https://wccftech.com/pokemon-sword-and-shield-no-full-pokedex/

Pokemon Sword and Shield will be bringing a lot of new stuff to the table, including an all-new region and giant “Dynamax” versions of your favorite monsters, but it will also be taking something away. For the first time in a core Pokemon RPG, you won’t be able to collect and play with a full Pokedex of every critter ever made. Sword and Shield bumps the total number of Pokemon to over 1000, and some are going to be cut. You won’t even be able to transfer them in from your Pokemon Bank/other games.

In an interview with Famitsu (thanks to Eurogamer for the translation) Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda explained the decision to retire some Pokemon…