Hahaha yeah, GF can make some
weird decisions. Besides the BF, I don't know what they'd realistically cut from HGSS though. Maybe Kanto, to later sell as DLC? Ah never mind, that's probably too cynical.
I respectfully disagree, ILCA is a good team filled with talented people. Just look at this screenshot from their One Piece Odyssey game from earlier this year:
Looks pretty good, right? The way BDSP turned out is not the fault of ILCA, they did the best they could, being forced to work with very tight deadlines during the pandemic. If TPC gives them more development time for their next game i'm sure it could turn out pretty good.