>>27435599The creators said almost exactly that.
I probably sound like im making bullshit up, but I swear to God it's true.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Masamitsu_Hidaka>He also confirmed that Misty would not return to the main cast. >In another comment made in the second interview[2], he joked that part of the reason for changing Ash's female companion from Misty to May, and then to Dawn is that "boys need a new piece of eye candy to look at every once in a while". Game Freak know what they're doing.
