>>34883505We were temporarily locked out for several months when SM came out. I don't think they'll ever go for a permanent lockout.
I didn't mind the idea and how it played into the dex-limited tournaments, but locking away the items when the Pokemon are locked away anyway was stupid. Especially since the AI was using Mega Mawiles the whole time, and now nobody can get Mawilite in SM since the codes all expired. All they did was reduce replayability.