burninmylight said: Could just as likely be The Pokemon Company or Nintendo cock blocking anything deviating too far from the status quo. GF is the dev that ultimately does what its told with the IP. |
Nintendo has no power over Game Freak (if anything GF probably has a majority of Creatures Inc. and thus TPC), so I doubt that would be the case.
This sort of conservative mode of operation isn't that unusual for Japanese developers, so that's more likely to be it.