Game Freak already said covid wasn't going to affect their plans for the near future when one of their staff tested positive for it in April.
>>45795686They explictily equated the DLC to third versions, then went and released the bundle, in the third version release slot. Added to that the fact they already said dexit meant dexit and the protest failed abjectly to send any kind of message to them, the next releases will be the Sinnoh remakes and they will fail to have a number of pokémon available in Galar.
On the plus side, with Shiny Celebi handed out to the masses recently, Shiny Mew being available the week before Pokémon day (though I'm guessing it'll have a week-long task to fill out to have it available starting Pokémon day) and both game-legal, we may be getting a shiny mythical event for the 25th anniversary.
