ThePokémonseries has long allowed for customizable trainer names, but each Pokémon protagonist has an official, canonical name as well. The option to name the main characters of any Pokémon game is a ...

Pikachu is very much the face of the franchise, thanks to its marketability and design. But if it had been called, say, Elemouse, would it have had quite the same staying power? I posit not, as that ...