>>45657124Because as Obi-Wan said - it's correct, from a certain point of view. Sugi, after finishing his work on Gen II, moved onto Gen III conceptual work. Gen II hadn't finished by that stage however and Masuda came along with the rehash and they put Celebi in, but Sugi was off that project, hence his above quote.
But of course zoomers have no concept of this, thus assume they know it all without context.