>>42991025pokémon has finally stopped being an entertainment franchise and started being a lifestyle brand. it has more in common with Nike than Shin Megami Tensei
the anime, GF games, mobile games, card game, manga, etc all do two things
>remind casuals of old popular pokémon so they buy t-shirts and posters>shill new pokémon so longterm fans buy t-shirts and postersash shills kanto mons, gou shills the rest of the dex
he's not going to get any galar mons because that would fuck up their advertising strategy