The missing National Dex is of course also discussed, of which we mainly want to know whether it will return in the future. Will there be an update or a third game? According to Masuda, Game Freak wants to continue the approach for Sword and Shield:
We now have no plans to make the pokmon that are missing in the Galar pokdex in-game available. That is an approach that we want to continue with Pokmon games in the future. Of course, up to now it has not been possible to encounter every pokmon in every game, so people had to transfer it from old games via Pokmon Bank to the new game, for example.
On the one hand, that is understandable, because Masuda previously indicated that Game Freak does not have the manpower to animate all pokmon if it also wants to introduce new game play features. On the other hand, Pokmon is pretty much the largest franchise in the world and it is not unreasonable to expect a complete Pokdex from the new parts. As a compromise, however, Junichi Masuda claims that the Pokmon Home app, which will be released in 2020, will be the place to collect pokmon from all games.
"Currently, the Pokmon Home app is under development, where players can collect their different pokmon, and only pokmon in the Galar-Pokdex can be transferred from there to Sword and Shield," he says. "But the way of playing is actually not very different from before with Pokmon Bank: until now you have always been able to meet only the pokmon of a certain region."
He continues: We encourage people to use Pokmon Home to collect their pokmon from old games there. From there, they might be able to take it to other games in the future. So take good care of your old pokmon, because you might be able to go out with them again in the future.
"You can pay us to store your beloved pokemon on the off chance that we maybe put them in the next game that you may not buy because we're always on our bullshit" ---
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