After Generation 3’s Plusle and Minun, it’s become tradition for the new crop of Pokemon to include what fans have dubbed ‘Pikachu clones’. These Pokemon are designed to be the ‘Pikachu’ of their ...

But all of these Pokémon that look like Pikachu through natural means cannot defeat the actual best Pikachu clone: the one who just wishes it looked like Pikachu. Mimikyu is a ghost/fairy-type who ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

Generation IV’s Pikachu clone Pachirisu is an icon not just because it’s adorable, but because it was at the center of one of the best moments of Pokémon competitive play history. In 2014, Korean ...