23 Facts About Greninja

Greninja is a Pokemon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokemon franchise, introduced in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, that has since appeared across a wide variety of Pokemon media.

Greninja was introduced as a playable fighter to the Super Smash Bros.

Greninja has been met with a very positive reception, quickly becoming one of the most popular Pokemon of the sixth generation, and of all time in the 2020 vote with 140559 votes, because of its endearing design and strength in competitive play.

Greninja is a streamlined frog-like creature with dark blue skin and a beige underbelly, with long limbs and thin, slender physique particularly reminiscent of tree frogs.

Much like a frog, Greninja has webbed feet, wall-clinging suction cups on each digit, and powerful hind legs.

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Greninja is able to move with "a ninja's grace", and has a design and set of abilities associated with Ninjutsu.

Greninja's design was finalized by Ken Sugimori, Game Freak's art director.

Greninja debuted in Pokemon X and Y, which was released internationally on October 12,2013, for the Nintendo 3DS.

Greninja has been incorporated in spin-off Pokemon games as well.

Greninja has the same sound bits as Mario, instead of those from Pokemon games; this is true for Pikachu, Charizard, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo and Lucario but not for Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle.

Multiple Greninja have made appearances in the XY series of the Pokemon anime.

However, while well received by fans, Ash-Greninja is the main reason why the writers failed to give Ash a genuine Mega-Evolved Pokemon until Journeys; the writers wanted Ash to catch Generation VI only Pokemon in the XY series to promote the XY games, but the traditional concept of giving Ash current generation only Pokemon to promote the current generation games had worn out its welcome with fans.

Greninja is the first main protagonist owned Water-type Starter that fully evolved in the series because fans are sick of the overused concepts of not letting a main protagonist Water starter reach their final forms and having six of Ash's Water-types not fully evolve.

Greninja returned in Journeys after a long absence and reunites with Ash, while Squishy and the other Zygarde were already written out of this anime due to irrelevance.

Greninja teaches Ash and his Mega Lucario new moves and how to boost up its aura powers.

Band of Greninja appears in the live-action film Pokemon Detective Pikachu, but as minor antagonists working as hired guns for Clifford Enterprises against Tim Goodman, Harry Goodman as Detective Pikachu, and Lucy Stevens.

The Greninja had been victims of illegal experimentation by the mastermind Howard Clifford.

Since its introduction, Greninja has regularly been featured in Pokemon merchandise.

Greninja was introduced among the fourth wave of amiibo, Nintendo's lineup of collectible toys-to-life figures.

Greninja has proven to be one of the most popular Pokemon introduced in X and Y, described as likely to be popular just from its design upon reveal.

Greninja was named the 2020 "Pokemon of the Year", based on results of a vote by fans in a poll run by Google and The Pokemon Company.

Ultimate "from garbage to glorious", listing Greninja as 35th and stated that a frog ninja is a pretty heady character concept.

In 2015, an Amiibo of Greninja was made available at Toys 'R Us, Ash-Greninja figure and a plush of it was released during Pokemon's 25th anniversary.