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Mewtwo is a Psychic-type Pokémon who debuted in the first generation of Pokemon games released in 1996. It is one of the most powerful Pokémon in the series and one of the most popular, having played the role as the antagonist in the first Pokémon movie and appeared in several other Pokémon and Nintendo games.

Origin

Mewtwo first appeared in the first generation of Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Green, which were released in Japan on February 27th, 1996.^[1] Mewtwo is Pokémon #150 out of the initial 151 Pokémon.^[2] According to lore in the games, Mewtwo was created by scientists when they altered the DNA of an embryo in a pregnant Mew. Mew gave birth to Mewtwo on February 6th. Mewtwo became too powerful to control and destroyed the Pokémon Mansion in Cinnabar Island and travels to Cerulean Cave. The player can encounter Mewtwo only after defeating the Elite Four.

Spread

In the Pokémon anime, Mewtwo's origin story is changed such that it was created by the villainous Team Rocket for the purpose of obtaining power and capturing Pokémon. Mewtwo eventually grows hateful of its captivity and escapes, destroying the Team Rocket HQ and escaping to New Island, where it challenged trainers to battle. There, it fought Mew in a climactic battle.

Mewtwo appeared in remakes of the first and second generation of Pokémon games, but it wasn't until the sixth generation that Mewtwo returned as a catchable Pokémon. In Pokémon X&Y Mewtwo can be caught as well as Mega-Evolve. In the Pokemon Stadium games, Mewtwo plays an important role as an endgame boss in the first game and as a member of the final trainer's team in the second. Mewtwo appeared in Super Smash Brothers Melee and Super Smash Brothers Wii U as a playable fighter. It also appeared in Pokken Tournament as a fighter.

Online Presence

Due to Mewtwo's longstanding popularity, fans have created fan art of it. Because the game identifies February 6th as Mewtwo's birthday, fans celebrate Mewtwo on that day every year with fan art. In 2018, submissions of fan art were covered by Twitter Moments (shown below).^[3]

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