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That's pretty much tradition for every Starter (except Charizard and Venusaur/Blastoise to a lesser extent) to be tossed to the side after their Generation is over tho (Decidueye in PLA notwithstanding)I don't know, Charizard was and is extremely popular as well and it didn't seem to turn every following starter into a similar design.
Plus despite being so well liked GameFreak don't really push Greninja that much. It got an anime tie-in ability for Sun/Moon and that's about it. They never even made it to gen 8.