Only 18 Generation 1 Pokemon have Alolan forms, including Raichu, but Pikachu never received one. Alolan forms were inspired by Hawaii's climate in Generation 7 games. Pokemon fans create custom ...

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

Surfing Alolan Raichu and eerie skeletal starters feature in a nostalgic but surprisingly bold decade of designs.

Sarah has been a writer all her life, and spent several years as a successful ghostwriter for numerous websites prior to becoming an editor and contributor for GameRant in 2015. She kicked off her ...