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| The best Pokemon ever. |
Every
Pokemon game has a fake Pikachu, an Electric-type rodent of some sort
that tries to repeat the winning formula of the original mascot. It
never works. Don't get me wrong, some attempts have been better than
others. Pachirisu looks awful, Dedenne is kind of sweet, and Emolga
is my favourite Pokemon ever ever ever!!!
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| A football waiting to happen. |
Togedemaru
is the “official” knock-off Pikachu of this generation. Not the
best design, not the worst, definitely no Emolga. The funny thing is,
this game also features Mimikyu...
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| Don't you just want to tickle both his chins? |
… who is a
shy Ghost-Fairy type hiding inside a Pikachu costume and everyone
loves it. Every Pokemon player on the internet, it seems, is united
in their love of this little fellow. I'm right with them, Mimikyu was
the only Pokemon I went into this game thinking I absolutely had to
have one on my team.
This does
not seem to be the intention. We were meant to find it creepy. The
Ghost trial where it first appears presents it as a creeping terror
luring people in by pretending to be a cute little Pikachu and its
Pokedex entry reads like something out of Lovecraft: “It's actual
appearance is unknown. A scholar who saw what was under its rag was
overwhelmed by terror and died from the shock.” I called mine
Innsmouth, by the way. Hell, the anime even has one willingly joining
Team Rocket just because it wants to beat up Ash's Pikachu.
But people
love the little guy in a way you just can't manufacture. After six
generations of trying to replicate the Pikachu formula they finally
hit on it by just creating a Pokemon that's literally pretending to
be Pikachu and I find that hilarious.
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