Mew is a Pokemon that has a rep being hard to get. Very few Pokemon games allow you to have that pocket monster at all, and those that do require you to work pretty hard to find and catch one – as it should be, what with Mew being a legendary creature and all that jazz. Pokemon GO has now joined the list of video games where obtaining Mew is possible, or so we believe. Niantic has released a somewhat vague press release in which the company promises – vaguely – that a newly available quest lines will reward players with their own Mew. These quests, called Research and Special Research, will net the player so called Stamps. Earning seven of these will achieve a ”research breakthrough”, which may or may not end up in an encounter with Mew.

Pokemon GO’s popularity isn’t what it used to be, and I doubt that adding Mew to the game will change that. Still, it is good to see Niantic taking care of its product and making sure that staying playerbase still has fun. Good game.