Personally I prefer to consider Pikachu something separate from the whole "ace" phenomenon for a couple reasons. One is that even though he gets some very good wins at times he's also prone to slapstick mishaps and defeats to make the plot work or build tension--getting quickly and easily...
To be entirely fair Kanto was much shorter than the other regions, and the comparatively much smaller focus on battles compared to later ones meant most of the cast didn't get too much battle time or really noteworthy matches. Honestly, I might argue the only really good Kanto battles are...
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