Mew

I figured since there was a topic about Mewtwo, there needed to be one for Mew. I never did get him, even though my friends always wanted to trade for one of my other Pokémon that were leveled up properly (ala no rare candies). I knew better than to get hustled, so I'd always reject their offers.

Who here ever got the liberty of capturing this Pokémon?

I didn't capture one myself; a guy gave me his pokemon diamond when i was in afghanistan and it had a mew.

Was there really a way to catch Mew? I got him from a friend, and then I pwned the Pokemon League.

It depends if you wanted to use a cheat device or not. There is a known glitch that involves exploiting programmed events, such as walking into the view of a Trainer, then using a Pokémon's "Fly" or "Teleport" move to escape the area right before the Trainer notices the player, and continuing to walk into a new area in the game. This changes some of the number values in the game's memory and can start a battle with a wild Mew.

Ah yeah, I'd heard of a few different cheats, but didn't know if they really worked or not.

In pokemon emerald you could catch a Mew if you had the event item Old Sea Map to go to Faraway Island.

I never played anything past Gold and Silver.

Unfortunately neither did I, unless you count Crystal which is in the same wave.

I had Mew on Pokemon Platinum only because action replay.

I had Mew on my Emerald ROM.