Pikachu, the mascot Pokemon of the franchise, is shown in every season of the anime, either alongside Ash Ketchum or ...

Instead, we got those moments from a pair of console games that were focused on serving up slice of life fun. The first, Hey You, Pikachu! was a pet sim — not unlike a Tomagotchi but with 3D graphics ...

Ash and Pikachu's journey came to an end after 25 seasons and 1,232 episodes of Pokemon. The anime, which aired for the first time in 1997, became a very significant part of a franchise that ...