>>33680059Don't forget the fact that SM's honeymoon end was brutal and many people fiercely turned on Alola after they realized what the games actually were.
Plus, Nintendo forcing GF to announce the Switch games prematurely, which played to the mainstream notion that the 3DS is dead and that the Switch is the next thing they should be excited about, so why bother with a SM rehash when they can just wait one more year for the Switch games (which they hold ridiculously unrealistic expectations for)?