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Morozov Pikachu Valentine's Day cookies by kiri0izm!
While I subscribe to the headcanon that the Brawl/4/Ultimate Pikachu was the Melee Pichu that evolved, I sometimes wonder what happened to that original Pika...
He didn’t evolve into Raichu. Master Hand and Crazy Hand have seen other characters change and that did not stop them from bringing them back, just updated in one way or another; that original Pikachu also had the advantage of being one of the Original 12 and would have never been cut under normal circumstances. The change that occurred to him must have therefore been something much more drastic.
Consider this: The original Pikachu was one of the many humans-turned-Pokémon from PMD: Gates to Infinity in order to stop the Bittercold, but he was whisked away to the world/relative safe haven of Smash two different times mid-journey. He unfortunately got taken down upon returning after Melee and was brought back to human form among the many others, therefore rendering him unable to join Smash again the way he was. It was unfortunate for all that knew him, but just at that time Melee Pichu’s bonds with the other Smashers led him to evolve, so the Hands made do with the Chu they had