Ash is leaving the Pokemon anime at the end of the current storyline. If that’s news to you, I’ve got 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a few other articles 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:on the subject that will 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:catch you up. When his departure was announced, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:I suggested that Ash leaving wasn’t the real loss, it was his buddy Pikachu. After all, how could the Pokemon series go on without its mascot, the world’s most recognizable mouse? As it turns out, it can’t. Pikachu isn’t going anywhe𓃲re next season, and he’s even getting an upgrade.
The Pokemon Company revealed a new character that will be accompanying Liko and Roy on their adventures in Paldea next season. Friede is a Pokemon Professor who will be helping out our new heroes, and his partner Pokemon is a Pikachu wearing a captain’s hat. His name is Captain Pikachu, and even though we haven’t been officially introduced, he’s already better than the origin🍸al Pikachu. Ash’s Pikachu might be a World Coronation Champion, but Captain Pikachu outranks him.
Captain Pikachu is the perfect solution to the Ash problem, and I’m kicking myself for not thinking of iꦬt sooner. By bidding farewell to Ash and Pikachu then immediately introducing a new, visually distinct version of Pikachu, Pokemon found a way to have its cake and eat it too. It manages to avoid feeling contrived too, since there’s so much history of hat-wearing Pikachu throughout Po🤪kemon history.
As any Pokemon Go fan will tell you, Pikachu wearing hats are the bread and butter of the game. Every single event introduces a new Pikachu with a birthday hat, safari cap, or flower crown on. These aren’t accessories you can mix and match on your Pokemon either, they’re distinct, categorically separate Pokemon. This isn’t Pikachu wearing straw hat, it’s Straw Hat Pikachu. Put a Santa hat on it, it’s Santa Hat Pikachu. Put a Deerstalker on it, and ♋now you’ve got Detective Pikachu. If you can eke out a spin-off game and a big Hollywood movie simply by putting a silly hat on Pika, surely it won’t be hard to make🐠 Captain Pikachu a thing.
Design-wise, Friede and Captain Pi🤡kachu are already set up to be the real stars in the next season of Pokemon. Friede is younger than most Poke Pro🌊fs and dresses like the animated version of Tom Cruise in Top Gun. He reminds me of Jack Walker from Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea - an adventurous hero who inspires Ash to think about the impact his actions have on the world. Like its trainer, Captain Pikachu is a bit edgier and more mature than the Pikachu we know and love. I was ambivalent about the next generation of Pokemon before, but now I’m looking forward to seeing what Friede and Captain Pikachu bring to the series.
Pokemon are strange characters. We understand that there are many different Pikachu, but we recognize them all as the sa🍎me character. When you see Pikachu on a lunch box or embroidered on someone’s jacket, you don’t see it as a specific Pikachu. It’s not Ash’s Pikachu, it’s just Pikachu. But Captain Pikachu has the potential to achieve its own icon status in a way that not even Detective Pikachu managed. When you see Pikachu wearing a captain’s hat, you recognize it not just as a Pikachu, but as a specific character, and that’s not something Pokemon has ever had before. I love Ash’s Pikachu and I’ll miss his determination and loyalty, but I’m already sold on Captain Pikachu and I can’t wait to see what Pokemon does with it.