Very silly reasoning, the best way to accamodate both methods of play would be to make a game for handhelds and another for the consoles(say once a gen?), the same thing Nintendo does for literally all of their other franchises.
To me it simply a question of laziness and a desire to protect their handheld space (which is fair). The horrible Pokemon RPGs we saw on the gamecube bent over backwards to not step on the toes of the handheld entries. At least Pokken is moving in the right direction.







