>>45648533People say a lot of things. Don't be so naive to take them as gospel, Masuda once said they would never ever cut Pokemon because autists like collecting it all, then the Dexit happened.
They could have pretty munch said this to lower expectations, since the Pokemon fanbase can hype itself too munch for nothing, then IF the DLC sold well enough, they would release the remaining and milk some more money.
All possible.
even tho because Corona I think they rather just skip to Gen 9 