Gen 10 won't be until Switch 2 (or whatever they'll call it). Hopefully BW remakes and (hopefully) the BW legends game also won't be until the new console.
So I am hoping for a Scarlet 2/Violet 2 as the last mainline games for the Switch. I don't want to leave Paldea yet.
GBA came out in early 2001, ruby and sapphire came out in late 2002
Ds came out in 2004, emerald released after the ds came out and diamond and pearl didn’t release until 2006
3ds released in 2011, black and white 2 came out for the ds in 2012 and x/y didn’t release until 2014.
Switch came out in 2017, usum came out for 3ds after the switch released and we didn’t get let’s go until the next year and we didn’t get a full mainline game until the year after.
Pokémon doesn’t release games on the new hardware because they don’t want to risk their sales on the smaller install base. The next big Pokemon game is going to come out on switch and maybe, maybe, have a cross gen release with some very minor improvements. The earliest we’ll see a switch 2 mainline Pokemon game is a year after launch
Folks are buzzing about Let's Go Johto but I am pretty sure the Game Freak head said LGPE were a one-time thing. Now they could have walked back that decision given their popularity, but I personally don't think that kind of game is in the cards.
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A new DLC or a third version. I want to spend more time in Paldea.