OT How can Mew be more powerful than Mewtwo?

Submitted by Frito Bandito on
Mewtwo is a clone of Mew and is supposed to be an advanced copy of Mew. However Mew can learn any attack in Pokemon red or blue making him much more valuable. Can anyone explain this?
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June 11th, 2016 at 8:18 PM ^

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LSAClassOf2000

June 11th, 2016 at 8:26 PM ^

I personally have no idea, but my daughter is damn near expert on all things Pokemon, which makes it a shame that she is at her grandmother's for the night, otherwise I would quite literally sit her in front of my computer so she could respond to this one. I am afraid Pokemon was after my time, though I do get bits and pieces of it whenever the kids have it on. 

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Wolverine Devotee

June 11th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

The Blue and Red versions were before her time. Those were all the rage when I was in school. I was more of a Gold/Silver era, though. 

They banned Gameboys and the cards at my school when kids got in a fistfight over them. 

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Mr. Elbel

June 12th, 2016 at 2:59 AM ^

I got my carmander card taken away by Mrs. Hutchinson in 2nd grade. Broke my heart. I too had both Gen 1 and Gen 2, but I played gold waaaay more than I did red or blue. ended up with something like a level 97 vaporeon as the pokemon I'd take through and beat everyone with just him (or her? don't remember). when I was in college someone whipped out a Gameboy color with gold in it during a 3 hour night class. that was the last time I played. it was amazing.

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michfn2

June 11th, 2016 at 8:40 PM ^

Because the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchal society which runs the video game industry made him that way. /s



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FatGuyTouchdown

June 11th, 2016 at 9:00 PM ^

but in Mewtwo's bio page it is said that he "has a savage heart, lacks compassion and strikes fear into opponents with his cold, glowing eyes". 

 

Sounds like our football coach.

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mgobleu

June 11th, 2016 at 10:19 PM ^

Good Gotham... I get this all day from my 5 year old and now it's here too? "This one is a fire type and it does 50 damage..." I'm considering slipping a porno into his room just to shove him out of this stage.

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MGoneBlue

June 11th, 2016 at 10:29 PM ^

Sorry, but Mew has nothing on Mewtwo. Mew may be able to learn any technical machine (TM) attack in the game, but there's one very important attack in Pokemon Red/Blue that isn't a TM - Amnesia. If you've forgotten what it does (or used it yourself) it jacks the user's special stat to insane levels. Due to a programming quirk, the special stat affects both offense and defense. So it turns the user into a brick wall that hits like a nuke. And Mew can't learn that move. Who can? Motha-effin' Mewtwo.



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Mr. Elbel

June 12th, 2016 at 3:04 AM ^

Yeah I always wanted mew to be better. I liked mew better back in the day. no idea why. maybe it's the good guy/bad guy thing. regardless, mewtwo is better for this exact reason. well done. also, finally a pokemon thread on mgoblog! my elementary self thanks you.

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Pokemaniac

June 11th, 2016 at 10:41 PM ^

As far as the games go, Mewtwo is much more powerful than Mew. While Mew is rarer and has a more diverse move pool, Mewtwo's base stats are much higher. And that doesn't even take into account Mewtwo's mega evolutions, which make him far and away more powerful than Mew.

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Lakeyale13

June 11th, 2016 at 10:51 PM ^

Mew is a solid 5 star recruit. Mewtwo will need to earn an invite to the "Pokemon Opening". Depending on that, and other Pokemon camp performances, a 5th star isn't out of the question

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turtleboy

June 11th, 2016 at 10:51 PM ^

Because mew is an older character, and has what no fancy upgraded new character could ever have, the ultimate secret weapon of any fighting genre: nostalgic plot-armor. Also, mew is a veteran. Experience counts. See: Soldier with Kurt Russell, or Skyfall with Daniel Craig, or Space Cowboys with everybody.

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