@Xelha sigh here we go again. There is perfectly logical reasons to why they don’t have EVERY Pokémon in the dex. They can’t do that indefinitely. Every time they change to new hardware, they have to create the engine again and program, model, texture, animate, and balance all the existing Pokémon in addition to new ones, new mechanics, and a new region. At some point it becomes too much. Name an RPG with as many playable characters as Pokémon. X and Y really pushed it, having around 650 returning Pokémon on top of new ones. Sun and Moon had the luxury of reusing the same engine. Now there’s well over 800 existing Pokémon on top of new ones. Even assuming a 3 year development time (which means they would have started these games before the originals Sun and Moon released), factoring in actually making new content on top of making the engine from the ground up on a new console, if you assume they spent 2 years just on returning Pokémon alone, that’s over 2 a day assuming they don’t take a single day off. Did you see what a three month delay to Animal Crossing did to Nintendo’s stock despite the public announcement that it was for employee health? The game industry is toxic enough for employees without consumers making increasingly larger demands. They can’t keep bringing back every Pokémon every gen, at some point it’s too many to implement for a new console. Where do YOU feel that point is? 1000 Pokémon? 2000? I mean yeah I’m sad that my favorite Pokémon is highly likely going to be cut but I’d rather they focus on a more solid package than them overworking employees (who are people too) just so the handful of Dunsparce fans get to transfer it to Sword and Shield. We don’t even know how many are cut but people are already demanding Game Freak “fix” it. I sincerely hope they ignore those fans, because the lives of their employees are more important than the latest entry in the series that will be relevant for only a year or so before the follow up game comes, likely with even more returning Pokémon anyways.

Every gen will bring new Pokémon. The line for enough had to come somewhere. It’s not like they just press a button to transfer each Pokémon. It takes time, and even with a team implementing 2+ Pokémon every day is crazy. These sort of fan demands is why designers like Sakurai work themselves into health problems trying to satisfy everyone. We can’t just have everything. And if that’s not enough for people, well it’s a good thing Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon continue to exist so people aren’t forced to buy the next gen.