[A bespectacled human man in his mid-forties peers back at him through the camera.]

Unfortunately, this place is like that. If you're not human, you'll be made human. Ah, this place being the region of Johto--and if you've just arrived, you're probably in New Bark Town. Most of us end up there when we first come of this world.

[He didn't but Rockets are special cases.]

As far as how you end up here, well, that's a matter of some debate, honestly. Most people blame the god of this world, which I understand is a llama from outer space.