@Slownenberg I wasn't agreeing that Gen 10 should be a cross-release though. I am of the belief that it should be Switch 2 only. It will probably launch by holiday 2026. Similarly, we had LGPE in Switch's second holiday, which did not release on 3DS. I feel like that's ample time for a Switch 2 only release, especially in the 30th anniversary. Maybe they could release or announce Gen 1-3 main series releases for both Switch & Switch 2 beginning that year (I could see Gen 1-3 being on both systems).
With the leaks stating that Z-A was originally planned to be released in 2024, I bet TPCi is wishing they moved Arceus to Holiday 2022, SV to Holiday 2023 and SV DLC to 2024. Would've given the Switch a big release for holiday 2023 and given those games more development time. Literally everything Pokemon-related needed these games delayed. The anime could've had more time with Ash's final season. Sales of existing core series games would've even been higher than they already are. Would not be surprised if Arceus would be a 20m seller in this scenario. BDSP & LGPE likely would've outsold BW by now (assuming they haven't already done it but we don't know for sure just yet).
I do agree that they should move to a 4 year schedule though and hopefully not be shy to have a remake outsourced.
