>>35113215Greninja is definitely the better pokemon choice, but goddammit Sakurai, i know you wanted to show off how you could create the moves and animations in one night, and while i do love to play as the thing, you could've done so much more. Protean is one of the coolest ability concepts so lack of elemental shenanigans is a letdown. The fact that Substitute is relegated to just a counter is flabbergasting; An interesting implementation for it would be that Greninja can create a Substitute on a high cooldown that renders him untargetable as long and it's in play, and if destroyed, it leaves Greninja in a "dizzy" state and more vulnerable to hits until the cooldown restores.
Also, a long time ago on /v/ i saw someone suggest being able to shift between "Scarfed" and "Unscarfed" modes, which is a great idea that coould showcase the design concept much better. The Scarfed mode operates virtually identical to what we have right now: Fast, agile and very combo reliant, albeit relatively weak hitter with short range. But Unscarfed mode would instead retract the tongue into the mouth in order to use it for slower, but more devastating blows that also offer longer range, maybe even having a tether grab. The on-the-fly style shift would make for some interesting combos and would make the character wholly unique.
