Pikachu is a Pokémon with the type Electro and exists since the first generation of the game. It is the first evolution of Pichu and can evolve itself into Raichu. It also appears on the cover of Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! where it is also the starter Pokémon. Since the eighth generation, it is able to become Gigadynamax Pikachu via Gigadynamaximization