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Before its official reveal, Mew was discoverable in the code of the [[Generation I]] games, as well as through [[Mew glitch|glitches]]. | Before its official reveal, Mew was discoverable in the code of the [[Generation I]] games, as well as through [[Mew glitch|glitches]]. | ||
Mew was a little-known secret when Pokémon Red and Green were first released in Japan. Even [[Nintendo]] was not initially aware that [[Shigeki Morimoto]] had programmed it into the game.<ref name=IwataAsks>[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/pokemon/0/0/ Iwata Asks - Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version]</ref> According to Shigeki Morimoto, the cartridges for Pokémon Red and Green had about 300 bytes of free space left after the debugging process was complete, and he thought of slotting Mew in as a last-minute addition, even after he was told not to tamper with the games post-debugging.<ref name=IwataAsks/> However, Pokémon Red and Green are 373 kilobytes in size and are housed in 512 kilobyte cartridges.<ref>[https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-file-size-every-core-game/ The File Size Of Every Core Pokemon Game] - ''The Gamer''.</ref><ref>https://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Pokémon_Red_and_Blue</ref> In an interview with [[Game Freak]] and [[Creatures, Inc.]] in [[Nintendo Power]] issue 134, Shigeki Morimoto revealed that he created Mew two weeks before game development was finished.<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Vol. 134, July 2000, p.78-79 ([http://www.rigelatin.net/copycat/media/print/np134.php excerpt])</ref> | |||
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====Release of Pokémon Gold and Silver==== | ====Release of Pokémon Gold and Silver==== | ||
{{game|Gold and Silver|s}} released in Japan on November 21, 1999 and in North America on October 15, 2000, bringing along {{cat|Generation II Pokémon|100 new Pokémon}}, including all those previously revealed, as well as {{p|Celebi}}, which would officially be revealed in the July 2000 issue of [[CoroCoro]] magazine<ref>https://www.zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro-00-7.html</ref> and made available later through {{pkmn2|event}}s. | {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} released in Japan on November 21, 1999 and in North America on October 15, 2000, bringing along {{cat|Generation II Pokémon|100 new Pokémon}}, including all those previously revealed, as well as {{p|Celebi}}, which would officially be revealed in the July 2000 issue of [[CoroCoro]] magazine<ref>https://www.zoidsland.com/1rebyu-/koro-00-7.html</ref> and made available later through {{pkmn2|event}}s. Celebi first became available in [[Space World#2000|Nintendo Space World 2000]] in Japan. | ||
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====Release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire==== | ====Release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire==== | ||
{{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}} were released in Japan on November 21, 2002, introducing {{cat|Generation III Pokémon|135 new Pokémon}}, including those previously revealed. | {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}} were released in Japan on November 21, 2002, introducing {{cat|Generation III Pokémon|135 new Pokémon}}, including those previously revealed, as well as {{p|Jirachi}} and {{p|Deoxys}}. | ||
Jirachi was revealed in 2003 in the context of the sixth [[Pokémon movie]], ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', in which it starred. It first became available in Japan to players who pre-ordered tickets to the movie, with other limited distribution {{pkmn2|event}}s following throughout the year. Its distribution in the west was altered, as it was included in the [[Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc]] in the United States and in {{g|Channel}} in Europe and Australia. | |||
In spite of being included in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Deoxys was first made available in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. Officially revealed in late 2003 as a leading character in ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'', players were first able to capture Deoxys by use of the [[AuroraTicket]], which provided access to [[Birth Island]], where it appears in-game. | |||
===Generation IV=== | ===Generation IV=== | ||