It's quite frustrating how just as we think Ash is going to get out of Hoenn, he goes to the battle frontier. As if a certain vapid character weren't a big enough advertisement for the games, now an entire arc is going to be a gigantic commercial =/
If she isn't back for what will likely be the D/P arc, I'll have nothing to do with pokemon ever again. I don't watch the anime anymore anyway, and as much as I like the games, I'm not sure I would buy a DS just for D/P, especially if they can't find room for Misty in the anime version.