>>24950411It was incredibly obvious from the beginning that Goomy was going to be released once it was strong enough to take its home back
It's like how in Johto they had to get rid of Charizard early on so it wouldn't overshadow the rest of Ash's team (and even then his other Kanto mons overshadowed his Johto ones, which is they had to start dropping his old Pokemon off at Oak's before each new region)