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Louie_86 on 27 October 2016
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tbone51 said:
Ryng_Tolu said:

Greninja is nowhere close to the Charizard popular level lol. I personally expect Decidueye to be more poupolar than Greninja as well, but Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur are the most poupolar starters ever.

forgive him Arceus, he don't know what he's saying.

There is a difference with what is popular though. Your bringing nostalgia into this, worldwide people kno more about blastoise/venasaur/meowth/ and many other gen 1 and some gen2 pokemon. But within the community (at least pokemon or people up to date with the franchise) greninja is the only one in past couple of gens (with lucario being a second) that doesnt need to be as popular as charizard/pikachu/mewtwo because of gen 1.

 

Point is Greninja is as popular as the others now. Its even in SSB which itself puts it ahead of the competition

I'd argue that Greninja is even more popular than Charizard nowadays. But like you say, many people - not necesarily Pokemon fans - Would recognize Charizard before Greninja simply because its Gen 1. 
I'd also throw in Scizor into the mix of current popular Pokemon.