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Shtinamin_ said:

The Pokémon Company has never made a cross gen, and honestly I don't think they will focus on the new console until they get at least one more game out.
Every time a new console comes out it takes a bit for the next gen or remake to come out (that mostly happens due to the life cycle of a console/handheld, and I think that concept still stands, given that since gen 3 the cycle has been as such:
GBA: March 21, 2001
       - Ruby/Sapphire: Nov 21, 2002
       - FireRed/LeafGreen: Jan 29, 2004 .
NDS: Nov 21, 2004
       - Diamond/Pearl: Sept 28, 2006
       - HeartGold/SoulSilver: Mar 14, 2010
       - Black/White: Sept 18, 2010
       - Black 2/White 2: June 23, 2012
3DS: Feb 26, 2011.
       - X/Y: Oct 12, 2013
       - Omega Ruby/ Alpha Sapphire: Nov 21, 2014
       - Red/Blue/Yellow: Feb 27, 2016
       - Sun/Moon: Nov 18, 2016
       - Gold/Silver/Crystal: Sept 22, 2017 
       - Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Nov 17, 2017
Switch: Mar 3, 2017
       - Let's GO Pikachu/Eevee: Nov 16, 2018
       - Sword/Shield: Nov 15, 2019
       - Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl: Nov 19, 2021
       - Legends: Arceus: Jan 28, 2022
       - Scarlet/Violet: Nov 18 2022
       - Minimum required time for remake: 2024 (will be on older console as have been all Pokémon games since NDS)
       -Minimum reqired time for Legends: 2025 (unknown if releasing on Switch or NG, for consistency and to follow the pattern, I put it with the Switch)
Rumored NG release: Sept/Nov 2024
       - Minimum required time for Gen 10: Nov 14, 2025 (2022+3, and release on friday)
       - DLC 2026
       - Remake 2027
       - Legends 2028
       - Gen 11 Nov 17, 2028

But we may see the games be pushed back by a year each time
Remake 2025
Legends 2026
Gen 10 2027
DLC 2028
etc.
Due to the COO The Pokémon Company from this year, they spoke that they will be thinking about taking some time between Gens to make the games better (thats the jist of it).

I'd like to add that the NDS was not introduced in all regions simultaneously. In Europe we got it it only in 2005. Looking at your list it's really only B/W2 that was released on the 'old' platform when it's successor was out (NDS vs. 3DS). The Switch was not announced as successor to the 3DS at it's reveal, even though it ended up being just that. It was way more expensive than the 3DS, which changed with the Switch Lite to some extend in 2019. Therefore in my mind I see the Switch Lite as true successor to the 3DS.

If we get a remake/remaster in November 2024, I do believe it will be on Switch despite the possibility of a 'Switch2' releasing in the fall 2024. Simply because large installed base and not needing a power upgrade to play these games. And obviously we don't know if 'Switch2' will release in all regions simultaneously.