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>>35119454>>35120136Add to that the hinted new Eeveelution for the new movie (introducing a new-gen 'mon is something only the movies do when a Gen is close to launching, Gen IV being the abberation due to its delay, of which we've heard no serious or credible word of occurring this time out), Masuda tweeting about composing music and the localisation efforts starting in December for general localisation and April for localisation editors (again, things which only happen as a game nears its final stages of development) all practically scream it's coming this year.
But hey, whatever. You know more about business dealings in general and the games industry in particular than a company doing this shit for 27 years, you're sure to be right.