The game developers had to pander and eventually needed to have a Champion of "color", so now we have Iris as champion in the game continuity.
However the anime is a very different universe. Team Plasma are nowhere to be found and other key elements from the games are missing. So it's possible this Junior Cup might show that for the future Iris has the potential to become a champion herself. I don't expect her to beat Alder in the tournament but she might come close if she wins though.
The game developers had to pander and eventually needed to have a Champion of "color", so now we have Iris as champion in the game continuity.
However the anime is a very different universe. Team Plasma are nowhere to be found and other key elements from the games are missing. So it's possible this Junior Cup might show that for the future Iris has the potential to become a champion herself. I don't expect her to beat Alder in the tournament but she might come close if she wins though.
The other hint we can get from this is that when Ash departs from Unova Iris will have decided to start battling gyms so she could one day become champion of Unova. That could have been her "hidden" dream all along besides being a dragon master.
A Champion of "color"? lol.
You know Iris isn't Black right? She's likely based on the native Ainu people of Japan's, so if anything, she's like, Indian-Japanese.
Excuse me? Color? Not only do you not know the game developers intentions, but also that could be taken offensively.
I think that Iris winding up being the Champion in B2W2 is just one of the most surprising things that have happened, along with the Gym Leader shake up. Although it's nice to see that she hasn't been forgotten about with Drayden taking over the Opelucid Gym again. I wonder if Lenora, Cilan, Chili, and Cress have been promoted to Elite Four or are otherwise in the game somehow.
Irisboy! *comes crying* People are telling me scary things that Dento might have DIED. ;-; I think Dento/Chili/Cress are warming up people with their tea. Plus I think I read the E4 is still the same...or same types. :/ It would be cool if they were promoted though.
Oversensitive much?
We would expect the current champion of the game to be Hilbert or Hilda. Iris being a champion sort of comes out of left field, because she was just a young gym leader and not even Elite Four. So far the Champions have been light skinned people, so putting up Iris for that was really about diversity.
Yes but a woman in BW said that Iris had the potential to succeed Drayden, so after 2 years she succeeded him and Alder.
Oversensitive much?
We would expect the current champion of the game to be Hilbert or Hilda. Iris being a champion sort of comes out of left field, because she was just a young gym leader and not even Elite Four. So far the Champions have been light skinned people, so putting up Iris for that was really about diversity more than it making sense by fitting with the events of the previous game. We know the protagonists wanted to be champions, but never had any hint regarding that being Iris' (in game) goal.
Yes but a woman in BW said that Iris had the potential to succeed Drayden, so after 2 years she succeeded him and Alder.