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How has Pikachu changed over the years? ⚡️🎮 Compare Pikachu’s design from the early days to now in this nostalgic Pokémon ...

The three designers who created Pikachu revealed the secret origin of the popular Pokemon in a recent interview with a Japanese newspaper. Pikachu is one of the most popular video game characters in ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

Dane Enerio is a news writer from the Philippines. He started out in 2018 as a newspaper reporter that covered the government. Dane then moved on to online publications like Game Rant, where he always ...

An entire generation grew up with Pokémon, starting in the late 1990s. Many Pokémon fans have fond memories of watching the ...

A beloved Pikachu design is making its way into Pokemon Sword and Shield through a Gigantamax transformation, a special kind form that gives certain Pokemon a unique design and move. Sure, Gigantamax ...

When the Detective Pikachu movie was announced, a fan campaign emerged insisting that Pikachu was born to be voiced by Danny DeVito. Turns out, it wasn’t only the fans—the movie’s concept artists got ...

Despite Pikachu's official classification in the Pokedex, the original design for the popular Pokemon wasn't a mouse. The way in which Pikachu stores electric energy was also inspired by squirrels.