No way am I down with Iris being the actual champion of the Unova region, this comes closer to breaking continuity than anything else which is close to the bone in Pokémon Journeys. Winning a Pokémon league and being the champion of the region has always been different...
Tyson won the Hoenn...
I expect Iris to have some team changes - I really want all 5 of her known Pokémon to make an appearance, and her not appearing with Axew in previews or promotional material is suspicious as hell... They can easily have her with Gabite too (since Gible will hopefully appear at Oak’s lab)
I’m suspicious of that Axew in the preview - they didn’t show it with Iris or Pikachu and we still don’t know the other Pokémon she is using in the Dragon battle.
They aren’t going to have made Iris the champion, but it is interesting that both her and Gary’s game counterparts were champions - something the two of them have in common.
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