Fan Theory about Ditto in the profile

[Executor_N0]

In Ditto's profile, it is said " However, the ceiling tier of Ditto should limit to the tier of Mew is 5-B, which is stated to be the original species of Ditto."

Okay, Ditto being a failed Mew's clone is a widely know fan theory that uses a lot of convincing arguments.

But, It's still just another theory and was never made really canon, in fact the very staff from GF already said that this isn't true, and was never their intent:

There is a rumor that in the original Pokémon games, versions Red and Blue, that the Pokémon Ditto was a failed attempt at cloning a Mew. I was wondering if you could speak to this, to whether or not it's true.

Masuda: That's the first time I have ever hear that rumor actually.

Is that your only answer?

Masuda: In terms of how Pokémon are designed, they are each their own unique living being. The unique thing about Ditto is that it's a Pokémon that can change forms, but each Pokémon we create with its own unique element, so we just make sure that they are all individual life forms of their own.

Source:https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/07/13/pok-233-mon-39-s-burning-questions.aspx

TL;DR Ditto being a flawed Mew clone is just a fan theory. Despite having convincing arguments, it was never really revealed to be true and when the GF itself had the opportunity to talk about it, they denied it.

 

[Blahblah9755]

The note might be referring to the statements of Mew being the origin of all Pokémon (at least as of gen I) rather than to that theory.

 

[ProfessorKukui4Life]

Assuming this likely goes through, would we just change the justification to:

"However, the ceiling tier of Ditto should limit to the tier of Mew, who is 5-B, possesses Ditto's DNA and is stated to be the origin of all Pokemon."

?

 

[ProfessorKukui4Life]

Assuming this likely goes through, would we just change the justification to:
"However, the ceiling tier of Ditto should limit to the tier of Mew, who is 5-B, possesses Ditto's DNA and is stated to be the origin of all Pokemon."

?

^

 

[Armorchompy]

I'm not sure I understand why Mew being Ditto's ancestor and possessing its DNA would let Ditto transform into him?

 

[PlozAlcachaz]

I agree that it seems really out of nowhere. There was even a Ditto that explicitly couldn't even replicate a Moltres, so I'm not sure it would easily match the power of other Legendaries.

 

[Armorchompy]

It's worth noting certain Ditto are much better than others at transforming. Some keep their face no matter what they turn into, some can't get any bigger, and some perfectly replicate what they transform into.

 

[PlozAlcachaz]

That's fine because that's true for basically any species being better at something than others in it, but Ditto's Transformation should still be presumably downgraded. The idea it goes up to Mew is pretty unsupported, and the only instance we have of one trying to mimic a Legendary is where it failed to match its power convincingly. That Ditto might not be the top Ditto of all of them, but it seems much more logical that it can't match Legendaries.

 

[Armorchompy]

Oh I know, and I agree, I just brought that up in case we do find showings of a Ditto transforming into a legendary successfully