Q&A for How to Catch Missingno. in Pokémon Red and Blue

It depends on your character's name. For example, a player named RED will find Golbats, Golducks, Mewtwos and MissingNo.s.

Missingno. gives you 128 of the item in the 6th slot in your bag. You won't have the items during the battle, but you will get them by running away, catching it, blacking out, or defeating it.

Well, it was never meant to be in the game. The only reason Missingno pops up is because when you surf along the coastline, the game doesn't know which Pokémon you should encounter, and sends out "Missingno.", which just stands for "Missing Number". While you can catch Missingno, doing so can cause your game file to be corrupted, so proceed with caution.

Missingno. is a Bird/Normal type.

There are 5 forms.

No, it shouldn't crash.

No. In the case that you caught it, it might cause temporary graphical glitches, but nothing else.

It most likely will, because the 3DS versions of Pokémon Red and Blue are the same as the Game Boy versions.

Nope. See Bulbapedia for an alphabet that will encouter MissingNo. in your game.

Missingno was not "created." Missingno means "Missing Number"; this is what the game will output when it doesn't exactly know what Pokemon needs to be displayed.

MissingNo. itself won't. However, if you do the glitch wrong, you may encounter a different glitch Pokémon, and that may crash your game.

No, MissingNo. has no data to create levels or ways to evolve.

No. MissingNo., only appears in Cinnabar Island Shore and Fuchsia City Shore.

Missingno. had no original plans. Missingno. stands for missing number. However, it is Bird/Normal type. The Bird type was a beta Flying type.

No, it cannot. [SPOILER] The unidentified ghost Pokemon is actually a dead Marowak, who is unsettled by its untimely death. It cannot be caught.

It is because there are only 150 Pokemon in red and blue, but they wanted to make another, Chinchullu (not even made anywhere), but changed their mind and we got Missingno.

Missingno has not been made to catch, so there's no really origin story to it. The only real 'Origin' to it is that it's "Missing The Pokemon No" as the name 'Missingno' suggests. It is basically where your game doesn't know what Pokemon to show, so the result is Missingno.

Missingno Is glitchy because they needed a place to hide all the extra files of Pokmeon.

No, there are other glitches in the game that allow you to catch Missingno, such as the Ditto glitch.

Yes, you can encounter Missingno. as many times as you want. Just keep surfing along the shore and you should encounter more of them.

You catch it like any other Pokémon. The attack stat is so powerful it kills pretty much anything in a single hit, but the defense is abysmal. Hit it with normal effectiveness attacks while it sleeps, otherwise you run the risk of it or you dying. Use an ultra ball if you have any.

It depends on the letters in your name, SHA and HAS would work. Bulbapedia has a full list.

No. You must go to the eastern edge of the Seafoam Islands or to Cinnabar Island.

Missingno has five forms; the picture here looks like Kabutops, but Rhydon is another form.

Missingno exists because in this scenario, the game doesn't know what the Pokémon number of the Pokémon you should encounter is (hence "missing no.") so you cannot catch Missingno in newer games.

Shiny Pokémon did not exist in red/blue/yellow, so there is not a shiny Missingno.

Yes, but the glitch may be a little different than it is in Pokémon Red and Blue.

Not too hard. It only takes about 5-10 minutes to execute the glitch. However, you'll want a master ball in your 6th inventory slot. Also, Missingno is very hard to beat, as it is naturally above level 100.

No, this only works in classic generation one. It will not work in FR/LG. However, there are different glitches that allow you to get different versions of Missingno..

No, you just need to have been to cinnabar island or fuchsia city and be able to fly and surf.