The problem with Pikachu as a whole (Rant and conclusion)

*Sigh*

I wanted to talk about this for so long.

Everyone in the entire world knows about the mascot of the Pokemon franchise which is Pikachu,

I have an issue with Pikachu, its not that he's the mascot of the entire Pokemon world it's just that Pikachu is getting way too much special treatment ever since the Pokemon series was born.

When Pokemon came to America in September 1998 It took America by storm Pokemon fans appeared all over America and Pikachu was the star of the Pokemon anime and is still today. However there was one Pokemon that stands out from the rest and that was Raichu the final stage of the Pikachu evolution line. Raichu and Pikachu were always seen to be bitter rivals even if their aren't related both Pikachu and Raichu in the anime are shown to be in an on going battle between whose the best. Raichu was represented to be like an eternal rival to Ash's Pikachu no matter what.

A Badass he once was,,,

In my eyes however I see the Electric mouse family to be like siblings as Raichu was like the big brother that motivates the younger generation to better themselves. While Pichu was introduced in Generation 2 Pichu is like a poster child for baby Pokemon which makes sense when breeding and eggs were introduced.

But things went downhill went Generation 4 came along which introduced an item called the Light Ball.

The Light Ball is an item that doubles the attack and special attack, sounds good no? but only Pikachu can use this item. Also if you breed a Pikachu holding a light ball (or male Pikachu with a light ball) You will get a baby Pichu with the evolution line's signature move, Volt Tackle.

So either Pikachu and Raichu can have Volt Tackle in their move sets. which is fine but Pikachu is seen to be more powerful with the light ball and beneficial nature with Volt Tackle than Raichu's offensive base stat total which makes Pikachu be more of a fast sweeper than Raichu.

Then when the 2nd Generation remakes came around there was a special Pichu event that is a shiny Pichu and the most coolest thing about it was that it activates another event which is a variation of Pichu known as Spiky-Eared Pichu which couldn't be transferred to Generation 5 which is disappointing

So when generation 3 remakes came around another special Pokemon came around but it was only good for contests and it was a Pikachu. otherwise known as Cosplay Pikachu.

Leave Me Alone!

So Pikachu has too much treatment When did Raichu get something special... an Alolan form in the most recent Pokemon games of generation 7 Pokemon Sun and Moon. I love the Alola form of Raichu but it overshadows the Kanto variate of Raichu but whats more worse is that Pikachu gets Z-Stone not one but TWO Z-stones which the 2nd z stone is for an event Pikachu that is based on Red's Pikachu this fact makes the Mascot of Pokemon overshadows even more of Raichu's regional variant. I feel so bad for the guy.

So when will Game Freak make Raichu noticeable again? Only if Raichu gains a mega evolution or some type of buff in the future pokemon games. The only worry is if Pikachu gets a mega stone... Raichu would be more distant from the evolution line. Game Freak make Kanto Raichu more noticeable again for Raichu's sake.

So Depressed....