And boy is she.
>>55765725The "easiest" answer is that Game Freak and Dena decided to keep them distinct to leave Dena an option to double dip in the gatcha. The most "vintage Game Freak" answer is that the newest version was such a late addition to Let's Go (and given how briefly she shows up she may very well be) that Dena had already made their choice and it was too late. Or maybe the two barely collaborated at all, I know some IP-based gatcha games leave the developer to desperately scour fan wikis.
In any case I'm sure Sugimori was still completely ambivalent about the whole thing.