Why doesn't Gamefreak release more concept art?

Because that implies they go through a concept-art stage - they probably snort cocaine and bang hookers for 9 months out of the year and double down for the last three months to actually make the game.

>>33396437
because idiots will undoubtedly hate anything they make and say gamefreak is running out of ideas

>>33396437
Why can my waifu be a real character in a real game

Or at least have a card dedicated to her or something. Such a flawless design, squabdered.

do you realize how much people would bitch about whichever concepts did or didn't make it into the final game

because they hate showing how they actually make their games

GF is like that one kid in school who you see for like 1 day and does something cool and then never see again until next year

>>33396437
I like to think that concept art and pokemon they don't use for a generation, they put in a "future use" binder and can use it at a later time. They don't post it to not reveal future pokemon, etc.

Who knows though, maybe I'm thinking the best

>>33396437
Because they might want to use them in the future.

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>>33396918
There's this, we know they've reused designs in the past.
Plus, that would give all their competitors permission to take a concept, slightly alter it and add them to their own games.

>>33396437
New games are rushed.
So, concept art become the official art.

>>33396918
This, like the broken Shellos and Gastrodon sprites in gen 3

>>33398651
Shellos and Gastrodon make a lot more sense as gen 3 Pokemon. The pink one was a land slug that lived in west Hoenn, while the blue one was a sea-based variant of the same Pokemon who lived in east Hoenn. That's why they're both Water/Ground.

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>>33396437
they've shown us plenty of reference art
as for concept art, they usually don't show it much because they might want to use those ideas later
or they just don't feel like it

>>33398651
>like the broken Shellos and Gastrodon sprites in gen 3
I'm pretty sure the only relic of Shellos and Gastrodon in gen 3 was their unused beta cries.

>>33396609
Anon, that kid died.