They created Alolan Raichu to make Pikachu evolve. They couldn't make it evolve into old Raichu because they had that stupid episode with Surge. But Alolan Raichu is fine so Pikachu will evolve in Alola into Alolan Riachu. It makes sense, there's no other reason to introduce Alolan Raichu. There's literally no reason to introduce him, if you aren't planning to change the mascot of the franchise.
>>28445493
>giving a fuck
All I can see is people boycotting the series over it, just like when Family Guy killed off Brian for two episodes or so
>>28445493
Pikachu was born in Kanto though. It would still evolve into a regular Raichu.
No way they'd change pikachu.
>>28445493
You're fucking stupid. They only introduced Alolan Raichu to have the mascot be part of this new thing without actually changing the mascot.
>>28445493
All this Alolan Raichu angst is going to amount to is an episode of the show where they meet the guy with the surfing Pikachu again and discover that it evolved into an Alolan Raichu.
>>28445493
you're making a broad misinformed assumption and claiming its the only possible scenario
its not the only reason or option at all
there is absolutely no reason to think this
>>28445493
Pikachu will never evolve, unfortunately.