How will *Spoiler* Being champion in Black and White 2 affect the anime?

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I knew someone was going to make a thread like this but I wanted to make it first. But anyway how will *spoiler* being the champion in Black Version 2 and White Version 2 affect the anime? Will they win the World Tournament?

IRIS IS THE CHAMPION BTW
 
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I totally want the person that has become the new Unova Champion in B2W2 to aim for being the new Champion.

EEEEEEEE!!!!!!! IRIS!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I think the reason they made Iris interact with Cynthia a lot in BW085 was to indicate that her game counterpart would become the champion.
 
I had no idea they were the champion but oh my, that's a really awesome plot twist. I'm totally going to start keeping up with the anime now, because I want to see how this goes. > u<
 
Takoto said:
I had no idea they were the champion but oh my, that's a really awesome plot twist. I'm totally going to start keeping up with the anime now, because I want to see how this goes. > u<
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It's only her game counterpart in B2W2 that is a champion, not her anime counterpart.
 
Remember how we all anticipated the gang going to Souryuu City, and meeting Shaga, and how that was going to be a huge moment for her as a character? And how the TV series copped out at the last minute in favor of some BW2 promotion?

I imagine this will be handled the same way.
 
At this moment Iris will be treated the same way Ash is being treated because Ash also set to be a Champion !
Thats what this Anime is About !
At this moment Iris just a girl who follow Ash around !
 
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Takoto said:
I had no idea they were the champion but oh my, that's a really awesome plot twist. I'm totally going to start keeping up with the anime now, because I want to see how this goes. > u<
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It's only her game counterpart in B2W2 that is a champion, not her anime counterpart.
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OHH
Well that's also really interesting. I look forward to getting the games even more now, because

Iris is both adorable and incredibly awesome, so it'll be really cool to see her as the champion

But I'll still try to keep up with the anime to see if this affects it.
 
... If nothing else, the completely bullshit backstory and her amazing immunity to character development and having a babby Pokemon that learns insanely powerful moves with little to no training to show for it... all of that suddenly makes sense when you apply that aspect to her character. Obviously she isn't Champion in the show, but the show itself makes her way overpowered and omnipotent like they would portray your typical Champion.

It all makes sense now.

It's still complete bullshit and a horrible decision to portray her this way, but now I see where the motive is.

If this really happens by the end of the series, I really will declare this the worst series to date. Hopefully they won't break their formula with their main characters, though. Who knows.
 
I actually like Iris, but I don't wanna see this carry over to the show though...

Then again, it's anime Iris I like, not the game one.
 
I don't really have an issue with her being champion in the games, but it makes me really not understand how she is positioned in the anime as being a fairly new trainer.

Sure that gap already existed with her as a Gym leader, but you could ignore that because of the dual versions, or at least think that she would develop well over the course of the series to reach Gym level by the time of facing Drayden.

With her being the Champion it creates too much of a disconnect between the two characters for it to ever be resolved well, which really makes me think that the anime had to have been planned with no knowledge of BW2.

If time ever passed in the anime, it would be nice if Ash could go back and face Champion Iris, but there's no way to fit it into the current story of BW/BW2 in the anime. Which of course doesn't matter much, I don't think the anime ever dealt with the Kanto Champion issue - and Gary still was written totally differently to the game storyline for Blue, so I don't think the anime ever needs to touch on the issue of the game having Iris be the leader.

That said, what they can do is still do a storyline about Alder leaving as Champion, leave a vacuum at the top on screen, but have Iris stay with Drayden as his apprentice with the goal of being champion. Though her goal shifting from dragon master to champion would be a bit much.
 
Please don't make her the champion in the anime, please, please, don't. I like Iris and all, but please stop with the over-glorification of her.
 
I think the closest we'd get to this...is just a mention of Iris having Elite 4/Champion-level potential one day. The writers wouldn't do that, but hey. How many times have characters properly achieve their goals in this show, exactly? Now, if the animé wasn't so violently allergic to characters being affected by time actually, you know, passing properly, we'd get something. Seem more plausible if she was several years older, y'know?

My thoughts on the miniscule odds of this carrying over? Well, two things I like are laughing and eating popcorn...
 
I don't hope Iris to be superior then Ash just cause she the new Champion !
I want Ash to beat her in a battle since she already beaten him twice !
 
Anyone who thinks little 10 year old Iris with the team she currently has is going to be a Champion is ridiculous. The games are set ahead of the anime.

Besides Adeku is the Champion in the anime currently.
 
Hahaha, that's pretty hilarious at this point, not to mention random. I don't see her becoming Champion in the anime obviously.
 
Masurao said:
Hahaha, that's pretty hilarious at this point, not to mention random. I don't see her becoming Champion in the anime obviously.
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Your right, it is hilarious. Hilariously funny.

I like Iris a lot, but no.

Yeah, I hope this doesn't carry over into the anime. I can't see it being done without being one of the worst pieces of writing in PokeHistory. I hope the writers stick to the BW plot line, I'm sure they will since DP stuck to the DP game plotline and AG the RS plotline. Juan is the gym Leader in the anime. The only notable difference I can find is Volkner has a Jolteon. This game is set 2 years in the future. Plus, at the moment, I'm not fond of Iris's BW2 design. It will have to grow on me, so I hope that doesn't carry over to the anime.

I just hope they stick with the established plot line with her being a rookie from the Dragon Village alongside her Axew. This Champion thing. It can't be done right, and it cannot end well.
 
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B2W2 is set two years after, so if Iris were to become champion in the anime, then they would need to do a time skip for it to make sense. Though I am really shocked that she is the champion, I was not expecting that at all. I'm even more excited for the games now.
 
One, this should be in the Best Wishes: season two Discussion forum, not here. Two, I now highly doubt that any of the events of Black and White 2 will happen there, since Ash already got all the badges and the only thing between him and the league is the World Championship Jr. Tournament. So I bet that Iris stays Iris, and all the plot from the games will be dumped completely in order of simplicity of the plot and more focus on Ash's Story.
 
You guys, Green (aka GARY) was also the champion in the games, and look what happened to him :I (yes, yes, Green and Gary are different characters and all that, but basically any game character that's promoted to "main" or "supporting" character status might as well deviate from their original versions).

So, I don't think anything will come from it.

HOWEVER, I'm very excited that Iris's design got revamped in the two year time skip...MAYBE there can be a time skip of sorts to showcase that?? -hint-hint-
I can dream...
 
I don't think it will come into the anime whatsoever. Anime Iris is merely a sidekick and most likely, always will be.
 
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