What this is
A 2017 remark by Shigeru Ohmori on how Pokémon games meet tight schedules: because games are timed to the series' many media releases, the fix 'might mean changing the setting, or it might mean changing a character'.
How it’s built
- From an interview published by Den-Fami Nico Gamer, a Japanese games news site, on 3 July 2017.
What we assumed
Nothing. The figure is used as published.
Sanity check
It describes how schedules are managed, not any particular game's content or budget.
Where it comes from
The line in the source
それは設定を変えることかもしれないし、キャラクターを変えることかもしれない。 In English
That might mean changing the setting, or it might mean changing a character.