People like
>>49184472 want to think they series gives a fuck for oldfags when the fact remains since Yo-Kai Watch stole a march on them in 2015, they've always ensured a christmas release, to continuously have a game presence to fend off challengers. I can't see why anyone thinks they wouldn't A) continue this and B) continue to refresh their brand, as they have to this schedule, by and large, throughout the series' history.
The fact they got Legends out the door a month before Pokémon day, never mind the fact it's single player is telling me they have another multiplayer game to ell this christmas and most likely Gen IX, given how everything around them in the franchise seems to be gearing towards that end too.