>>52848533the source is that every single version of gen 2 from the multiple leaked betas to release had exactly 100 new pokemon, including the betas that had pokemon like togepi and cyndaquil slapped to the end of the dex with the obvious intention of giving them evolutions later down the line, which they could have easily done if they had at any point planned on expanding the pokedex
there's also the very crucial fact that the pokemon index numbers are all stored in such a way that there could only be at most 255 pokemon at most in the data, albeit with eggs taking up one of the slots. that gives you room for only a couple of more pokemon at most even if you don't account for the other data that every new pokemon is going to end up taking up.
"100 brand new pokemon" is a solid tagline that gives them a large enough pokedex without having to worry about giving up the extra cartridge space.
when you have a limited number of slots and a much higher number of pokemon, something simply has to be removed. that removal does not mean that the pokemon are inherently "not pokemon-ish enough for the series" it might be a case of some pokemon being predicted to be more marketable, or one pokemon being more liked by the dev team than the other.
you autists seem to forget that gamefreak is not some billion IQ superdev that has a perfect understanding of the human psyche and what constitutes an objectively good or popular design. they're just an assortment of japanese people that make video games for a living.
