Maybe the real reason those who wronged Ash Ketchum were never punished was because Nintendo knows that Ash Ketchum's namesake Satoshi Tajiri was the reason Game Freak almost went bankrupt back in the mid-1990s. Another reason is that Satoshi Tajiri wanted to surpass Shigeru Miyamoto, but that has not come to fruition due to Little Town Hero being a disappointment, and the fact that the Mario series also includes the Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario series as well. Therefore, the decision was made to have Ash's journey end with the intellectually disabled illiterate go on one last journey of friendship and co-existence.
Then again, Gary Oak's namesake Shigeru Miyamoto does not hate Waluigi, contrary to popular belief. Miyamoto also allows other Nintendo franchises that's not Pokemon to have crossovers with the Mario series outside of Super Smash Bros. Even Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series was allowed to enter Mario territory. Perhaps this is why Satoshi Tajiri will never be able to surpass Shigeru Miyamoto, because Pokemon licensing is harder to obtain than third-party character licensing, which is why the Mario series can have crossovers with Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin and even Sonic, but not Pokemon, if you do not count Mario Pikachu, that is.
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