From cdfab2e8194eff4559a02aac0fb7c9aa6b989686 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rangi Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 23:19:59 -0400 Subject: Document why Mew is set apart --- data/pokemon/mew.asm | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/data/pokemon/mew.asm b/data/pokemon/mew.asm index 972f3d05..ad8cb9b8 100644 --- a/data/pokemon/mew.asm +++ b/data/pokemon/mew.asm @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +; Mew's pics and base data are not grouped with the other Pokémon +; because it was a last-minute addition "as a kind of prank". +; Shigeki Morimoto explained in an Iwata Asks interview: +; "We put Mew in right at the very end. The cartridge was really full and +; there wasn't room for much more on there. Then the debug features which +; weren't going to be included in the final version of the game were removed, +; creating a miniscule 300 bytes of free space. So we thought that we could +; slot Mew in there. What we did would be unthinkable nowadays!" +; http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/pokemon/0/0 + MewPicFront:: INCBIN "gfx/pokemon/front/mew.pic" MewPicBack:: INCBIN "gfx/pokemon/back/mewb.pic" -- cgit v1.2.3