>>56532145This. Very much this.
This is what people don't get. Tajiri abandoned Pokémon completely. We'll never see his true vision of what Pokémon was meant to be. What we have is what Masuda phoned in because he started being condescending with fans. Keep in mind both Green / Red and Gold / Silver were not even meant to be released due to how failed the studio was under Masuda, and Iwata had to come in and save the code.
Iwata and Masuda also didn't see eye to eye very much. Everyone who was good at what they did and passed through GameFreak went on to dislike Masuda, this is not a headcanon.
Also, he's very petty because of what happened to Black & White.