Gaming urban legends are unverified claims about hidden content, secret characters, or impossible feats that spread through player communities. Before the internet made datamining trivial, these myths thrived in schoolyards and gaming magazines, fueled by the genuine possibility that developers had hidden secrets nobody had found yet. Some legends turned out to be true (The Minus World in Super Mario Bros.), while others persisted for years despite being completely fabricated (Mew under the truck in Pokemon Red). The appeal is the same either way: the idea that a game you thought you knew completely still has one more secret to reveal.