9 Elaborate Video Game Urban Legends Everyone Believed

9. Pokémon Red & Blue - Mew In Hiding

The legend: So enamoured with the prospect of owning a one of a kind, supremely powerful Pokémon like no other, rumours regarding how to obtain Mewtwo's unwary creator began spreading across playgrounds of the 90s. One that stuck more than any other detailed the process of using the HM Strength to shunt a truck in Vermilion City which, in doing so, would reveal the mythical beast.

Much to the chagrin of many, only heartbreak followed when it emerged that the Hidden Machine did absolutely squat against its formidable four-wheeled opponent.

Where it came from: Prior to the now-legendary 'long-range Trainer' glitch becoming common knowledge, acquiring the "ancestor of all Pokémon" was the holy grail that every first generation Trainer desired, even more than a flimsy piece of card with Charizard's likeness printed on it.

Without the luxury of high-speed internet, in-depth video tutorials and widespread word of mouth, the method of obtaining the Pokédex's 151st member was ultimately left to the imagination. It just so happens that the unassuming truck parked outside the S.S. Anne became the most memorable one of all.