>>36683455Gen 6 got cut short because of the 20th anniversary.
SM got rushed because of 20th anniversary deadline and they spent most of its development writing Lillie, considering the game didn't have a progression system, Trials, until the last second.
USUM were filler games.
LGPE will be hastily-made filler games to make Nintendo and the Shareholders who are waiting on Pokemon Switch to shut the fuck up.
Pokemon 2019 will likely be rushed because GameFreak's piss poor staff count has been juggling through multiple projects between whenever they got their devkits and now.
In other news, they're increasing their staff count for TOWN, but not Pokemon, which means they don't really give a fuck and are only doing Pokemon out of obligation because they literally cannot ever be known for or many money off of anything else on the same level as Pokemon.
