>>54141286>managed to take over an entire regionThe only thing he took over was Silph Co., a corporate office building where most employees don't have Pokemon, and he is the strongest Gym Leader in the region backed by dozens of lackeys (iirc grunts also had guns in their original sprites, might be making that up though). Team Rocket never took over Kanto, they were a corrupt mob doing shady business in the shadows.
