>>48775557Ni no Kuni PS3 started development in 2008 and released in 2011. And they worked on a DS version at the same time. Tales of Vesperia, another game posted in this thread, started development in 2005 and released in 2008.
Game Freak's development times aren't an excuse. Especially not since they've deliberately set it up that the most cumbersome asset for the games, the Pokemon, are in a state where they'll be reusing them for the foreseeable future. I unironically support the idea of GF reusing those assets, but we get both reused assets and lazy-ass development. Worst of both worlds.
