>>58396680
Interesting observations here.
>their average development cycle is 3 years
>they followed through on their goal of improving on online features in ZA, so clearly they cared about that
>>58396697
Unova isn't even mentioned here despite it being the main region we end up visiting. Between this and Legends Johto being swapped for Legends Kalos it's clear nowadays whenever they revisit an old region, they create the idea for the game. Then they choose a region to fit that, rather than the other way round.
>Solid confirmation that Ohmori purposely tries to give games themes rather than just the usual theming of adventure. So SV purposely has a school theme, SwSh a sports theme, SM a vacation theme.