SerenaToAlola
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Just totally spit-balling here, but I think a Kanto/Johto focused game on the Switch would sell like hotcakes. New and old all wrapped into something that doesn't need to bust out a ton of new features to capture fans' attention. I'm expecting a holiday 2018 release date (with marketing efforts beginning ~5 months after USUM's release, likely in April to May, no later than E3 2018). It might also serve as a bridge to a fuller Generation VIII title (likely on the Switch as well) in 2020 or so.
Realistic? I don't know. Is it possible? I think so.
Not to imply that a Generation VIII game wouldn't sell as well, but with XY's execution, it wasn't worth starting an entirely new generation as an entry into a new console. In my opinion, at least.
I'm also a proponent of a "reboot" of sorts. There can only be so many monsters before the list becomes saturated with more of the same. I understand new Pokemon sell games, but the more monsters there are, the less value each begins to hold -- and I think that value begins to drop significantly should it soon exceed 1000. Again, that may just be me.
Case in point: Let's start over with a few new twists in the original story, re-imagined for a home console with HD graphics and all of the features added to the series since FRLG. I'd rather that than an XY v2.0.
I had my doubts about the possibility of a Kanto-Johto game coming so soon but I guess your post pretty much convinced me of how it could happen. If they had to revisit their old IP for their first game on a new console, the only logical conclusion would be Kanto-Johto. It's either Kanto-Johto or a whole new region. And I think it's really debatable which one can sell more.
However, if it's a Kanto-Johto game then I guess it would be considered Gen 7 still and in that case, I hope it'll be fully compatible with SM/USUM. I'd like it to be backwards compatible with SM/USUM even if it means that there'll be no new features at all (i.e. no new forms/megas/z-moves etc) which I honestly think is fine provided they change the story up completely, update all the gyms with new rosters (i.e., let the gym leaders have megas and z-moves etc) and also update the pokemon found in the wild so as to include pokemon from later generations too. Maybe if they do include new features they can also create patches for SM/USUM to update them so that these new stuff become available? I'm just not sure how the Switch would overlap with the 3DS. The change from DS to 3DS clearly makes the DS obsolete but I'm not sure about the Switch seems it appears to be meant for a very different gaming experience. Another possibility is that this new game is a cross platform game made for both 3DS and Switch?
What I really hope is that they make the mythicals available in-game. Come on, it's been years. Make them a little more accessible now....
Anyway... 4th gen remakes/sequels as the first game on Switch..? That's just not going to happen. Ever.