>>41819034>Pokemon Ruby Sapphire had half the dex cut This is a straight up lie. You could access the entire Kanto and Johto dex the day RS came out with a hacking device. Even if you didn't have one, your friends could trade the non-Hoenn Pokémon into your game.
Sword and Shield literally don't have half the Pokémon in them, in addition to not having megas, z-moves, a lot of regular moves, hold items, etc. It's a completely different situation.