Nightlingbolt
AKA Nightlingbolt
I'm expecting Kartana to appear under a Kartenvoy's command. Completely blanked on Pheromosa, though.
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Does Ash having NO Water Pokémon and multiple empty slots hint an Ash-Greninja return for the league
- Thread starter LilligantLewis
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Slapstick-Olivia
Well-Known Member
I personally hope not. Greninja had his time to shine. I really want to see other Pokémon been in the spotlight for once. The anime already is pushing Eevee and other popular Pokémon like Lucario and Charizard so much. We don't need another fame jacker into the mix.
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
I'm pretty sure the last two aren't even as prominent as Eevee is this saga.
...Yet.
LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
The extent of Lucario's prominence in the Gen VII anime, as far as I can remember, is only the fact that Sorrel had one in the movie. It hasn't had a prominent role in an episode arc as far as I can remember, which is more than I can say for the last 3 generations, so for that I am thankful.
ash&charizardfan
Humans are tools
Knowing how much this anime loves to wank lucario i doubt it he has one ottherwise anime team would have not missed him showing in every other episodes which is quite surprising they haven't given him to match his game team .
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Oh yeah. Who can forget his Lucario...standing around.
Literally. That's almost all it did. I was absolutely shocked this came from the writers who usually love forcing it down our throats.
I'm pretty sure that, unlike Sorrel's, Gladion won't even have it with him in this universe. Too late for that ship to arrive.
Xenon Blue
No Hard Feelings
I honestly don't care if A-G makes a comeback or not. There are pros and cons to this, but at this point I think a brief return makes a lot of sense
Leonhart
Imagineer
I don't see why Satoshi's lack of a Water-type in SM would imply that he'll need to bring Gekkouga back. That's like saying that he needed to reuse Fushigidane or Jukain in XY&Z just because he lacked a Grass-type then. Gekkouga is as irrelevant these days as any other bygone Gen VI Pokemon, anyway.
Charizard appeared in BW out of nowhere
AuraChannelerChris
Easygoing Luxray.
Ash not having a Water-type while he's surrounded by water is pretty strange, though.
Pignite was so underwhelming.
Because his Unova team was soooooooooo lame and they needed something to hype up the filler content. That...didn't work out.
Pignite was so underwhelming.
LilligantLewis
Bonnie stan
No one said anything about "needing". I am wondering whether the writers have not given him a Water type on purpose already planning ahead for the return
The problem is that Greninja was a deathly serious character for most of its run after evolving who seldom interacted with anyone but its trainer, which would really break the flow with Ash's current team and this series' more comedic output.
To make him work he'd either have to be out of focus whenever the story reverts to light hearted or be regressed back to his more 'comically serious' personality that he had as a Froakie.
Along with Greninja already pretty much meeting its full potential and risking outshining the Alolan team, there would be more room for any previous Water Pokemon like Squirtle, Oshawott or Totodile to make a return than him, given their less story breaking power and more comical personalities, though even then I wouldn't place heavy bets on them returning either.
To make him work he'd either have to be out of focus whenever the story reverts to light hearted or be regressed back to his more 'comically serious' personality that he had as a Froakie.
Along with Greninja already pretty much meeting its full potential and risking outshining the Alolan team, there would be more room for any previous Water Pokemon like Squirtle, Oshawott or Totodile to make a return than him, given their less story breaking power and more comical personalities, though even then I wouldn't place heavy bets on them returning either.
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