>>38671811To make up for Ash never getting a Mega Ring despite everyone around him getting one, they gave him a special Greninja that was also powered by friendship and was touted to be even more powerful than Megas, only for it to lose to one it had an advantage over and get ultimately released. This highlights another problem with the series, a lack of progression. Whenever Ash gets a potentially powerful mon, exactly three possibilities exist;
>he never fully evolves itOver half the starters he owns and Gible
>it carries him through the region only to job in the endCharizard, Sceptile, Torterra, Infernape, Greninja, Hawlucha
>it gets releasedPrimeape, Pidgeot, Greninja, Goodra, Poipole
