Morimoto programmed Mew into the game secretly, as a prank amongst the staff just prior to its release in Japan, intending it to be a Pokmon only Game Freak staff members would know about and be able to obtain. Mew was added at the very end of the development of Pokmon Red and Blue after the removal of debug features, freeing up just enough space to add the character despite being told not to alter the game any further at this point. Though not intended by the developers to be obtainable, due to a glitch, players were able to encounter it. In the spring of 1. Game Freaks president Satoshi Tajiri used the Japanese manga journal Coro. Coro Comic as an experimental exhibition of Mew and distributed the first cards of it for the card game as free giveaways,3 which surprised many at Game Freak, including Morimoto. Due to the success of the experiment on April 1. Game Freak announced a contest to publicly release Mew to 1. Tajiri described using Mew to create hype around an invisible character within the game and to keep interest alive in the title and create rumors and myths about the game passed around by word of mouth,5 which resulted in increased sales for the game. Design and characteristicseditLike Mewtwo, Mew is a Psychic type Pokmon with high stats. Morimoto designed it as a pale pink, with large eyes and a long, thin tail that broadens at the end,8 though blue specimens have been seen in the games. Its skin is covered with a layer of short, fine hair which may only be viewed under a microscope. Its DNA combines the genetic composition of all existing Pokmon species 1. Pokmon. 1. 1 It is shy and rarely seen by humans. It is a mythical pokmon1. Articuno,1. 4Zapdos,1. Moltres,1. 6 and Mewtwo. Mews number in the National Pokdex is 1. Pokmon,7 with 1. Mewtwo1. Chikorita. In the first generation games and their remakes, the player can find journal entries in the Pokmon Mansion on Cinnabar Island stating that Mew was discovered deep in the jungles of Guyana, South America, on July 5 the year is not specified,1. July 1. 0,2. 0 and that it gave birth to Mewtwo on February 6. The name Mew is based on the onomatopoeia of a cats cry, meow. In the video games, it is possible for Mew to learn any move that can be taught. In addition to Ditto and Smeargle through the Sketch technique, it can transform78 into other Pokmon. In the anime, it is capable of flight, teleportation, shapeshifting, summoning giant pink bubbles of psychic energy which serve various purposes such as closing itself in for protection, acting as a cushion, or simply for Mews amusement of bouncing on,2. AppearanceseditIn the video gameseditMew is mentioned in Pokmon Red and Green in the Cinnabar Mansion, in a journal referencing that Mew is in Guyana. For a time, Mew could only be legitimately obtained in the Pokmon video games via Nintendo promotional event distributions. Mew was first revealed and made available to the public in the April 1. Coro. Coro Comics. This issue offered a promotion called the Legendary Pokmon Offer, where 2. Nintendo to add Mew to their games. At Nintendo promotional events soon after the release of Pokmon Red and Blue, players could have it downloaded to their games. This period ended with the release of My Pokmon Ranch, where Mew was accessible legitimately without an event distribution. Mew also appears as one of the Pokmon that can be released from the Pok Ball item in the Super Smash Bros. When sent out, it flies away from the stage, usually dropping rare items as it does so. The creature has also long been accessible by the use of glitches or cheating devices. One of the glitches discovered in Pokmon Red, Blue, and Yellow involves exploiting programmed events. Walking into the view of a Trainer, then using a Pokmons Fly or Teleport move or Dig or the item Escape Rope in caves to escape the area right before the Trainer notices the player, then battling a Pokmon with the correct Special stat in a different area and immediately returning to the original location starts a battle with a wild Mew. In the animeeditMews first major appearance in the Pokmon anime was in Pokmon The First Movie, where it served as one of the main characters. It was believed to be long extinct and the legendary and rare most powerful Pokmon ever. After years of research, scientists use a recombination of Mews DNA to create Mewtwo,1. Mew who becomes the films main antagonist. The backstory of Pokmon Lucario and the Mystery of Mew revolves around Mews mysterious history and how it came to be so powerful. In the movie, a Pokmon family tree is shown 2. Pokmon on it is Mew, and the last is Ho Oh. In the mangaeditMew appears in the Pokmon Adventures series of Pokmon manga. Mew, also known as the Phantom Pokmon in the manga, appears in the first chapter when the criminal organization Team Rocket tries to capture it. Pokmon Trainer Red also tries to capture it, but he is easily defeated by Mew. In following chapters, it is revealed that Team Rocket wants to have Mews DNA to finish the creation of Mewtwo, and Red and Trainer Green join forces to avoid it being captured. Cultural impacteditPromotion and merchandisingedit. Players who won Mew through Nintendo contests and events received a certificate with the identification number for their game. A promotion in the April 1. Coro. Coro Comics called the Legendary Pokmon Offer offered the 1. Nintendo to add Mew or Mewtwo to their games. To promote the Pokmon franchise, Mew is one of the Pokmon featured in the 1. All Nippon Airways. Boeing 7. 47 4. 00. In September 2. 00. Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Pokmon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, players with a copy of Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Fire. Red, or Leaf. Green could go to a Toys R Us store to download the creature for free. Included in the DVD of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew was a promotional Mew trading card. Critical receptioneditThe revealing and distribution of Mew through organized events has been noted as a major reason for the series success in Japan,36 with the Japanese Legendary Pokmon Offer receiving over 7.