Anime question about pikachu!!!

Ok I am really curious about this .why ash’s pikachu was a pikachu when ash met him for the first time? I mean why he wasn’t a pichu ?is this means that he was at least 26lvl ?what was this kind of pokeball pikachu was in ,back in Oak’s lab ?

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Pichu did not exist until Gen II, so that would be impossible. If you are asking why wasn’t Pichu a part of Gen I, Maybe the idea of baby Pokemon came later on. Or maybe ProfessorOak could not find a Light Ball.

Level 26?? Pichu evolves into Pikachu when he has maximum happiness. Pikachu could have been Level 2. However, this is irrelevent because there are no such things as Levels in the anime.

As for the ball, it just looks like a Pokeball with a sticker on it. Maybe to identify it as the one containig Pikachu. There is nothing about it online, this was just my guess.

I will answer.There wasnt a pichu in gen1,there was only a pikachu.So oak gave him a pikachu.Pokemon levels dont exist in the anime.So it could have been any level.Pikachu was in a standard pokeball.

Ok, I’ll answer this as responsibly as I can…

Well in HG/SS, you can catch a level 3-7 Pikachu. So I assuming Prof. Oak caught one at level 5 and gave it to Ash.

Sorry about my overactive comment.