>>42518787Masuda also said that they had "no plans to make the Pokemon that are missing from the Galar Pokedex available in-game."
Sugimori also said that paid DLC is "one of things that could ruin the worldview of Pokemon."
Masuda also said that they're "making sure we can keep everything balanced and give all the Pokemon that appear in the games a chance to shine" as an excuse for cutting the dex, even though Excadrill, Trannypult and Whimsicott are on every single VGC team, plus the fact that Lando-T out of all the mons they could have brought back is coming through the packs.
It literally does not matter what Gamefreak says anymore. They lie frequently. We'll just have to wait and see what they do if we want actual confirmation.