>>20850887Greninja
>A starter pokemon in the X/Y games.>Uninmportant lore-wise>No anime appearances. Only one in a movie that debuted long after it's popularity was established. Also, it was under the ownership of one of the THREE different villains, so no spotlight there.>Not promoted. This is both in the games, and merchandise-wise.>In Smash simply because he's the Gen VI pokemon that stood out more to Sakurai and his team. Popularity was not a factoring bias in the decision; neither was a Gamefreak Push.Yet it still managed to nab the Best Gen VI pokemon in countless polls, even BEFORE it's smash appearance helped cement it into relevance.
People actually dictating popularity as a negative when factoring a pokemon's value do not have any idea how to accurately criticize anything overall. This is the first time since Charizard that we get a Pokemon that reaches Superstar status on its own merits, yet people still bash the hell out of this thing.
It took Charizard 5 gens to receive complete Dicksucking by Gamefreak, yet people were still complaining that it was being whored-out, when the only love it was getting was from the actual fans it had. Goes to show how short-sighted and retarded some people can get when it comes to arguments.
