Hear me out, faggots. This whole ordeal confused me because its a fucking dumb move even for Gamefreak, but I fucking realized why they did it. They're going for the Smash route

They gut the roster, but now they have hype material. People will hype up who could get in whenever some announcement of a new Pokemon's getting in on the wild, whenever an event is announced and new pokemons are available for limited time, there will be manufactured hype. HE'S IN, SHE'S IN, OH NO NO NO HERACROSSBROS etc. They hit the fucking mark, they're geniuses, and this time they don't need to buy any marketing fees cause they own all the Pokemon. They caught them all

Masuda, I fucking applaud to you for your kikery