fri 29 Apr, 2005 7:47 pm

So it's because they discovered them actually alive. So first Mewtwo was alive while they had the pokedex and mew was thought to be extinct, untill they found out Mew wasn't exctinct. But then what about Aerodacctyl, Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, and Kabutops or whatever it was? If they were trying not to confuse us they confused us by trying not to confuse us. It makes no sense at all. Also if Mewtwo was cloned from Mew's DNA from the fossil wouldn't Mewtwo also have the DNA of all the pokemon from the DNA of Mew? Another thing that is confusing.

EJManetta · Post by **EJManetta** » Sat 25 Jun, 2005 1:31 am

Actually, I just thought cause legendarys usually get put last on the Pokedex. xP And the rare the legendary they are, the lower on the pokedex they get put on.

But meh, that's just me. I don't really know the real answer to that. =/

Post by **Pikachu3828** » Sat 25 Jun, 2005 12:24 pm

I wouldn't read too far into this all, I could be wrong but I doubt there is really a specific reason as to the order of them all, it's just a game for kids so I doubt they'd go too deep into a simple story.

However, personally I feel it's because of the way the PokÃƒÂ©dex is/was coded. The PokÃƒÂ©dex only went down a few entries past the lowest numbered PokÃƒÂ©mon you had. Hence once you caught Mewtwo people would think it was all complete as they had 1-150 done and at the time it was being pushed that there was just 150 PokÃƒÂ©mon. If Mew had been number 1 there would have been a gaping slot at the top of the PokÃƒÂ©dex causing people suspicion as to why slot #1 was empty when they had #2-151.

EJManetta wrote:But meh, that's just me. I don't really know the real answer to that. =/

I don't think anyone does, really, we're just coming up with theories