>>20145102>ridiculous amounts of favoritismPeople actually believe this shit? Greninja is the first pokemon since Charizard himself to become ridiculously popular in a natural way except that,:
>GameFreak didn't push him any more than the other starters.>As of now, he hasn't even appeared in the main anime.>Protean's only function is to make him hit slightly harder than a pillow. Lame stat distribution makes him a Jack-of-all-Trades, proficient in none kind-of case.>Doesn't have a movie in honor of him.>Doesn't have a special distribution event in honor of him.>No mega evolution on the Gen that introduced Mega-Evolution.>Unlike Charizard, he doesn't even star in the cover of his own game.Literally all he has going for him is being a cool pokemon. There is no "Artificial Popularity" here.