Rumours

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Rumours

Get the triforce

This is probably the most famous rumour in the whole of Nintendo rumour history, and literally thousands of different ways have been suggested. These involve light temples, unicorn fountains, flying pink cows, Ganons Castle, the Deku Tree and The Temple of Time.

The normal rumours are easy to disprove. You can't drop a bomb in the centre of the lava in Ganon's Castle for one thing, you cannot enter the unicorn fountain and you cannot beat the running man (rumour 2). However, in the next paragraph, I talk about one fake rumour that took the Zelda community by storm!

Okay, after all this, someone contacted a Legend of Zelda fan site, and said they had reached the triforce, and had proof. This person went by the name of Ariana, and said something about playing a hidden song and going to the light temple. A million or so people then rushed to try the instructions in a vain hope of trying to get the triforce, and failed. More letters then came, and a secret song called the Overture of Sages was mentioned. After no one still had luck, much investigation into the credibility of the proof arose. People claimed the pictures were of an altered ROM of the game, people proved the pictures were photoshopped. Eventually, the creator of the rumour, came forward and admitted they were fake.

You can beat the Running man!

This was also impossible. People had claimed you would get an item to go fast which would allow you to beat him, or would get something good after you did. However, it was proven false when someone used a Gameshark to get a time of zero seconds, and the running man somehow still got 1 second faster!

El Puerco in Dampe's Grave, Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time

An odd rumour this, it was said that some mysterious beast stalked the maze of tunnels in the tomb. One guy said it a pig, another said it was an unloaded redead like thing. Thing is, it was never found, and so can be confined back to the history books.

Fire Sword

It was rumoured, after getting through the game without getting hit, and opening a specific chest which appeared in a certain location, you could get the mystical fire sword. This was proven to be false when no one got it, and no trace was found when the whole game was hacked recently. Same with the ice sword.

Play as Shiek

Also rumoured, but proven fake. No AR codes make this possible either.

Play as Dark Link

A rumour was invented where you could play as him by meeting certain requirements. However, while playing as him fairly is fake, Jay the Ham, and other hackers have found a code allowing you to play as him using a Gameshark. See here for details:

Play as Dark Link article by Videogamer X

Mario Kart Wii Rumours

Shortcut behind Marty's Cage

Since the re release of this track in Mario Kart Wii, a few cruel rumours have been going around that the cage can be entered if you use a lightning bolt or cloud to shrink and slip through the bars, claiming there is a row of boosts afterwards. It also claimed Marty would break out on the final lap if you did this. This in fact is false, since the gaps cannot be gone through, as the game treats the cage like a solid stone wall.

Secret Red Pipe in Wario's Goldmine

Yeah, the infamous and annoying 'shortcut' where you fall into a Koopa Cape like red pipe in Wario's Gold Mine. Again, this is false since there is NO red pipe, and the one nearest the path counts as out of bounds.

Secret Passage in Sherbet Land

A rumour that you can go through a section of wall, end up where the big penguin is and a load of other stuff. This is incorrect, since not only are there no thus disguised shortcuts in the game, but this fake shortcut was never in the Mario Kart 64 version of the track either.

Chain Chomp POW Block Shortcut

And another one, this time that you can supposedly use a POW Block to set free the Mario Circuit Chain Chomp, and he chases opponents and barges through the wall. This is incorrect, and isn't worth even trying. On the other hand, free Chain Chomps were in the first competition/tournament on the Mario Kart Wii Channel.

Secret Passage in DK's Snowboard Cross

Again, someone posted a shortcut where supposedly you'd enter a cave by falling into a snow pile in DK's Snowboard Cross. This is also false.

Super Smash Bros Melee Rumours

Play as Sonic

The most common rumour there is. On the first of April one year, a magazine published that by beating 20 wireframes in cruel melee, you would unlock Sonic the Hedgehog as a playable character. However, this was found to be impossible when people managed the feat, and in the debug menu Sonic was not referenced. The magazine also admitted it was an April Fools Day Joke.

You can unlock Toad in Super Smash Bros Melee

This was another rumour, that by hitting all the credits in the mini game you could unlock Toad as a playable character. However, it is not true, as hitting all the credits is not only near impossible, but there is no trace of Toad playable in the game in the debug menu. Also, Detstar proved that the images of him were cut and pasted from real images and the message was altered.

You can unlock a Silver Pidgeon as a playable character

The rumour was you would unlock it after beating 50 wireframes in cruel melee. It was simply a joke though by the Detstar admin after people kept e-mailing about the Sonic rumour.

You can unlock Wario and Wario's Castle

The rumour was that by beating All star on very hard, you would unlock Wario. I did this, and since nothing happened, I can carefully conclude the rumour is fake.

You can unlock Felix!

Since this rumour required you to do something stupid while holding the disc for the game, it is easily a fake.

Pokemon Rumours

Mew in Pokemon

Well, this rumour is probably the most established, so I'll explain a few rumours and while they don't work, plus the one true method.

• Get 150 Pokemon- In Japan, yes, but in other countries, you simply get a certificate for catching them all.
• Go through the game without cut and return to the SS Anne and Move the truck with strength- no, as the truck can simply not be moved with strength. It actually serves no real purpose.
• Trade a Team Rocket Member a Level 100 Nidoking to get the keys to truck and move it that way.- you cannot trade Pokemon with computer controlled trainers, plus you cannot drive any form of vechicle.
• Use a glitch- Actually, this is true, so check the next paragraph. Oh, and it isn't the Missingno glitch either...

To get Mew without Gameshark or Nintendo event

• First, go to Celadon City.
• Now, go to the underground tunnel. When you come out, immediately press start. Select Pokemon and choose to fly somewhere.
• Now, the gambler should have an exclamation mark above his head, but you should fly away before the battle begins. When you arrive, your start menu is frozen. Now, make a trainer come to you. Fight them and win.
• Now, find an opponent who's last Pokemon has a special stat of 15, like the cool trainer with a slowpoke near Cerulean City. Beat them.
• Fly to Lavendar Town, and enter the route with the gambler. Your start menu should appear. Close it to fight a level 7 Mew (or if you fought the wrong pokemon last, some other Pokemon or a trainer.

You can get God Pokemon

Wrong. There are no such things, plus, the strategies, like talking to one person 1000 times, or getting all the Legendary birds, are too ridiculous and fake to be true or possible.

You can fight secret Pokemon in Bills Backyard.

It's impossible. Plus, I went their with a Gameshark and mega jump code, and the game just froze.

So there you have it, the best rumour page on the internet. If something appeared in that long list, you can be sure it is fake. Bye for now, join and talk at the DS Ultimate forums!