Pokémonmade it clear very early on that Ash's Pikachu wouldn't be evolving into a Raichu over the course of the series. While there have been reasons provided by Pikachu over the years for why it ...

The Pokémon Raichu is a mainstay of most games' rosters, and for good reason - it's got great moves and is easy to evolve ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.