>>46402581Game Freak owns 33% of the Pokemon brand and 100% of the rights to making mainline Pokemon game.
Also, SWSH sold 20 million copies, so neither The Pokemon Company nor Nintendo would want to fire them even if they could.
ALSO, they wouldn't fire them even if they failed because muh seniority which is why dogshit directors at Nintendo are allowed to run franchises into the ground instead of the franchise being given to younger, more passionate developers.
