Do You Have To Fight Mew

at the crystal caves when mew appears, do you have to battle it to progress the story?

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Catching it does the job too, but I think it is mandatory indeed.

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ok, thanks. i was wondering because i wanted to shiny hunt it. i guess ill have to hunt it with full odds. thats 1/4096, right?

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About that range, yeah.

Thanks