>>46701751It's worse. Darkrai wasn't that bad because it made sense in-universe (Darkrai is a fucking legendary after all) AND Ash had already gotten the narrative victory by triumphing over Paul, who had been his main adversary throughout Sinnoh.
In Kalos not only does Greninja lose an evenly matched battle despite having a type advantage but it shits on everything that was being built up to that point. It's literally a Game of Thrones-tier "expectations subverted" moment.
