>>57937638People often didn't realize that even if we don't get the spin off stuff, it won't makes the main series section longer, instead the direct will just be shorter.
And Pokémon doesn't fully reveal their game since SM era, Pokémon only promote their games more when it's the start of a new generation.
Let's go wasn't even announced until 6 months before release.
BDSP only got their second trailer 3 months before release.
And Legend Arceus didn't even reveals Hisuian form until 4 months before release
So ZA promotional cycles is actually quite normal, especially when you consider it is heavily rumored that we will only see new Mega in this game, so TPC definitely doesn't want to spoil everything yet