TechSkylander1518
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Well, it's a good thing there's plenty more reasons to dismiss this rumor lol.This isn't to say that I 100% buy into this rumor, just that dismissing it on the assumption that "Project Kingin is just an incorrect prediction of new Johto games" doesn't really hold
when code names have no pattern to them in the first place.
- We're supposed to believe they know about BDSP and LoA, which would mean knowing that BDSP wasn't being developed by Game Freak, but they don't mention that at all.
- "Game Freak is including all Pokemon in Sword and Shield" is just laughable at this point.
- A third DLC, even though you can buy a copy of SwSh with Crown Tundra and Isle of Armor that's branded as "Complete Edition"
- Why would anyone know the release schedule for the next three years and have an estimate of how many Pokemon were being added in DLC? Advertising for DLC hasn't given specific numbers IIRC, just "More Pokemon are included!", so it doesn't make sense for it to be someone in advertising. And if it was someone working on the games themselves, why are they being given information about every project in development?
I was referring more to the fact that it would be directly named for the game's mechanic rather than referencing it in a more abstract way. SuMo's codename is referencing Hawaii being the Rainbow state- it's not named "Project Hawaii". "Hero" is a common role in most stories, including past Pokemon games. Only LGPE is directly named for something, and it's the software, which isn't something most players are going to see just by playing the game. But now we've gone from "We're naming this Project Rainbow, because it takes place in a location based on Hawaii, the rainbow state" to "We named it Project Gold and Silver because you use gold and silver to buy stuff lol"?In that regard, "Kingin" isn't really on-the-nose in terms of what this game is about anyways.
It also took Game Freak seven generations to depart from the "eight gyms + elite four + evil team" formula. Just because they like to experiment with sidegame content doesn't mean that they're constantly experimenting with every element of the games, especially not something that's literally just for internal use.Besides, doing something just because it's never been done before is actually a reason why Game Freak would give Legends: Arceus such a codename. They always want to do something different, which is why they keep changing everything up even when they finally get something right that people think should be a series mainstay.