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		ddevault on June 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Naughty Dog Fit Crash Bandicoot into 2MB of RA... maccard posted a source a moment ago: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/iwata/iwata_asks_-_... The character of Mew was meant to be referenced through the story, but not actually catchable. Considering that you can only get Mew by exploiting bugs in the game, it's pretty believable that it wasn't added above the radar.

gambiting on June 18, 2015 [–]

You could obtain Mew in completely legitimate ways, it was given through promotional events in Japan:

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mew_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#In...

ddevault on June 18, 2015 | [–]

Long after the game shipped and Nintendo realized that the Pokemon had been included, though. Required external hardware to get as well.

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