Considering that there will likely be another fossil restorer in the expansions (since Amaura/Aurorus have been confirmed), maybe that character will be able to restore the SwSh fossils properly?
I actually had the impression that those ancient Pokémon would just be available in Max Raid Battles. (I also figured the current fossils' Hidden Abilities would be available in that way, though not necessarily in Isle of Armor or Crown Tundra.)
I don't think any of them are supposed to be a raptor. The muscular legs of the Fossilized Drake makes it look more like a T-Rex or similar dinosaur to me. A raptor would have slimmer legs and tail. Unless you're referring to the Fossilized Bird, which I suppose looks a little like a raptor, but given the fact that it's called a bird, it's probably supposed to be an archaeopteryx or similar proto-bird.
I just wanted to say that, with the discussion about raptors being a close ancestor of birds and thus there's reason to call it a Fossilized Bird, there were many, many different kinds of raptors out there, from the Microraptor (one of the smallest known dinosaurs and the one to have dethroned Compsognathus, which held the record for decades) to the Utahraptor (which are huge and closer to the Velociraptors seen in
Jurassic Park--blame the late Michael Crichton for giving people the wrong impression of what a Velociraptor is like because he felt it was cooler like that). So even if we never see Zolt's bottom half, we could still get some other raptor later.
Or, to troll us further, we could see the full Pokémon as it originally looked like, such as in in-universe illustrations, but we'll never get to have one. (I'd find that hilarious, much like how they kept showing us Bellossom in Alola but the Oddish line was never found in the wild.)
That being said, Zolt appears to be based on the Velociraptor, considering its size, its arm feathers (which were stylized to look like lightning bolts), its head feathers, and its upturned snout.
Well even if there were version exclusive legendaries, you can still join raid battles with people who have the other version. Although finding the right raid battle is often easier said then done, and if legendary raids are even half as rare as gigantamax ones I can imagine they'd fill up really quickly.
Even if they were common, I think they'd fill up quickly anyway. Legendary Pokémon are quite popular, and lots of Pokémon players consider them as their ultimate trophies. (They also like using them online, of course.)
Is it that bad? I don't even have Nintendo Online yet. I could get it but right now I'm busy with Xbox live. Maybe when Crown Tundra comes out they will have an update to make it better.
The Y-Comm doesn't appear to be meant for online interactions, but rather, for offline meetups. It feels like there was originally going to be something else for online, but delays in production caused them to just attach online functionality to the Y-Comm at the last minute. Nintendo Switch Online is fine as it is though.
