Ishihara was presented with an embarrassing alternative by his Western colleagues: a version of Pikachu that looked like a “tiger with huge breasts.” “We just couldn’t believe the kind of ...

Pikachu was also a lot bolder thanks to his yellow body and bright red cheeks. Pikachu was deemed more popular and recognizable when the anime aired, making Pikachu the official mascot.

Pikachu isn't allowed to be bad in a Pokémon game, right? We’re pretty sure there’s a division deep within The Pokémon Company that makes sure everyone’s favourite electric rodent is top ...

“The story with Pikachu is that at one of our first shows we got those full body animal costumes on Shopee and one of them was a Pikachu one and it came with that ugly looking knitted face mask,” says ...