>>49003734This. To get anywhere good with a Pichu, you either need some other pokes and optimally a game without forced exp share so you can walk everywhere with Pichu and get it massages etc and make it happy with minimal battling, or you need some heart scales to get the moves it missed after it evolves late. With a starter you have neither of these, and you need it to battle hard right out of the gate because it's going to pull most of the wait for the first gym or two until you can get a decent selection of other Pokemon and train them up.
