Ash and Pikachu take on Tai and Agumon in an epic anime showdown — who wins when Digivolution meets Electric-type power?

Pikachu is the star of the Pokemon universe ... Fans of the original Pokemon anime all know how important Ash’s hat is to him thanks to the Primape Goes Bananas episode. There we learned that ...

Ash might be gone ... The Pokemon Company isn’t about to throw a mascot like Pikachu away, but it remains to be seen if this new one has anything more going for it than a cute little hat.