>>45248724GF is 100% owner of the game code, Nintendo can't force them to release anything they don't want (And if they can, please do tell where the VC Gen 3 games were, or the Wii mainline RPG was)
But by the same Token, they can't release any Pokemon game outside Ninty hardware, which is fair, if you don't want to release jackshit for your franchise you don't have to, look at Shigesato Itoi, guy hasn't touched Mother in 15+ years and no one can tell him what to do
GF owns a part of Pokemon but they are also the weakest of the owners because they depend SOLELY on Pokemon, and you know what? It's their damn fault, they obviously have no passion outside the cash it brings, they've made no move to actively improve their craft
I'm not going to cry for a doctor that advocates for bleeding out your ills in 2020, get with the times or rot in the past
They keep releasing Pokemon games quick and cheaply to maximize profits, and since Ishihara's their butt buddy, the brand synergy is pretty good and can keep releasing product for the audience to consume
Great for them, but that doesn't change that, as developers, they're bottom of the barrel and they've been for a long while
