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Pokémon Designers & Illustrators Discussed Pikachu’s Origins Earlyer we learned about Pikachu being based off a squirrel but it doesn't stop there! They've got more information! Pikachu has a lost evolution. Once Pikachu evolved to Raichu, the plan was for Raichu to evolve into Gorochu. Gorochu was planned to have fangs and a pair of horns. Because of balancing issues, this evolution was removed. Pikachu’s first prototype design was “daifuku-like creature in the shape of a long daifuku with ears sticking out”. It was during this design that the name “Pikachu” was born. Atsuko Nishida explained more, saying that “I named it without giving it much thought, but since it was an electric type, I threw in a ‘Pika’. I didn’t have a mouse in mind for the “-chu” 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”. Satoshi Tajiri is the one that decided that Pikachu should be an “electric mo...