>>34707911I know this sounds a little too owtheedge.jpg, but I've always thought it would be really cool to see Ash's Pikachu as the one single good Pikachu that had insane stats and learned insane moves just for anime plot reasons.
Instead of getting the hat Pikachus with basic stats, I always wanted Ash's Pikachu to have boosted stats, as if he was a different form. I also really wanted his Pikachu to learn cool moves other Pikachu didn't. I would've LOVED an anime episode where he somehow trained hard enough and learned Aura Sphere, or a cool move that didn't seem too absurd but still something that Ash's Pikachu could only do. Something he trained harder and harder to do.
I wanted the anime to build up this badass Goku of Pikachus, and then give it away in the games as this very unique and very different Pikachu.
I realize that sounds gay and stupid, but i feel like it would've been better than what we got.