>>49498675>So it's pure laziness.Yes, but at the same time, there's a lot of Pokemon, close to 1,000, most JRPGs never have that many unique monsters, so Pokemon is in an awkward place, so they picked the easiest route.
I have no doubts this is also what lead to the dex cut we have now, and as much as people complain, I doubt they'll ever give us all Pokemon again.
...They just need to justify it and correctly animate things now.
