I don't want one every year. GF does. Or TPC does. Or everybody who is in charge of the Pokémon franchise.
It's impossible if they want to prioritize other features instead of including every Pokémon. Which is their right. I mean, I don't think they deserve any of the hate comments and stuff, but it really is an unfortunate situation that we've reached this point in the franchise, as players, as fans. It's just weird and low-key depressing to think about the future now.
A lot of people go crazy if they don't have a Pokémon game every year. I've seen it. That year we didn't get a new game, everyone went crazy. Also there's the fact that Pokémon isn't just games anymore, it's anime, it's TCG, it's merchandising... and those have to be out consistently. You can't just delay the games because it disrupts literally everything else.
At this point, they
need to release something new every year unless they want to change how everything in TPC works.
And hey, I'm sorry you find the future of the franchise depressing. I'm very hopeful. They're going in a new direction with the games, one that allows them more creativity and has less restrictions in what they can do. Now they aren't forced to pump the games with hundreds of Pokémon we've seen a million times already just so a fraction of their fanbase won't become manbabies. They can develop new ideas, new concepts, new ways of playing, instead of doing "the same but bigger" every time, which was
exactly what people have been complaining about for years.
And as I said before, HD development requires a lot more time and resources. There's no magic "make everything HD" button. You have to either put more time into it, or cut some corners, and they can't put more time into it right now. Maybe they will in the future, who knows? Maybe GameFreak will grow a lot now because they
have to grow a lot to keep up, but from what I've seen so far, I'd say they've done a magnificent work with their first HD title.
And now I'm done discussing this. It's an exhausting conversation because most people have very little idea of how game development works and it's hard to understand how impressive a franchise like Pokémon is from a development standpoint.
Do those pics come exclusively from the in game screenshots, or did the artwork from the strategy guide also leak? I got to see some blurred pictures from the book on day 1, but I don't know if by now they leaked in better resolution.
Exclusively from screenshots and Discord conversations with the leakers, I believe. The guidebook leaker was around for a short while and there were no types there.