>>55246572Title is right, rest is random shit, as usual with these clickbait articles.
Annual releases are absolutely not necessary. Games back then were good because they took their time to program them instead of rushing them. Why do you think they were able to tease some gen 4 mons like Munchlax Lucario etc so long in advance. This barely ever happens nowadays because the games and dexes are rushed, we only know about them a few months in advance at best. Pokemon was already one of the most successful franchises of all time during gens 3/4, so that’s not an excuse either, they absolutely do not need to go for annual releases