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Detective Pikachu + Galarian Mr. Mime isn't a mime. It's a tap dancer/comedian as Mr. Rime (literally called the Comedian Pokemon) They wanted the Mr. Mime that actually does mime stuff.

Easier than coming up with entirely new characters; you get to write them like new characters, but keep the marketability of the old ones.

There aren't really a lot of Psychic types that are quirky enough or physically capable enough to suit Ash. Mr. Mime is one of those rare Psychic types that can do stuff besides psychokinesis and energy beams.

Mimey still has those traits in this series. They didn't rewrite its character, they just added more to it since he's now a semi-main cast member instead of a minor character.

The only major difference is that Mimey acts more like a mime. Like instead of using a broom, he mimes a functioning vacuum cleaner, and he eats by miming food. Anything else can be explained by the fact that Mimey went from a minor character to being part of the main cast. Detective Pikachu...

Last year's history special did the same thing, Mr. Mime was shown with a bunch of Ash's Pokemon. So at the very least, they already had the idea to consider Mr. Mime one of Ash's Pokemon back when Sun & Moon was stil airing.

Yes, it refers to him as "Satoshi's Barrierd" (Ash's Mr. Mime) and he was shown to own its Poke Ball in the most recent episode. So yes, Mimey has been retconned into belonging to Ash.