I hope they'd do even if they just change the setting/make an original place and adapt an art style similar to Fire Emblem/FF Tactics/Octopath. Well, one could definitely dream.
I also would like to ask if is it possible for Masamune to have a Legendary Partner Pokemon? I always thought Masamune would've partnered better with Rayquaza(Normal) than Nobunaga, since they have similar color patterns and he was also called the "One-eyed Dragon". Maybe I'm just too bias with him since he's my favorite Warlord. Really appreciate that you gave him Dragon-type (I always thought he would be better partnered with Bagon in Vanilla) mon for the romhack.
I've been enjoying my playthroughs so far. The game is definitely more challenging and I get to really plan ahead on who/what to bring through before battles. Once again, really big thanks to you and the team for creating this romhack amd making things possible.
One can dream, indeed! I certainly am!
In regards to each Warlord having a unique Pokémon, only Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu have box legendaries (and the player with Arceus for story reasons obviously). This is for two reasons. First, they are the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan in real life, so I thought it would be appropriate that only they get box legendaries.
Second, and more importantly, I did not want to add box legendaries for balance reasons. Box legendaries would all be insanely good if their stats were not nerfed. I only added mythicals and non box legendaries so that their power level would be closer to or even match normal Pokemon. I did not want the player to get access to powerful box legendaries and then just be able to steamroll the game more than they are already able to do so.
I understand some people might find this to be disappointing, but I think the gameplay is much better off for it. The Warlords having unique, good Pokemon, but that are not blatantly more powerful than the others, makes the game more fun I think.
As for why Masamune has Dragonite (and Okuni has Volcarona and Mitsunari has Kingambit)? I spent over a month of development time on pairing each Warlord with a Pokemon for their Perfect Link, and nothing else. I promise there is a good reason for every decision I made.
In the case of these three? Volcarona matches Okuni's theme so well, and a lot of people already think Volcarona is a mythical anyways (it is not), so I just decided to keep it. Not a single person has ever questioned this haha. Kingambit fit Mitsunari's history and theme really well, and it is kinda a special Gen 9 Pokemon so I thought it'd be fun to show it off a bit. I kinda wish I just made it a normal Pokemon and gave him something else, but whatever.
The one I've thought long and hard about since release is Masamune and Dragonite. He is the Flying-type Warlord, so he needs a Flying-type. As you pointed out, he is the "One-Eyed Dragon," so I obviously wanted to give him a Dragon-type. The problem is that there are no non box legendary Flying/Dragon types. This means he needs to ditch the Dragon and stick to Flying. The next problem is that while there are a ton of Flying mythicals and legendaries, they all have Flying as secondary in their theming and are more well known for their other type (Moltres and Fire, Zapdos and Electric, etc.). Tornadus is the only option, and while he did have it early on in development, it was later shifted to Muneshige. Dragonite is a pseudo legendary, and with it being Gen 1 it is obviously really popular. I decided to make it exclusive to him as his Perfect Link so that he could have that Flying/Dragon Pokemon.
I dunno if I would go so far as to say I regret this, as I obviously had a very good reason for doing this and put a lot of thought into it. However, it is one of the things I think about most as potentially doing differently if I could go back in time. Should I have ditched Noivern, made Dragonite a normal Pokemon, then given Masamune some other Flying mythical or legendary? I'm happy with the way it turned out, but it's a fair question.
In regards to your idea about giving Masamune non-shiny Rayquaza, though? People suggest this pairing all the time, but as I said before, no, this was never in consideration. Even without Nomad, Rayquaza is insane with its amazing Attack, Speed, typing, and flight. I'm trying to make a balanced game, and box legendaries do not fit that.
Thank you very much for the kind words! I'm very glad you are enjoying your playthroughs. I'm very grateful that you appreciate all the hard work and time that went in to this. I hope to keep improving the game in the future, particularly by adding more animated battle sprites to the Pokemon that are missing them, so stay tuned! Thank you very much though, as I wouldn't still be doing it without the support of everyone that plays! :]