Pokemon Black and White 2-Now with a sexy rival.

....That's a cliffhanger because it's clearly letting you know where he is and where you will continue from. It's a foreshadowing, instead we get this junk. I haven't liked pokemon since ruby and sapphire.

Uh......... no. Cliffhanger would be like: N was last seen with a Dragon-type Poké in a distant land, where he catches the eye of a young trainer just starting their Pokéventure.
What distant land? Who's eye? Is that supposed to be a future incarnation of Generation XII? What's he doing there?

With what we have (N was last seen with a Dragon-type in a distant land), all the questions raised are merely where and why, and we almost have a good idea of the why anyways. While it might not tie up loose ends, when does Poké tie up lose ends anyways (Giovanni, Silver, Archie, Maxie, Cyrus, Ghetsis, and I'm sure plenty others all just poof)? Not to mention "distant land" isn't even a starting point. If anything, the reason it's "distant land" instead of a concrete "Hoenn" or "Sinnoh" and so on is so you don't get this idea that there's going to be this game about N (and maybe another hero? Or N is the hero?) in this land. To add on also, it's not like you see a cinematic that he's you know flown over Goldenrod or Lilycove, Looker just tells you that someone saw someone that looked like N in a distant area (with his dragon).

Also, if you've hated Poké since R/S/E I'm not sure why you would even bother checking on Poké.

I also agree with the picture posted by Zodiac. Ice is largely just covering stuff. (It has zero depth in the drawing)