Subject: The problem with that...
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Posted on: 2014-03-12 20:06:00 UTC

Mini-Rayquaza made their first and as of yet only appearance in a gamesverse mission, and we can't switch the two out because Missingno only exist in the games.

Also, this attribution of "glitch powers" to the mini-Missingno is one of the reasons why I was opposed to the change in the first place that didn't involve continuity reasons. I admit I used the term myself once, but as a way of summarizing its existing capabilities, not as an excuse for allowing the minis to be able to do unnatural things and attribute them to their glitchy nature. Missingno is nothing special, glitch-wise. It copies the moveset of whatever is sent out to fight it, sometimes, corrupts Hall of Fame data, pretty much all the time, and can teleport, shoot water, attack from the sky, and manifest as a pillar of static. That's about it. No special powers other than those natural to Pokémon, no otherworldly abilities, nothing but notoriety.

No one has any illusions as to what a Rayquaza is. No one has any illusions as to what a Mewtwo is. I don't expect many people have illusions as to what a Deoxys is, but that may not be entirely certain because its behavior doesn't exactly scream "mutant space-virus given macroscopic form by radiation". All three of those could be minis with no real objection from me. People will only make a mini-Missingno more overpowered than its original form was, which is not how minis should operate.

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