Talk:Missingno./@comment-58.169.204.13-20120505094031/@comment-2024620-20120522081112

It was included as a joke/cultural reference to the original red/blue.

It's good mostly in the beginning, where nothing else has anywhere near its atk stats. Later on, dragonite pwns it (2 less atk, but gains a ton of other stats). Mew lacks the offensive potential, but like dragonite, is not completely lacking in the other areas. Missingno maintains a niche use - weird skill combo (can learn almost any skill) that stacks well with very high atk.

At the moment, I'm thinking false swipe/snore/giga impact

@missingno master 2

You don't have to brag about how you convinced Sam to include this pokemon. In any case, that fact doesn't make missingno any better or worse.