>>42915275>>42915275>Greninja got spotlight and snowflake form unlike the others2 and a half years after his inception
>Greninja already had more merch prepared than the othersHe had the exact same amount of merch than the others for the first year and only started getting more than the others when Smash released.
I think the point is that Greninja isn't popular because it was forced; it was forced because it was popular. No other starter has received such unanimous early praise since the Kanto Starters or arguably Charizard himself
