>>27892049Not sure what you're talking about, OP, But as a fan of Greninja, i am overjoyed. Now all those half-assed attributions about supposed "Endless Shilling" by haters hold literally no ground.
>Didn't get revealed early to promote the Gen like Sylveon and didn't get an anniversary special dedicated to it like Charizard>Didn't have any movie entirely dedicated to promoting it or was foreshadowed as a Legendary hero Pokemon like Lucario>Didn't have any importance or spotlight in the games>Took 2 years to even appear in the anime>Got into smash not because of GF intervention, but because the Smash team thought he was the design that fit the game the most compared to the rest of the Gen VI choices>Didn't even get into Pokken>The only actual shilling argument that was applicable (the shitty Deviantart reject Greninjash) only graced the screen in order to Job towards Charizard because CLEARLY the origins special wasn't enough to show how much of a badass Charizard is.Even after all that, Greninja still managed to:
>Be the most chosen starter in terms of margin of choice since Charizard himself, with nearly 70% of first time players ending their first run with him in their teams>Was instantly acnowledged by most as one of the GOAT pokemon, winning every Gen VI poll weeks after reveal and even placing Top 20 in +5 million vote polls for best pokemon of all time.>Got into Smash sheerly because the team loved the design>Nearly 3 years after reveal is still loved enough to be the first pokemon to dethrone rare/legendary pokemon in the biggest popularity poll Japan has ever had.I'm proud of frog no matter what. I still use my Torrent Greninja i got in my first playthrough because i love the dude even if he's not that great in competitive. These news are pretty great, desu.
