>>36058684They literally said as much in this interview.
>Lillie becomes a Pokemon Trainer instead of travelling to the Kanto region. Lillie, the person who dislikes seeing Pokemon get hurt more than anybody else, becomes a trainer. Please explain us the reason for that.>Iwao: Just as you say, at the end of SM, Lillie travels to the Kanto Region. This is the outcome that concludes the story of SM. In USUM, in which another world is drawn, Lusamine stays in good health, so we though to change what happened to Lillie next. We can't achieve a new emotive moment in the same way that the end of SM, where Lillie travels to Kanto. Besides, we received voice from the people who played SM that the farewell with Lillie was very hard for them. That's why in USUM, by making Lillie's dream come true, I... (cut) 