>>39436316I dunno about him being the villain or not, but there's an interesting thing about this scene.
It's Rose in the Rose Stadium in the London-like city. You can see the petals of the rose stadium peaking over the stands.
But this whole setup is likely the very start of the game, not the end. Rose is throwing out a pokeball with a seemingly small Pokemon in it, just like professors do in the "Welcome to the World of Pokemon" thing.
I think this time Rose is gonna be the one to give us the welcome message at the start, and it'll be done as a real thing in game, with Rose giving the speech as hype for the upcoming Pokemon League. The PC will probably be revealed to be watching it on TV before heading out on their adventure.
This is funny cause it means Magnolia is gonna do jack shit in the game. Rose is taking her intro speech and Sonia is doing the active research duties.
