2nd Gen Did you let Pikachu evolve?

[Kerish]

Are you kidding me?!
I LOVED it when Pikachu followed me around, and by the time I got it to level 85, it was more powerful than all of my friend's Raichu's at the time.

 

[foullump]

xD I never even tried to do that! I raised my pikachu to like, level 82 and beat the game with it... :)

 

[BenjiTheKid]

I did once.

But, I later regretted it. So, from then on, I began trading a different Pikachu from Red or Blue to Yellow so I could evolve him- and then have both Pikachu and Raichu. I'm brilliant. ;)

 

[(Dusty<3)]

I didnt. I remember one time I had a Lv.58 Pikachu by time I got to Blaine on Cinnabar Island. It beat his Arcanine with a little bit of difficulty.

 

[Raibutai]

Heck no... Why would I want to evolve a level 93 Pikachu?

I liked the fact that he followed you, and that he could sweep the Elite Four. I almost never used other Pokemon - all level 20s and one level 50 Lapras.

Yay for sweeping Bruno!

 

[CasyCoati]

I could of evolve pikachu because I had everything for but I did not want to and I could get raichu aswell anyway from blue that I have; had both pikachu and raichu on yellow.
Why get rid of the extra feature that makes the game yellow, it's extra enjoyment.

 

[Vuallum]

Yeah I agree with the people saying "It just didn't feel like yellow", I evolved him by trading him/her/it (no genders for R/B/Y) so I just restarted the game eventually :P

I usually use Pikachu over Venusaur (odd eh?) in yellow version, and it ends up in the elite 4 team :P

 

[Myuuuuuuuuuuuu]

NO! NEVER :D
I like Pikachu very much.
This is my favourite Pokemon
behind Mew.

 

[lolwut]

nope, pikachus one of my favs and even in fire red i trained him up to level 75 but it was getting annoying when he was getting owned by 1 hit attacks from level 50s so i evolved him

 

[Zebeedoo]

Well,I hope to make it evolve sometime soon...I havn't been playing much. :/

 

[.inLOVE]

No. I leveled it up to level 100, where it remained.

 

[Sajin]

yah, but only later, when it learned all the moves it could.

 

[DDD'SSCEPTILE]

I let it learn Thunderbolt, then traded it away, evolved it, and traded it back.

I like Raichu a lot more. You can just breathe on Pikachu and it'll die..

 

[.MurkyBurning.]

yes i did. but pikachu is still cool by itself but its stats raise when evolved

 

[Eon-Rider]

I remember debating in my head whether to evolve Pikachu or not but I always ended up not doing so.

 

[Heather]

Nah i never saw Pikachu as a pokemon that i wanted to evolve. I feel like Ash in a way. :D

 

[Leirot]

Nah, no way. Not in Yellow version. I couldn't even put it in a PC...It'd make that sad little sound and I'd withdraw it right back, lol. I loved my Pikachu in Yellow Version.

 

[Eureka1]

I did once, but most of the time I just left it.

In my current Yellow save It's named Chuchu and I'm named Yellow - just like the manga. :P

 

[+Poochyena+]

Well, let me put it to you this way.
Pikachu never made it to the first gym with me.
Neither did a Raichu.
I traded the Pikachu for a Meowth.
Me and Persian beat the game lol.

 

[Traininghopper]

I never evolved Pikachu, it never felt right. And to have him folowing you is part of the game. I like the little yellow fella.