Greninja (Super Smash Bros.)

Greninja
ゲッコウガ Gekkouga
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Greninja in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Debuts in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U
Gender Male*
Ability Protean*
Battle Bond*
Current location Unknown
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This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Greninja Yūji Ueda Billy Bob Thompson

Greninja (Japanese: ゲッコウガ Gekkouga) is a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Greninja is a swift, agile fighter that uses its speed to keep opponents on their toes, and is able to keep able opponents at bay thanks to its powerful Water Shuriken. According to Masahiro Sakurai, Greninja was already being developed as a playable character before Pokémon X and Y were announced. Greninja is the last character to make its debut in a Nintendo game sans DLC, and thus is the last opponent faced in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS's All-Star Mode, after Robin and Lucina but before Corrin* on either Rainbow Road, Prism Tower, Arena Ferox, or Gaur Plain. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's All-Star Mode, however, Greninja is one of the first characters fought, along with Corrin*, Robin, Shulk, Dark Pit and Lucina on either Kalos Pokémon League, Coliseum, Mario Galaxy, Skyworld, or Wii Fit Studio.

Greninja appears as three trophies, with its Final Smash trophy being exclusive to the Wii U version of the game.


Standard Special Move Side Special Move Up Special Move Down Special Move Final Smash
Default

Water Shuriken

Shadow Sneak

Hydro Pump

Substitute

Secret Ninja Attack
(Mat Block)

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Alternate #1

Stagnant Shuriken

Shadow Strike

High-Capacity Pump

Exploding Attack

Alternate #2

Shifting Shuriken

Shadow Dash

Single-Shot Pump

Substitute Ambush

Trophy information

Greninja

 
Greninja trophy in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

NA: This Water/Dark-type Pokémon is the fully evolved form of Froakie. It's just as fast and dangerous as any other ninja, and the throwing stars it can make out of water can shear metal. In Smash Bros., as well as being a graceful, speedy fighter, it can also use moves like Hydro Pump that let it travel through the air and avoid falling.

PAL: This Water- and Dark-type Pokémon is the fully evolved form of Froakie. It is just as fast and dangerous as its name suggests, and the throwing stars it can make out of water can shear metal. In this game, as well as being a graceful, speedy fighter, it can also use moves like Hydro Pump to let it move through the air and avoid falling.

Greninja (Alt.)

 
Greninja (Alt) trophy in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

NA: Greninja's Substitute down special lets you teleport to dodge attacks and then strike back, making it an effective and hard-to-predict way to counterattack. You can also control where you reappear by inputting directions. When you vanish, sometimes you'll be replaced by a log, other times by a cuddly toy.

PAL: Greninja's Substitute down special lets you teleport to dodge attacks and then strike back, making it an effective and hard-to-predict way to counter-attack. You can also control where you reappear. When you vanish, sometimes you'll be replaced by a log, and other times by a Substitute doll.

Secret Ninja Attack

NA: In Greninja's Final Smash, it uses its Mat Block move to flip opponents into the air. It then slices them repeatedly in front of the bright moon before smacking them back down to the ground and launching them. The inital Mat Block flip doesn't have much range, but should it hit home, the rest of the attack is unavoidable.

PAL: In Greninja's Final Smash, it uses its Mat Block move to flip an opponent into the air. It then slices them repeatedly in front of the shining moon, before smacking them down to the ground so hard they get launched. The inital Mat Block flip doesn't have much range, but if it hits home, there's no evading the rest of the attack.

Gallery

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

 
Alternate Fighter Spirit artwork of Greninja in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Greninja returned as a fighter in Ultimate. By default, Greninja is the 58th character to be unlocked through VS. matches, but can potentially be unlocked earlier by clearing Classic Mode with Donkey Kong or anyone in his unlock tree, being the sixth fighter unlocked after Sheik.

Greninja is much faster in Ultimate, with more agile movement and less landing lag in its aerial attacks, as well as stronger normal attacks with more damage and knockback. Its Water Shurikens have slightly better ranger, its Substitute reacts faster. Greninja's Hydro Pump now has an arrow that indicates the direction the player is going, while a tell is added to Greninja's Shadow Sneak. While these changes can make Greninja easier to play, it can also make it easier to predict. Greninja's Final Smash, while mechanically the same, transforms it into Ash-Greninja before performing the initial Mat Block.

Standard Special Move Side Special Move Up Special Move Down Special Move Final Smash

Water Shuriken

Shadow Sneak

Hydro Pump

Substitute

Secret Ninja Attack
(Mat Block)

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Classic Mode

Greninja's Classic Mode route is called Your Turn, Greninja! In this scenario, Greninja fights up to two Pokémon fighters in each round. Sometimes, these fighters are joined by ones from another franchise that matches their type. Note that Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard all appear without Pokémon Trainer and cannot switch.

Its last boss is Master Hand, who is joined by Crazy Hand if the player reaches the fight at intensity 7.0 or higher.

Round Opponent(s) Type Stage
1 Charizard and Bowser Fire Pokémon Stadium
2 Pikachu, Pichu, and Zero Suit Samus Electric Pokémon Stadium 2
3 Lucario, Ryu, and Ken Fighting Pokémon Stadium
4 Ivysaur Grass
5 Mewtwo, Ness, and Lucas Psychic Pokémon Stadium 2
6 Squirtle and Greninja Water Kalos Pokémon League
Bonus N/A
Final Master Hand and Crazy Hand N/A Final Destination

World of Light

During the opening cutscene, Greninja was present on the cliffside when Galeem unleashed his beams of light. Greninja leaped into the air to avoid one of the beams, which hit Lucario instead. Greninja was hit shortly after and vaporized, getting imprisoned by Galeem afterward along with the other fighters, excluding Kirby. A puppet fighter cloned from Greninja is later seen alongside ones cloned from Fox, Samus, Link, and other fighters.

Greninja's icon isn't found until the player reaches the World of Dark, where it is located in the Mysterious Dimension subarea. After defeating it, Greninja is freed and can be selected in battle in the Adventure mode.

Smash Taunt information

Palutena's Guidance

  • Pit: What is that? Some kind of ninja frog?
  • Palutena: That's the Pokémon Greninja. Its strengths are agility and speed. What looks like a scarf is actually its tongue.
  • Viridi: As a defensive measure, I suggest rubbing spicy peppers all over yourself.
  • Pit: How can Greninja taste anything with its tongue hanging out like that?
  • Palutena: It could be one of those rare ninjas that just eats very slowly.
  • Pit: What?! But that makes no sense! ...Anyway, just tell me how to win!
  • Palutena: Greninja creates throwing stars out of compressed water and unleashes them at high speed. This attack is called Water Shuriken. If Greninja starts to charge up its Water Shuriken, be prepared to reflect it back!

In other games

In the core series games

This Greninja was distributed to players who registered both a copy of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and a copy of Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire on the Japanese Club Nintendo from November 21, 2014 to January 20, 2015. After registering the games, players were sent a serial code from December 9, 2014 to January 29, 2015. The serial codes could be used to obtain Greninja from December 9, 2014 to March 25, 2015.

#0658 Greninja  
  Level 36  
Type:
   
Ability: Protean
Held item: None
ID: 09134
OT: スマブラ
Met: a lovely place (fateful encounter)
Nature: Random
Ribbon:   Classic Ribbon
Water Shuriken
Water Physical
Shadow Sneak
Ghost Physical
Hydro Pump
Water Special
Substitute
Normal Status
Games Method Region Location Duration
ORAS serial code Japanese online December 9, 2014 to March 25, 2015
Moves in bold can be taught again at the Move Reminder as a special move if forgotten.
Date received is the receiving system's date when the Wonder Card is received.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

Palette swaps

Game Image
3DS/Wii U  
Ultimate  

Trivia

  • Greninja is the only Pokémon fighter with a damage-dealing taunt. Its down taunt damages opponents slightly with the water that shoots up from its hands.
  • It was decided that Greninja should be included in the game before Pokémon X and Y was even released. Masahiro Sakurai knew that a Generation VI Pokémon was going to be a playable fighter in Smash 4, so when Greninja was decided, all they had to go on in terms of design was concept art, similar to Roy during the development of Super Smash Bros. Melee.
  • In every language of the game, Greninja shares its voice actor with Ash's Greninja in the respective language. Starting with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Greninja uses water kunai in some of its attacks like Ash's Greninja does when using Cut, and it becomes Ash-Greninja during its Final Smash.
  • Like all other characters, both Greninja and the Pokémon Trainer's Squirtle can drown in the Super Smash Bros. games if they swim for too long, despite being capable swimmers.
  • In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Greninja's weight is 88. This matches up with its in-game weight of 88.2 lbs. from the core series games.
  • One of Greninja's victory poses resembles Double Team.

Related articles

  • For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Greninja.

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