>>36990483>He literally was not. Which came first, the popularity or the shilling? You can't prove it, it's a chicken/egg scenarioAre you new to the internet or something? Of course you can prove it, you troglodyte. Go to the early October 4chan archives, serebii, marrilland, or any other Pokemon forum and notice how Froakie suddenly became the most popular starter pick when Greninja was leaked, and not only became the most popular starter of the Gen, but the most popular Pokemon of the Gen overall. Most used in Amie, most used in online battles too. Go a couple of weeks ahead and you'll even see him reach top 25's in some Best Pokemon of all Time lists. Look a this shit
https://m.ign.com/articles/2013/11/26/the-best-worst-xy-pokemon-revealedhttp://www.dorkly.com/post/57168/toplist-results-the-15-greatest-generation-vi-pokemonBoth multi-million vote polls where he landed in first, and both of them were made less than a month after the release of X/Y, 6 months before his Smash appearance and 2 years before his anime debut. This was completely unheard of since fucking Charizard. Not promoting something like this at some point in the future would've been the most retarded thing they would've done.
