>>49607879M23 only fucked up because, again, coof complications. There weren't nearly as many box office profits because people in Japan wanted to be better safe than sorry, prior to the meme the movies were doing very well and going up on profit ever since they shifted to an AU continuity in M20.
TPC and OLM recognized the coof making people not want to cram into a movie theater was going to be a huge problem for making back investment costs, so they've put full pause on movies until shit sorts out again. But because of that, there also aren't any new Mythical Pokemon because Meltan aside they ONLY exist to promote movies and sell merchandise related to the movies, and in turn, they can't use those to artificially extend a game's lifespan alongside VGC, so we've noticeably been running through a lot more DLCs and standalone releases ever since SWSH, which is ALSO why people think we're getting Gen 9 so soon.
