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Gen 8 will officially become the shortest gen of all gens, with the development occurring on Gen 9 on the last stages of Sword and Shield. It is expected to be at a midway point by at the end of 2020 but due to the pandemic occurring, it has been delayed to mid-2021. It is to be expected to be completed by end of 2021, with release occurring on mid-2022.
The reason for this is mainly due to the latest releases being considered as failures internally, with numerous issues plaguing the games. Team reorganization with several big names being taken off Pokemon games to focus on other smaller games, with some leaving the company too. Gen 9 will be mainly headed by some of the newer members, and will expect to see a new direction for the series from on.
Sinnoh remakes or any future remakes will not happen due to a new strategy to focus the main team on new regions from on, mainly due to the key word of "nostalgia" presenting more of a issue to the wellbeing of the series. Although, a collection of previous pokemon games slated for Nintendo Switch and Mobile is currently being developed by a third party team. A mobile controller accessory for mobile versions of Pokemon Collection is developed in the conjunction. This will mark the first time that the mainline pokemon games are on a platform other than Nintendo's platforms.
