>>52604113Because the anime ran to Game Freak and said "We want Mega Greninja", to which Game Freak told them to do one, they'd made all the Megas they were planning to and said "we'll give you a fusion, but it's NOT a Mega, so don't call it that".
The subsidiary companies, by the very fact they're a subsidiary of another organisation, cannot dictate to the parent company what to do.
Your failing is failing to realise Nintendo were the ones to codify yearly releases and Game Freak are the ones dictating to TPC how they need to present their IP. Think Tajiri isn't tickled pink with the knowledge kids everywhere are STILL playing his fantasy games? Think he's somehow mad there's people out there who'll buy all the merch they can get their hands on and afford like you? They're just as much to blame for how the presentation has turned out since you grew up, it's staggering you try to shift blame onto something else because of it.
What was that about being "assertively ignorant"? This shit ha been common knowledge since the 2000's, Just didn't bother your hole googling it once, no?