Well you see, when your livelihood depends on something like Pokémon being popular, you will say anything to defend it no matter how silly you sound.
Lets not forget that he’s been allowed to try new Pokémon games early, has likely recipients free copies of games, is an actual unironic paid shill. He has no choice but to say nice things about Gamefreak, TPC and Pokémon if he wants to out food on the table for him and his ogre girlfriend.
