Mewtwo

*For fighter info, see Mewtwo (SR).*

Mewtwo as he appears in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*.

**Mewtwo** (ミュウツー, *Myūtsū*?) is a fictional creature from the phenomenally popular and expansive *Pokémon* media franchise. It was introduced as the "final Pokémon" in the very first set of games in the franchise. Mewtwo was introduced into Smash Remix in the version 0.9.8 update.

## Character Description

Mewtwo is among the 151 Pokémon initially introduced in the First Generation, along with Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Charizard, Squirtle, and Ivysaur as the final 150th Pokémon catchable in the game, whereas Mew was only obtainable through special means.

Mewtwo is a fairly anthropomorphic Psychic-type Pokémon with a pale purple body and vaguely feline qualities, having been cloned from Mew. Like all Pokémon, Mewtwo's design concepts are illustrated in the Pokémon RPGs via the various Pokédex entries available within the games. However, the scientific power of humans failed to endow it with a compassionate heart. Thus, it has one of the most savage hearts among Pokémon, carrying a disposition vastly different from that of Mew, and thinks only of defeating its foes. Much like Bowser or Ganondorf, villains who appear alongside Mewtwo in *Melee*, Mewtwo is indirectly an antagonistic character hailing from the Pokémon franchise.

## Powers & Abilities

Mewtwo is an extremely powerful Psychic-type Legendary Pokémon. As it is a Legendary Pokémon, there is only one Mewtwo in the entire Pokémon universe and has above average stats compared to an average Pokémon. Mewtwo was a failed attempt of cloning the Legendary Pokémon Mew by Team Rocket. Mewtwo destroyed Team Rocket's laboratory on Cinnabar Island and escaped into seclusion. It currently resides in the depths of Cerulean Cave though it does move around the Pokémon world, living in different places every once in a while such as the Unknown Dungeon in the Kalos region as it prefers to live in caves, far from humans. It is one of the few artificially created Pokémon along with Castform, Porygon, Porygon2, Porygon-Z, Type: Null, and Silvally. Due to this, Mewtwo is a genderless Pokémon and is neither male nor female.

As Mewtwo is a Psychic-type Pokémon, it's attack centre mainly around its Psychic abilities such as Psychic, Future Sight, Dream Eater, and it's signature attack, Psystrike which is a unique attack in that it does physical damage to an opponent even though it's a Psychic-type attack which aren't typically physical based attacks. Mewtwo can also learn Shadow Ball (a Ghost-type attack), Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Energy Ball (a Grass-type attack), Ice Beam and the list goes on (These attacks can only be learned through TMs). This is due to Mewtwo being artificially created, as Team Rocket tried to make it the most powerful Pokémon in the world. Mewtwo also has ESP and has telepathy, allowing it to read the minds of others and allowing it to speak telepathically even though Pokémon can't usually talk. Mewtwo can also perform mind control over its foes (as shown in the first Pokémon movie when it controlled Nurse Joy) and manipulate their mind and feelings. Mewtwo can also Mega Evolve into two different forms: Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y. Mega Mewtwo X gains an additional Fighting-type making it a Psychic and Fighting-type with increased physical stats. Mega Mewtwo Y remains a Psychic-type but is even stronger due to increased special based attack stats, making Mega Mewtwo Y the strongest Pokémon to date.

Even though Mewtwo remains a powerful Pokémon, it does have a few weak points. It is weak to the Ghost-type, Bug-type and Dark-type Pokemon. Dark-types also have another advantage in that they are immune to Psychic-type attacks. Mewtwo is also rather frail in the defensive stats and it can't take hits too well, especially after Mega Evolving, into its Mega Y form. As it is a Legendary Pokémon, Mewtwo can't evolve into or from any other Pokémon besides being able to Mega Evolve.