>>44805036>strictly having the trainer and their Pokemon be focusYou could also have it limited to having there just be two main human protagonist like they are doing now, and have two "main" pokemon per trainer and the others being secondaries. It would look something like this with the new season
>Ash: Pikachu & Riolu/Lucario>Goh: Raboot/Cinderace & SobbleThat's 6 main characters to focus on, other pokemon and humans these characters interact with would be side characters primarily. If you want to introduce another main character for say a female lead, then you'd maybe get away with just having them have one "main" pokemon unless they could somehow handle managing 8 Main Characters.