>>37268843Your picture is Proto-Pikachu not Proto-Clefairy.
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…
Nishida: I named it without giving it much thought, but since it was an electric type, I threw in a “Pika” [Editor’s note: from Japanese onomatopoeia “Pika-Pika” meaning to glitter, sparkle, or shine]. I didn’t have a mouse in mind for the “-chu” [a Japanese mouse noise like “squeak”]part, and I actually don’t remember the reason… but anyway, the name “Pikachu” came first, and from there it was made into a mouse.
Sugimori: As a result, it was carried by its name and made into a mouse. I believe it was the president (Satoshi Tajiri) who decided to make it into an “electric mouse.”
