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 [[File:May 1996 CoroCoro p60.png|thumb|The Legendary Pokémon Offer in the May 1996 issue of CoroCoro Comics]]
-[[Mew]] was secretly created by [[Shigeki Morimoto]] in consent with [[Satoshi Tajiri]] as part of an internal prank at [[GameFreak]] during the end of the development of [[Pokémon Red and Green]].<ref name="#game freak secret base #10">[https://youtu.be/TTjUKpNjW-g 【公式】世間を騒がせた幻のポケモン「ミュウ」の誕生秘話！【#ゲームフリーク ひみつきち #10】] (Japanese)</ref> Originally it was supposed to never appear in-game, but soon after the games were released players found the [[select bug]] which also lead to the discovery of Mew.<ref name="#game freak secret base #10"/> Rumors spread and they feared speculation about [[Nintendo]] having quality, debugging or management issues. Satoshi Tajiri felt that the situation couldn't be left as it is and suggested the idea of presenting Mew.<ref name="pokemon game history 14 legendary pokemon">[http://pokepoke31.blog.fc2.com/?m&no=41 【ポケモンゲーム史１４】幻のポケモン　|　参考・『ポケモン・ストーリー』] (Japanese)</ref>
+[[Mew]] was secretly created by [[Shigeki Morimoto]] in consent with [[Satoshi Tajiri]] as part of an internal prank at [[GameFreak]] during the end of the development of [[Pokémon Red and Green]].<ref name="#game freak secret base #10">[https://youtu.be/TTjUKpNjW-g 【公式】世間を騒がせた幻のポケモン「ミュウ」の誕生秘話！【#ゲームフリーク ひみつきち #10】] (Japanese)</ref> Originally it was supposed to never appear in-game, but soon after the games were released players found the [[select bug]] which lead to the discovery of Mew.<ref name="#game freak secret base #10"/> Rumors spread and they feared speculation about [[Nintendo]] having quality, debugging or management issues. Satoshi Tajiri felt that the situation couldn't be left as it is and suggested the idea of presenting Mew.<ref name="pokemon game history 14 legendary pokemon">[http://pokepoke31.blog.fc2.com/?m&no=41 【ポケモンゲーム史１４】幻のポケモン　|　参考・『ポケモン・ストーリー』] (Japanese)</ref>
 The distribution was called the "Legendary Pokémon Offer"<ref name="Iwata Asks HGSS">[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Pokemon-HeartGold-Version-SoulSilver-Version/Iwata-Asks-Pokemon-HeartGold-Version-SoulSilver-Version/1-Just-Making-The-Last-Train/1-Just-Making-The-Last-Train-225842.html Iwata Asks: Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version]</ref> (Japanese: 幻のポケモンプレゼント ''[[Mythical Pokémon|Illusory Pokémon]] Present'')<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/ipkj/vol1/index.html 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』] (Japanese)</ref> and originally revealed in the May 1996 issue of [[CoroCoro]] Comic (which was released on April 15, 1996<ref>[[Media:April 1996 CoroCoro next issue.jpg|CoroCoro Comic (April 1996), next issue advertisement]])</ref>). Players had to send in a postcard application to [[Shogakukan]] CoroCoro Comic by May 14, 1996 for a chance to be one of the 20 players selected to receive Mew.<ref name="1996-05 CoroCoro p60">[[Media:May 1996 CoroCoro p60.png|CoroCoro Comics (May 1996), p60]]</ref> The promotion received approximately 78,000 applicants.<ref name="Iwata Asks HGSS"/><ref name="#game freak secret base #46"/> Winners were announced in the July 1996 issue and received instructions on how to prepare and send their Pokémon game cartridge to receive Mew.<ref name="1996-05 CoroCoro p60"/>