>>38924776Space is not a issue anymore, games can be up to 64GB now (it's not like Pokemon ever maxed 3DS cartridges btw). And even if you are talking about the "work" needed to develop them, it's clear that they spent that on other parts of the game like graphics, world building and the fucking mechanics.
>>38924802They already have every model from gen 6 and they are already animated (even if gen 6 models are not enough for some reason, they can just ask Creatures for their 3D models and literally press a button to decimate them all to have something that is enough for the Switch). All they need to do is make proper textures and work around the Implementation in the world itself. It's not even a excuse anymore.