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Pikachu Split Evolution- Shinkachu

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Back before I became a hopeless Homestuck I used to have a lot of ideas for Pokemon designs. Most of them were terribly forgettable, but some have stuck with me for years. I remember first having the idea for a Split Evo with the strength to match Pikachu's popularity back in the Fourth Generation, only now with the Sixth Gen on the horizon am I getting around to drawing it...

I can imagine this being used as a major "game-changer" in the anime with "Shinkachu" being something like a super-powered evil personality for Ash's Pikachu with God-like powers to go along with it that emerges to take control temporarily before Pikachu finally learns to control the power and evolves for good into Shinkachu proper. This would occur after probably hundreds of episodes and several movies of conflict, just to go back to being just as strong or as weak as the plot requires him to be.

In the games Shinkachu would presumably be fairly good, but not great. It would be competitively competent for its typing, but hardly the same level of game-changing as it would be elsewhere. It would be about as strong as it could possibly be without making Raichu entirely obsolete, the idea of a "God Pikachu" would likely make it a popular enough choice as it is.

I think the main difference between the "RGBY Stone" and other evolutionary stones would be in how it is obtained, probably requiring certain Pokemon (Like Plusle and Minun) in the team and the completion of a puzzle like how the Regis were unlocked back in RSE. Perhaps it could be like the Key Items that allow legendaries to change formes (Meaning that only one is obtainable per game and can be used to evolve an infinite number of Pikachu, but cannot be traded in any way)? I don't know if that is really a realistic expectation, but it sounds doable to me.

EDIT: Also works as "Mega Pikachu" I guess

--I don't own either Pokemon or Pikachu, they belong to Nintendo/Creatures Inc/GAME FREAK Inc--

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Excuse me, may I have permission to draw this fakemon as fanart? I promise to give full credit.