So…….they didn't remove all those pokemon because it would be too hard to implement……..they did it so they could drip feed them back to us through dlc…….

I'll flat out say I'd much rather get dlc extending the life of a Pokemon game than them releasing a third or alternate version in the following year, that basically serves to be the actual complete game. That said, I'll agree that they probably should have made the dlc cheaper. Considering some of the bugs and emptiness of the game, I still think it was a case of being rushed, and this is them dumping into the game what they would have liked to have at launch. Makes the price tag pretty scummy, but I still find it less scummy than a third/alternate version.