>>58569999Nice quads.
But also, your question.
We know from the teraleaks that the release schedule was to have the base game last year, the DLC this year, and Gen 10 next year. The Switch 2 got pushed back from late last year to middle of this year, I'm not sure on why exactly, and that pushed ZA's release along to 2025 in turn.
The DLC was essentially a separate project, worked by mostly different people, a borderline silo structure working culture. Because of this, releasing ZA and the DLC all in one on release was never in the cards, also because money, for Japs are the Jews of Asia (Indians are the nigger equivalent, if you didn't already know).
GF had 2 choices, considering how far ahead everything was planned.
>Release the DLC next year, giving us that for the 30th anniversary, pushing everything else back a year.OR
>Cram ZA and the DLC into the period spanning from the back end of this year up to Pokémon day, keeping Gen 10 as the 30th anniversary title.They clearly made their pick, which unfortunately (or fortunately, if your hateboner for the series is that hard) means that ZA has been hung out to dry. The reviews were so-so, the DLC announcement timing was horrendous, and a couple of games that have released this year only yield negative comparisons.
SV was memed on quite heavily, but ZA will be shat on until Pokémon day, without the levity of the previous memeing.
