Today during IE Writing class, we were talking about Pokemon. Therefore, I thought I will write some things about Pokemon.
Pikachu, the most famous pokemon in the whole franchise, has some interesting fun facts you might not know. The name Pikachu is actually two Japanese words combined, pikapika (the sound of sparkling) and chuchu (the verbalization of squeaking). It's name makes more sense now, given that Pikachu is a lightning SQUIRREL. YES, Pikachu was originally designed as a squirrel.
In the first generation of Pokemon games. Pikachu has a chubby face, which in game designer Atsuko Nishida's words "At the time, I was really into squirrels, so I wanted the character to have puffy cheeks. Squirrel tails are cute... However, I wanted the character to have a lighting element, so I made it shaped like a lightning." Apparently, Pikachu's round cheek is where he store electricity, like a squirrel carries a nut.
