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Jesus fuck, /vp/, I just had a revelation, and in hindsight, it seems so obvious.
As you may or may not know, Greece, the country everyone associates with being dirt-poor even though it's actually doing pretty well compared to other countries in the EU, had yet to recieve the magic Shiny Creation Trio event when XY came out. So, they've been doing it since then.
The final distro, Giratina, ends on January 20th.
That will officially mark the end of Gen 5 support.
THAT IS WHEN POKÉMON BANK WILL BE RELEASED.
Nintendo IS technically "fixing" it, but Gamefreak may want to stall until the 20th so they can profit off of Gen 5 a little bit longer until it finally keels over with the passing of this event.
Think about it.