Mewtwo Prank Fools Unsuspecting Japanese Pokemon GO Players

If there were ever a Mewtwo released into the wild, surely it would be done at Tsuruma Park. Located in Nagoya, the Japanese park features a fountain area which looks exactly like a pokeball. Recently, locale began to attract gamers after Pokemon GO was released in Japan once rumors started circulating that Mewtwo could be found at the park. Unsurprisingly, the rumors were all untrue.

【衝撃】『ポケモンGO』聖地･鶴舞公園に伝説のレアポケモン「ミュウツー」が出現したとのデマ→深夜に1000人以上のガチトレーナーが集まる異常事態 https://t.co/uotS3GkGVN #pokemonGO #ポケモンGO pic.twitter.com/NGRUaRCGKU

— ユウ@seiyufan (@seiyufan) July 23, 2016

Even though Mewtwo was nowhere to be found, the rumor was hyped enough to persuade a large number of trainers to visit the park. A massive herd of players convened at Tsuruma Park yesterday evening and lingered there well past midnight as they tried to find lingering pokemon. And, jeez, they found a ton.

誰かが「ミュウツーGET！！」て叫んで、みんなダッシュで駆け寄ってきたんだけどコラッタしかいなかった時の深夜１時、鶴舞公園の様子。 pic.twitter.com/OVWPNM2XH3

— まつ村 (@matu_k58) July 24, 2016

The park, though it lacks legendaries, is filled with other rare pokemon that trainers were catching left and right. Players posted screenshots to social media of them stumbling upon Blastoise, Gyarados, and even Venusaur. These three evolutions are difficult to find wild and leveling up starter pokemon into these three creatures is also stupidly hard. Ridiculously enough, it takes about 400 candies evolve a Magikarp into a Gyarados, so you'd have to be a better gamer than most to make that transformation happen.

For trainers who're wondering when Mewtwo will make its appearance, Niantic has said it'll be awhile until legendaries are discoverable in-game. At San Diego Comic Con, the app's creators told gamers that legendaries would only become available once Pokemon GO undergoes a global release. For now, the game's servers couldn't handle the stress that would come with the release of a legendary pokemon like Articuno. The subsequent frenzy would effectively K.O. the app according to Niantic.

So, for now, trainers can only catch the pokemon that are currently available. So far, one commendable soul has caught all of the 142 pocket monsters available in the U.S., but their bragging rights will be voided once Niantic puts their legendaries out in the wild. And, after they do that, having a thousand people gather in a park will be nothing compared to the real pokemon pandemonium that'll follow Niantic's release.