>>34376627Lots of Wii games did that. The reason is simple: that way you could restore an older save and clone Pokemon. It's obvious they don't want that.
Use your head, Pokemon Switch will work like every other game. Switch is a console and promoted as such by Nintendo, that's why it has multiple profiles. Also remember that for the online depends on the Nintendo Account, every game that features online requires you to select an account to use
