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Why is the anime version of Pikachu so much stronger than the game version of
Pikachu? It's disappointing when you try to simulate the anime in the game by
constructing your team as Ash does his.


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Why is anime version of Pikachu so much stronger than game version of Pikachu?


In the first episodes, Pikachu wasn't _that_ strong. The first fight against
Rocko, wasn't a good fight, as Pikachu fainted quickly. The problem is, that
the fights in the anime often have some factors that aren't covered in the
games, like the spinklers of the first arena (you know, water and electricity.
However, Ash never won that fight :D).

All in all, the anime-Pikachu isn't very strong. It's more like the enemies
aren't very good (who are his enemies? Team Rocket? Ha.). Ash also never won
one of the conferences(? why must they have different names? D:).

The main-reason why the anime-Pikachu may be _a little_ stronger is, that it
must be at least at level 100 now, after 5 regions (plus the orange-islands).


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It was probably because in the anime, Ash & Pikachu are the protagonists of
the story. So it is only natural to have Pikachu very strong to defeat the
antagonists. In the game however, it's up to the player's strategy on how to
make Pikachu stronger. Furthermore, in the game, the player can choose any
other Pokemon to train to be stronger, other than Pikachu.


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