Pikachu's ability to speak was later scrapped to maintain charm and focus on non-verbal communication with Ash. Pikachu briefly speaks in the movie "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" (2017 ...

But still: Back in November 2017, there was yet another upheaval over the disconcerting experience of hearing Pikachu speak. The animated movie Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! sent a theater ...

Detective Pikachu worked. The story was fine until ... and a protagonist who speaks out of turn, is the Pokemon live-action adaptation doomed? Not in the slightest. Pokemon is the biggest media ...