Do you think GameFreak intentionally outsourced BDSP to a mediocre studio and told them to follow the originals 1:1 in order to make Arceus Legends look better by comparison, and so nobody could "beat" GF at making a mainline Pokemon game?

Like, if they got a great studio to remake the games and it was fantastic, better than Legends, the constant reception of, "GameFreak should give up Pokemon" would be amplified x100. And I think they know this.