>>34657613At what point did the anime start following the four moves rule, anyway? I recall the trainers just commanded Pokemon to do whatever moves they thought of in the moment up till the end of Johto, at least.
While I understand that visually Volt Tackle is just a different Quick Attack, it's 1. Pikachu's signature move and 2. I don't understand how Electro Ball diversifies things too much when it just gives Pikachu a generic 'energy sphere' attack that the anime seems to love putting on half the monsters.