>>47091236The franchise moves at the speed of Game Freak, who work to the speed of Nintendo's wishes anon. And there's no way the publisher will let their pet kid's game maker slack off a year, hen they've kept them to a game a year for the last 5 years, with one planned for early '22 (which is the studio's third release since starting off a new era with Sword).
Only a dipshit would think they're skipping a year, when they roped in whos to ensure they were able to fulfil two games in 6 months, yet they themselves can't actually stretch to 3 projects in three years, despite doing it for Gen VII before that.