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🎮 Game Controls
Click inside window to activate.
- ↑ ↓ ← → Move
- Z Button A
- X Button B
- Q Button L
- E Button R
- Enter Start
- V Select
- A Button X
- S Button Y
- 1 / 2 Quick Save/Quick Load
- + Fast Fwd
About This Game
Introduction: "Pokemon Mewtwo Strikes Back" is a bootleg game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is not an official Nintendo or Game Freak product, nor is it a ROM hack of a standard Pokemon title. The game is a direct, unlicensed adaptation of the first Pokemon anime film, Pokemon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back, into a simplistic action-platformer format. The visual style is basic 16-bit, with sprites loosely based on the anime characters and Pokemon.
Gameplay & Mechanics: The gameplay is a linear side-scrolling action game. You control Ash Ketchum who can jump and use a basic attack, often depicted as throwing a Pokeball. You occasionally have a partner like Pikachu following you, who may have a separate attack command. There is no traditional Pokemon catching, battling, or RPG mechanics. The difficulty is inconsistent, often spiking due to poor hit detection and awkward controls. It is not designed for any RPG challenge modes like Nuzlocke runs.
Key Features:
- Direct story adaptation following the plot of the anime film, from the invitation to New Island to the final battle with Mewtwo.
- Simple action-platforming stages with boss fights against cloned Pokemon like Charizard and Blastoise.
- Heavy use of poorly translated dialogue and cutscenes taken directly from the movie, which are a hallmark of its bootleg nature.
The game is primarily a curiosity for collectors of bootleg media, as its gameplay is rudimentary and filled with the technical issues common to unlicensed SNES cartridges. It is a straightforward action game that uses the Pokemon license rather than a traditional Pokemon RPG experience.
