The Complete Timeline of Pikachu!

today I'm going to go over the complete history of Pikachu starting from year 1 all the way to present time spanning nearly 30 years of this Pokemon let's do this [Music] 19xx before the release of Pokemon and during the time that Pikachu was under development Pikachu was conceptualized by gamefreak artist asuko Noida and during a recent interview for a Japanese newspaper Nisha mentions that she based Pikachu on a du fuku a popular Japanese delicacy and this version of Pikachu wasn't even drawn out on paper because according to nasita she went straight to the computer and Drew his pixel art making this original artwork lost media and apparently the original concept for Pikachu didn't even look like Pikachu because according to the sheeta it was simply a tuuku with ears poking out of it wish fans theorized that it could have been inspired by a snow bunny a poper tree in Japan and lastly during this time n missions that she named Pikachu without much thought where she combine the two Japanese anamat pasas pika pika and Cho Chu which represents the sparkling sound and the sound that a mouse makes 1995 Super Game [Music] Boy this is the year where Pikachu's design started radically changing because Aida's design had to be approved by gamefree directors Koji Nino and Satoshi to jiri and as The Story Goes Satoshi wanted Pikachu to be more rodent likee and cuter so Nisha SC grabed the Nuku concept and decided the base Pikachu on a mouse with squirel light cheek pouches where it was storage electricity just like how squirrels store their nuts and Al last the Pikachu that we know and love today was born the famous Fat Pikachu also around this time theida gave Pikachu two Evolutions where it would evolve into a Raichu and then again into a gachu but due to game balancing and limited space in the game's cartridge gachu was scrapped along with several other evolutions for other Pokémon [Music] 1996 W this is the year that pocket monsters red and green were released in Japan marking the first day that Pikachu was officially revealed to the public and Pikachu was additionally made to be a rare Pokemon with having a 5% encounter rate in Verdian Forest it was known as a mouse Pokemon having a particularly high speed stat with a pokeddex as stated it has small electric sacks on both of his cheeks if threatened it loses electric charges from his sacks later in the year Pikachu made his first appearance on a training card appearing in the Pocket Monsters carda set as a holographic card where would have a white underbelly and then just a month later it made a second appearance in the Japanese Pokemon training card game showcasing his in-game appearance with his yellow cheeks since at the time the Super Game Boy could only support one color for each Pokémon and then just a month after that Pikachu made his debut appearance in the first Pocket Monsters manga called Pokemon Pocket Monsters where it would be a supporting cast member with Clefairy being the lead Pokemon since at this time both Clefairy and Pikachu were the faces of pocket monsters and lastly sometime this year the First toy of Pikachu was made which was a simple finger puppet that looked like this 1997 [Music] Pokemon this year marked Pikachu's debut on TV screens across Japan kickstarting Ash's 25-year Journey alongside Pikachu and according to jishu massuda the popularity of the anime is the reason why Pikachu became the face of Pokémon since it had a broader appeal to both male and female audiences which is what Clefairy didn't have and with this decision gfre decided to slend down Pikachu's design to simplify the animation process allowing it to have more natural walking movements and humanlike gestures since it being a ball of fat made it look kind of awkward also in this year Pikachu was given his very own manga series called the alleged taale of Pikachu where it falls an alternate telling of Ash of Pikachu's adventures in the Kanto region this year also enveil Pikachu's upcoming pre-evolution in the Pokemon Gold and Silver space Ru demo where the design seemed to revisit Pikachu's initial de fuku inspired concept this year also marks the first time Pikachu was given away for an event where core core magazine gave away a flying Pikachu players who submitted ideas for Pokemon for the upcoming game Pokemon 2 which eventually became Pokemon Gold and Silver and lastly this is the year that core core magazine announced their illustrator contest where the winners would receive 20 copies of their winning card art and The elusive illustrator Pikachu card which nowadays is considered to be the Holy Grail of all Pokémon cards having been sold for hundreds of thousands to even millions of dollars but that's for later in this video also surprise Pikachu face 1998 Pikachu Pikachu this year marked the release of the first Pikachu short where it would serve as an opener for the first Pokémon movie Mewtwo Strikes Back this is also the year that Pikachu appeared in 3D for the first time where it would be the only unevolved Pokémon that was available in the original Pokemon Stadium additionally this is the year that Pikachu made his first appearance in America not in the English versions of Pokemon Red and Blue though but in the Game Boy camera game where it would appear long cycle fairy is a frame for the camera this is also the year that Pikachu started in its own video games with the first one being Pokemon Yellow where the player could choose Pikachu as their starter and the other being Hey You Pikachu where the player could interact with Pikachu using a microphone like you saw with the old Asian guy furthermore this year the first Pikachu carard was released in America appearing in the Pokemon demo game booster pack as part of a 24 card deck alongside Charmander and a few other Pokémon also this year we see the oldest Pikachu that we' ever seen in Pokémon with the Pikachu BM puka a Pokemon that's over 20 years old and lastly the pock Pikachu device was released this year too allowing you to take care of a digital pet Pikachu and track your steps similar to a tagachi oh and also the happy MK salesman sold a Pikachu mask in ocara of time which is probably the first cross game reference for Pikachu 1999 something's gone wrong in the happy go-lucky world of Nintendo this year Pikachu was given his own unique item the light ball which was made in Pokémon Gold and Silver where we double special attack also Pokémon Gold and Silver Pikachu became the highest level Pokemon owned by any NPC with Reds Pikachu at level 81 additionally Pikachu was given his own shiny form in these games too appearing as a golden colored Pokemon likely symbolizing its mascot status this was also the year that we officially got to see Pikachu's new pre-evolution Pichu in these games as well where it design was also changed from the DU fuku concept along with that the Pokemon training card game made its debut in America giving birth to the red cheeks Pikachu card since Wizards of the Coast decided to color his cheeks red to wideness appeal but Pokemon had them revert the change making this card an error card and speaking of training cards this year also saw the release of the first American promo card featuring Pikachu with a golden E3 stamp on the right side of it Pikachu was also given his own mini game in the Japanese Pokemon Stadium 2o where voltor and Pikachu would charge a machine and similarly a sequel to the pocket Pikachu device was released this year too called the Pokemon Pikachu 2 GS and last for this year Pikachu debuted in the new fighting games to were Smash Brothers and remarkably it was tied for the highest ranked character in the game with Kirby both ranking as s tier Fighters mostly due to their insane recovery which would also be the first time you could play as Pikachu in any game as well 2000 Japan this year the English birthday Pikachu card made its debut in Australia and could only be purchased as part of the Pikachu World collection set which was sold during the C 2000 Summer Olympics and this collection featured all the iconic Pikachu cards which included cards like the fly flying Pikachu the surfing Pikachu the old school yellow cheeks Pikachu and even a Pikachu for Pokémon Snap and if you notice each card came in a different language to represent how the entire world comes together for the Olympics along with that this year also marks the first time Pikachu starred in his own console where the game store Toys R Us released a Pikachu edition Game Boy Color as well as Nintendo releasing a Pikachu edition Nintendo 64 and lastly in the English Pokemon Stadium 2 Pikachu was given his own mini game called pichu's Power Plant where Pichu and Pikachu from your game would compete to charge light bulbs also Pikachu cereal 2001 as Pikachu the adorable Flagship character of the more than 250 character Pokemon Universe becomes a first time big balloon now believe it or not this year the small island country of neoway released a $1 coin featuring Pikachu to promote the Pokémon franchise and yes this is actual legal Tinder this year also B the first appearance of Pokémon in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with a giant flying Pikachu balloon floating around for everyone to see additionally Super Smash Brothers Melly was released this year too featuring Pikachu's pre-evolution Pichu as a new fighter but as more of a joke character for the roster as said by the creator of Smash Brothers Sakurai and arguably the worst fighter in the game this year Pikachu also had his own miname in Pokemon party mini called Pikachu's rocket start and finally Pikachu started in the Pokemon Center commercial for the Rockefeller Center in New York City which remained open for a mere 4 years oh also Pikachu slug bug yes this really happened 2002 [Music] this year mark the release of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire where Pikachu gained the static ability which paralyzed Pokemon on contact also in the anime episode hocus Pokémon Ash was transformed into a Pikachu by a witch which marks the first time a human became a Pikachu along with that this year marks the first time Pokémon collaborated with McDonald's releasing a variety of Pokémon cards including this beautiful Pikachu card and lastly in The Adventurous manga Red's Pikachu becomes a father hatching a Pichu with yellow's Pikachu Cho Chu named peu [Music] 2003 this year Pikachu was added as a DLC Pokemon for the Japanese version of Pokemon Coliseum where if you pre-order the game you would receive a bonus s that contain Pikachu and celby and this Pikachu came with a unique original trainer of kosamu which means Coliseum in Japanese and lastly Pokémon channel was released this year too where you can interact with Pikachu by watching TV and play mini games together with one of the TV shows being the Pichu Brothers which is based on the Pikachu short from the third movie 2004 this year Martha released a Pokemon Emerald where Pikachu was given his own signature move called Vol tackle which at this time was the most powerful let Type move in the game even more powerful F than Thunder this year also saw the release of Pokemon fire red and leaf green and according to an interview with IGN the CRA of Pokemon stated that Pikachu and Charizard were selling points for these games since it had been 8 years since the release of Pokemon Red and Blue and that the new target audience will see these Pokemon for the first time this year also saw a Pikachu star in the Pokemon Dash game where Pikachu is used to Race Against Time and other Pokemon and at this time and probably still now this game was infamously known as the worst Pokemon game ever made having a Metacritic score of 4 4 6 which is the lowest score that any Pokémon game on a console has gotten Additionally the new story system game Pokemon box was released this year too where the player would be rewarded with a surfy Pikachu if they filled in every box similar to how Pikachu was given away in Pokemon Stadium and lastly Pikachu and Clefairy from the Pokemon Pocket Monsters manga become the first and only manga characters to make an appearance in the anime where ash recalls watching a Pokemon movie 2005 [Music] this year marked the debut of the first Steel type Pikachu in the training card expansion Mirage Forest where it was featured as a box topper additionally Pikachu was introduced as one of the playable characters in the new Pokemon misjudging game where the player would need to have an impish hearty or sassy personality and lastly the famous April fools day of 2005 featured a magazine claiming a DS Port of the heu Pikachu game along with a new Pokémon named kochu who was supposedly appear in this game and this prank was was probably inspired by the 2004 E3 Tech demo of Pikachu on the Nintendo DS which had a lot of heyu Pikachu qualities to it [Music] 2006 this year Martha released a Pokemon Diamond and Pearl where Pikachu could only be found in the trophy Garden an area reserved only for rare Pokémon this year also marked the release of Pokémon Battle Revolution where the Pikachu fan trainer class was introduced but funny enough none of the Pikachu fans even used a Pikachu so what kind of fans are they also in Battle Revolution a Pikachu that new Surf and Vol tackle was given away after being in the game which was pretty special because prior to this there was no other way to obtain a Pikachu with both of these moves this is also the year where ashes Pikachu defeated a legendary Pokemon with the Pokemon being Brandon's re I who happened to be a frontier brain and lastly this is the year where the first shiny Pikachu card was printed which was released as an ultra rare car for the hollow Phantom expans which happened to be one of my favorite Pokémon cards oh and also a special Pikachu watch was made for the 10th anniversary of Pokémon along with several other merchandise items 2007 it's [Music] Pikachu God damn it this is the year of the famous Pikachu meme that you just saw and let me tell you when I was young this was just hilarious also this is the year where Pikachu kind of made an appearance in a Marvel comic where this Nova suton appeared to looked like a blue Pikachu which was really random and that's about it [Music] 2008 this is the year that Pikachu is named after a new protein that discovered by scientists in Japan where this protein would carry electric Pulses from the brain to the eyes in which they name it pikach churin after of course Pikachu and lastly this year marked the release of Super Smash Brothers Brawl where Pikachu would get an all new Final Smash move where it would become a ball of lightning and volt tackle across the stage oh and also a new Pikachu car was printed with a unique move called Pika punch which sounded pretty cute [Music] 2009 this year Marther released a Pokemon Heart Gold and soul silver where it would be bundled with the new poke Walker which was the spiritual successor to the pocket Pikachu device and funny enough researchers at Iowa State University determined that the Poke Walker was the most accurate pedometer available during this time meaning that was able to record your steps more accurately than an actual podometer which is kind of crazy also in the Poke Walker Pikachu has given his own unique area called the yellow Forest where players could capture several Pikachu with the moves like surf fly Vol tackle and even fake out also in heart go and soul silver a special Pichu with a spiky ear made its appearance with its own storyline but was only available within these games and lastly this is the year that poke Park Wii Pikachu's Adventures was released where players could play as Pikachu in his own story based adventure to [Music] 2010 this year Martha released a Pokemon Black and White making it the first main Series game where Pikachu wasn't naturally available in but nonetheless Pikachu is still given a new hidden ability in the game's coding with the ability being lightning rod additionally Pokemon Ranger Guardian science was released this year too where a ukulele Pichu was serve as a partner Pokémon for the protagonist which was pretty random I'd say and lastly this is the year that Ash's Pikachu tie with tobias's lidios in the Pokemon League conference which would apparently Nerf Pikachu because it would later get destroyed by little F Snivy in the next season poor Pikachu 2011 P this is the year that poke Park 2 was released continuing Pikachu story in a new park and lastly this is also the year where ashes Pikachu would distributed in the games for the first time where had moves based on his anime move set and that's about it 2012 [Music] the only notable thing that happened this year with Pikachu is that it got his own special edition of the Nintendo 3DS XL and that's about it it also got some cool Pokemon worlds burst too [Music] 2013 this year Martha released of Pokemon X and Y where Pikachu is given a buff in its defense and special defense stats by 10 points also in these games Pikachu's cry was updated to match his anime cry where it says its own name just like how you saw in the clip before for this and lastly some hits of a detective Pikachu game made it rounds across the internet including this very creepy behind the-scenes footage of a Pikachu with facial recognition just look at it that's pretty creepy 2014 Pikachu pop star this year Martha released a Pokemon Omega Ruby and have a sapphire where Pikachu is given five new cosplay forms which were Rockstar Bell pop star PhD and Libre Pikachu and these new forms came with new moves that Pikachu couldn't we learn with the moves being meteor Mash icy win draining kiss electric Teran and flying press respectively and lastly a special Pikachu Cafe open up in Tokyo Japan offering Pikachu themed food items like Pikachu and Bulbasaur's best friend forever Curry plate or coffee with a Pikachu tail cookie and this restaurant is still open to this day 2015 piku this year marked the release a pokin tournament where Pikachu was given not one but two fighters in the game with one being a Pikachu Libre and the other being a regular Pikachu and that's about it 2016 Pik pikik Pika pikach Pik this year Martha released a Pokemon go where Pikachu was available as a secret starter Pokemon which could be unlocked by walking away from Bulbasaur charminer Squirtle four times this is also the year of the 20th anniversary of Pokemon where Pokemon released a 24 Karat Pikachu card made out of solid gold which sold for Hefty $1,000 this year also marked the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon where Pikachu's Evolution Raichu received an alolan form which was most likely based on puka from the anime along with that Pikachu received a signature Z move in these games too with the moves being catastropika a Stoke spark surer for L and Raichu with catastropika becoming the new strongest elicious type move also this year Pikachu started in his own miname called great detective Pikachu birth of a new Duo where it be a sneak peek of the upcoming game detective Pikachu that at least 2 years later this year also marked the first Crossover with Pikachu with the Mario Universe where a special Mario and Luigi Pikachu card was sold to promote the new game Super Mario Maker 3DS and these cards go for thousands of dollars nowadays when they originally sold for a mere 3,000 yen upon release which was about $20 and lastly the first shiny Pikachu made his appearance in the anime where one would be featured in the Poke TV segment in the episode making friends and influencing villains oh also Pokémon 20th anniversary Pikachu logo 2017 it's because I always want to be with you this year marked the 20th anniversary of the Pokemon anime and as a celebration Pokemon released the I Choose You movie where Pikachu would literally talk for the first time and damn it it's making me choke right now along with that six new special Pikachu variants were released as a celebration as well where each Pikachu would have a hat from Ash's adventure and also new signature Z move 10 million volt Thunderbolt and lastly this was also the year that Pokémon Ultras sun and move J release where a new location was added called Pikachu Valley which had an RV containing an infinite number of Pikachu where you can take pictures interact and even dance with them 2018 Pikachu Pik this year Martha release Pokemon let's go Pikachu where Pikachu would be the player's main partner learn secret techniques like splishy Splash floaty Tails Zippy zap and Pika paow this year also Mark the full release of detective Pikachu and funny enough fans made literal petition Danny Devo voice Pikachu in this game but Deo had no interest and lastly the detective Pikachu movie trailer was released this year too where Ryan Reynolds will voice Pikachu in this first liveaction Pokemon movie also shiny afro Pikachu 2019 this year Marthur released a Pokemon sword and shield where Pikachu would get his very own gamax form which looked like a nod to his original fatter design additionally Pikachu was chosen as a rare Pokémon that K would sometimes have in his mouth in his gorging form which is just hilarious this year also saw the very first liveaction Pokemon movie starring Pikachu and detective Pikachu with of course Ryan rynolds as his voice actor and lastly in the anime Ash Pikachu become Champions after 20 whole years where Pikachu would defeat professor koui and tapu Koko and also in the anime Pokemon Journeys was released this year 2 where in the first episode shows a backstory of ashes Pikachu as a Pichu and how it evolved 2020 Pikachu this year a new cat Pikachu was released in celebration of the crown Tundra DLC with the cat being ashes cap from Pokemon Journeys also this year Pokemon home was released where all players who started the game would automatically get a Japanese Pikachu in their box and lastly Pokemon cafe mix was released this year too having Pikachu as a lead character and a helper in the game [Music] 2021 this year marked the 25th anniversary of the Pokemon franchise where Pikachu was chosen as a mascot as celebration again and funny enough for April FS Pikachu's face was changed to Badu's face which looked very silly Additionally the most powerful Pikachu card was printed in commemoration of the 25th anniversary called Pikachu V Union which featured 25 different Pikachu drawn by 25 different artists also this year two distin spider species were discovered and were named in honor of Pikachu with their names being the Alistar Pikachu and the epicus Pikachu and lastly Logan Paul purchased the only PSA 10 illustrator Pikachu card for over $5 million setting a new world record for the most expensive Pokémon card [Music] 2022 this is the year that Ash's Pikachu defeated Leon's undefeated Charizard with a powerful Thunderbolt crowning Ash and Pikachu as the world champions of the Pokemon League damn it I'm getting choked up again and honestly this is all this year really needed 2023 which way do you want to go Pika this year marked the final episode of Ash of Pikachu in the anime where they would pass a baton to the new cast of Pokemon Horizons where Captain Pikachu is introduced as the new lead Pikachu this year also marked the release of detective Pikachu returns bringing this Pikachu story to a close and lastly Pokemon did a crossover event with the vano Museum of Amsterdam making a special Pikachu car resembling van Go's self-portrait with a gray felt hat which spars a lot of drama and controversy 2024 and finally as of today March 17th 2024 Pikachu was featured in the new Pokemon Legends Za trailer where it is seen running in lumo city and lastly this is the latest Pikachu card that was printed in the pan Fates expansion set making it the 2011th Pikachu card ever printed I hope you guys enjoyed this video and check out this video right here for one fact for every Pokemon owned by 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Published: Mon Mar 18 2024