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And also in FR/LG, your rival had a Kanto starter too, but in HG/SS he had zero. So it seems that HG/SS is having teams based on Yellow version rather than FR/LG to me. That's pretty stupid, because Yellow version is just a stupid fan-service game, and I thought HG/SS are sequels to FR/LG.
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Another reason to having all three starters is that this is the Red from GSC - who was based on Yellow, the most recent main game before GSC where Red had all three starters and Pikachu. (And Snorlax and an Espeon). Looking at the complaints over the lack of a Espeon, imagine what it'd be like if they completely changed Red from GSC's team and replaced another 3 Pokemon, two of them the starters and Pikachu? The 'should be keeping in line with the FR/LG games' is a fair point, but I can see why they kept to a Yellow-esque team - because being the GSC remakes, they decided to keep Red true to his GSC team... well, for the most part. ;P They only went and replaced Espeon for Lapras (a feasible Pokemon for Red to obtain as mentioned before) which arguably is more likely for him to get than Espeon, and suits the whole Hail aspect far more.
That, or Red just likes trading. But I do feel that HG/SS is more a GSC first and foremost remake than a FR/LG sequel, hence Red's team. As for Pikachu... well, this, really:
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Pikachu is there just because he's the mascot of Pokemon which is ambiguous with Red being Pokemon's love child.
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More or less, anyways. =P Pikachu is still the main mascot after all, so remain it shall for better or worse. Pity for those who don't like him, but oh well. If you don't like Pikachu, then just take delight in EQ'ing the rodent like I do! =D