>2016, Gen 8 development begins.
>TPCi and GF have no faith in the switch, so begin development on swsh for 3ds.
>2017, switch has done well, Nintendo want a pokemon title on their new console.
>2018, GF shits out LGPE as a token rpg spin off and show Nintendo, continue to develop swsh on 3ds.
>Nintendo eats it up, now wants swsh on switch, as pokemon is a flagship franchise that can help move units.
>GF shit themselves, try to start moving everything they have for swsh onto swsh. This fucks up how the games look, bu they're still on track for now.
>LGPE are revealed to the public, overworld encounters very well received.
>Now Nintendo/TPCi want that in swsh.
>GF shit themselves further, now have to put a lot more work in, which is hard for a bunch of lazy gooks and their pet gaijin.
>Now all this has to be done, games are stripped down to bare minimum to make up for the lost time.
>Still not enough time, models can't be straight up imported to new engine due to lack of experience with hardware.
>Can't ask for delay, can't finish the game, Masuda starts cooking up some gook jewry to fix this mess.
>Says all pokemon not intended to be useable, this is an intentional move to preserve meta balance and create unique adventures.
>All the while, the few remaining staff not working on Gen 9 or the possible gen 4 remake have been tasked with importing the rest of the models and creating some half assed DLC to sell the old mons back as additional content.
>Lie through their crooked teeth about the issue up until release, then film a direct fo the DLC the same month, which would conveniently out after the games have already sold what they needed to.
>The DLCs release, adding around half the old pokemon back.
>The other half then get added back due to gen 4 remakes or releasing more DLC.
>Come the end of 2021/early 2022, all the pokemon have been added back and made useable in Gen 8, just in time to reveal gen 9.
