Ik everyone is hating on this but like it had to happen eventually? They can't just keep adding Pokémon without having to remove some eventually. 1000+ Pokémon is not sustainable
Then they should find a way to make it sustainable with all the resources they have (the money they have to hire as many people are needed to achieve this with anticipation).
They got us accustomed to it (having every existing Pokémon on every new MAIN game) and now they're taking it away from us, despite igniting our hopes with Pokémon Home just TWO weeks ago.
They should've thought about it before creating Pokémon Bank and kill our hopes since Gen VI.
The thing is, what's gonna happen in the future? We'll have these rotating rosters every new game. There won't be compatibility between different pairs of versions within the same generation. But then, Pokémon Home or whatever becomes its successor would still have to handle all the existing Pokémon, whether they can be sent to a main game or not. There'll come a day then, when not even the Pokémon Home / successor will be able to handle the entire National Dex, because reasons, and the restrictions will be put to which Pokémon can even be sent to Home at all.
I just don't know how to explain to people commenting like "meh I'm fine" or "it was coming sooner or later" or "what'd you expect?" that Pokémon is just something else. No comparisons to other videogames are valid, because Pokémon is beyond everything. Its nature has managed to put it in such a unique place and the fact that so many people have received this news so negatively proves how important and unusual it is.
If we all agreed that there are some disposable Pokémon, and it was obvious to all of us which Pokémon have to go and which ones need to stay, we would've all reacted positively to it and be like "yes, is the right and obvious thing to do".
But no, all the fans comprehend the nature of Pokémon, and the devotion it represents for so many of us, with every single Pokémon creature they've introduced.
And yes, we understand they're most likely not able to cope with so many with the amount of people working on the games right now. That's why they should grow as a company, or find help outsourcing other studios. Pokémon just deserves better.