>>40834340It's remind people visually through all the old promo materials that all the pokemon they grew up with throughout the years are gone.
It's making people (including normies) reconsider their purchase, hopefully hurting sales even if its small.
It makes people who defend and shill the games genuinely mad. (like you)
It's the best way to show Game Freak that the fans are not happy with the direction the series is going.
It's fun.