>>35595499Are you sure it's not beta Pikachu?
>I didn’t draw it on paper and directly designed the pixel-art, so there isn’t any data of it now, but the first prototype I designed for Pikachu was a daifuku-like creature in the shape of a long daifuku with ears sticking out. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination… but it was nothing like the Pikachu you know today. >Sugimori: At the same time of the daifuku-like monster’s creation, Nishida-san named it “Pikachu.” At first, you couldn’t really distinguish what part was its head and its body…http://www.siliconera.com/2018/05/03/pikachu-originally-second-evolution-called-gorochu-large-fangs-two-horns/#YHcL9lSl11bM8UBr.99