
scrambles the sprites and screws over the Hall of Fame, sure, but the first is easily fixed and the second is actually entertaining. It still holds strong amongst newbies, as in this day and age, the old Red and Blue versions are conking out due to old age and people are quick to blame Missingno. MissingNo is commonly confused with 'M' or 'M-Block' but is not the same pokemon, nor the same glitch.

MissingNo is created by an error handler which replaces any unknown pokemon ID with MissingNo. TL DR: No, it just messes with your save files, permanently messing them up, but not actually deleting them.Īfter a bit of research I have found a lot of information with little verifiable proof. This means erasing your current game and starting a brand new one."

If the problem persists, the only solution is to re-start your game. To fix the scrambled graphics, try releasing the MissingNo Pokémon. The MissingNO Pokémon is most often found after you perform the Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick. When you get this, your game can perform strangely, and the graphics will often become scrambled. MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game. listed in their Customer Service troubleshooting section. Nintendo has an official description of Missingno. will cause multiple player sprites to walk around the screen. Viewing the stats screen of a non-glitch Pokémon will remove the effects. in their party, both the Trainer sprite and their Pokémon's sprites will be scrambled, and all other sprites will be reversed. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the Hall of Fame saved data and (if its stats are viewed) messing with some graphics until the stats of a non-glitch Pokémon are viewed.

"Missingno.'s appearance in-battle allows the item duplication glitch, which increases the number of items in the 6th Bag slot by 128 unless the number of items in the slot already exceeds 128.Įncountering Missingno.
