Pokémon Red and Blue/Secrets

There a couple of weird secrets in the Red and Blue versions of Pokémon, which you can exploit to get infinite items or catch rare Pokémon. These secrets may be listed here for your knowledge, but all players are cautioned to be careful if they decide to attempt to replicate them: doing the trick wrong could jeopardize your game data. Sorry, Yellow players, but all of these tricks have been removed from the Yellow version.

Infinite Items and the Secrets of "Missing No." and "M-Block"

There are two vertical strips in the Pokémon world where very strange things happen. One is the east coast of Cinnabar Island, and the other is the east coast of Seafoam Island. When you swim around on these thing strips, as close to land as possible, you can run into wild Pokémon from the last area you visited.

Catch Safari Zone Pokémon Easily!

You can use this trick to catch Safari Zone Pokémon without having to use those weak Safari Balls. Just go to the region of the Safari Zone where the Pokémon you want to capture live. Then use Dig or an Escape Rope to warp out of there (or let your time run out) and then Fly to Cinnabar Island (the trick would be spoiled if you got in any battles on the way). Now you'll run into the Pokémon from that Safari Zone region on the Cinnabar Coast, and you can catch them like normal Pokémon, with Ultra Balls!

Get Infinite Copies of Any Item!

Here's where things get weird. Talk to the old guy in Viridian City who taught you how to use Poké Balls, and have him go through the demonstration, and then fly straight to Cinnabar Island. Or, go trade a Pokémon with one of the traders already in Cinnabar Island.

Next, Surf around the coast until you get into a battle. The enemy you fight may be one of two randomly selected Pokémon (you'll always fight the same ones), which sometimes have levels over 100. The other possibility is that you'll run into an enemy named "Missing No." or another one commonly referred to as "M-Block." (Depends on your charachters name) Here's the important part: Do not catch either of them. When put into a computer these "Pokémon" can mess up your data or even completely destroy your saved game. Instead just RUN. Then check your inventory, and you'll find a little glitched symbol by whichever item is in your sixth item slot. That means you have 128 of that item unless you had more than that ammount to begin with.

You can use this trick over and over until you have enough Rare Candies to level up your Pokémon to level 100, Master Balls to catch anything easily, or whatever else you may desire.

Weird Glitches and Other Silly Tricks

• You can actually fish in any statue in the game! You probably won't catch anything, but it sure looks weird.
• Cut down a tree, save the game where it used to be, then load it up. You'll be standing on the tree.
• The hotel in Celadon City is shaped just like a Poké Center. There's even a PC in the usual place—it's just invisible!
• Swim up the water on Cinnabar Island, so you'll be right in front of the Gym. You'll see a phantom guy on the roof.
• In the basement level of the Red/Blue Unknown Dungeon, you can climb up the small hill next to the item ball marked with a B on this map, even though there are no stairs.