40 Mind Blowing Pokemon Secrets and Facts

5. Documents inside the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnabar Island show that Faraway Island was conceived long before its actual implementation.

4. The theme music for Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald was remixed and left in the game code for Platinum Version.

3. Bonsly is the first Generation Four Pokemon that can be caught and used in battle in a generation before it was introduced properly.

2. The theme music for the three legendary Dog type Pokemon – Suicune, Entei and Raikou – was remixed and left in the code for Ruby and Sapphire.

1. Though these aren't in any particular order, we saved one of our favorites for last: it’s rumored that Mew and Ditto are nearly one and the same, but that Ditto is a failed version of Mew. They both weigh 8.8 lbs, know Transform naturally, are pink but blue when shiny, and can learn every move – if only temporarily for Ditto.

So there you have it – 40 rumors, facts and secrets about the Pokemon franchise!