My thoughts are that Nintendo and GameFreak may be trying to fuse the Trading Card Game and the Video Games, or at least make them very similar. My reasoning for this is that in the TCG, there is the basic stage(I will use Blaziken's evolutionary line for this example) Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken, but it does not end there. There are also EX Cards that can be placed on top of Blaziken, the final evolution. But does anyone freak out if this happens in the TCG? No, because it has been in the TCG for quite a while, so people are used to them, but put that idea in the VG and suddenly, the VG and the TCG are a bit closer. I don't think that Nintendo is trying to make Pokemon more like Digimon, instead, they are trying to bring together the TCG and the VG, two different ways of playing with people, whether you know them or not.
On a side note...LEDGES DO NOT COMMAND US ANYMORE!! Screw the Mega Evolutions(I think they're pretty cool)!This is where it's at! I see a ledge? That area isn't inaccessible, thanks to the help of my friend, GOGOAT! Trainers worlwide rejoiced at hearing this(I know I did)!