User blog comment:CITRONtanker/Randomness! (Getting some stuff off my chest)/@comment-2189621-20190710003149/@comment-2189621-20190710202610

It can't be hardware limitations, considering they've managed to fit over 800 Pokémon on a 4GB SD card, and that's with poor optimizations.

Honestly, I can understand if they did it to cut developement time, but I'm sure most fans would rather the game be delayed for a few months or even a year than to not be able to bring their favorite Pokémon over to the next one. Sadly, I don't think the Pokémon Company would ever allow Game Freak to delay the game with how damn profitable the Pokémon franchise is (It's made more money than even Star Wars!)