This is almost as bad as Masuda's lawful evil delivery of the dexcut news. GameFreak needs nothing less of a Stalin purge to clear out the traitors, but without Masuda they do not have the strong man to carry it out.

Imagine if Rockstar somehow let it leak that they planned to allow characters to commit rape in one of their games. It'd irreversibly damage the franchise, even though it is an adult game.