Talk:White Ditto/@comment-26480939-20200524170111

Considering this story brings up the whole "Ditto is a failed clone of Mew" theory, I just want to add something I remember from a circa B2W2 interview with some of the GAME FREAK staff that was published in Game Informer: Masuda-san didn't even know about that theory: they asked him about it and he was surprised by the question. I'll go see if I can find that issue, so I can post the relevant part here. (Note: GI's questions will be in bold, Masuda-san's responses in regular text)

'''There is a rumor that in the original Pokémon games, versions Red and Blue, that the Pokémon Ditto was a failed attempt at cloning a Mew. I was wondering if you could speak to this, to whether or not it's true.'''

That's the first time I have heard that rumor actually.

Is that your only answer?

In terms of how Pokémon are designed, they are each their own unique living being. The unique thing about Ditto is that it's a Pokémon that can change forms, but each Pokémon we create with its own unique element, so we just make sure that they are all individual life forms of their own.