How do you get Pikachu as a starting Pokemon?

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I heard it is possible to get Pikachu as a starting pokemon in Pokemon Go. How do you do this?

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '16 at 12:38

It's possible to get Pikachu as a starter Pokemon. It's actually considered an easter egg in the game.

You can get it by walking away from the starter Pokemon several times when they appear. The 4th time they will reappear with a Pikachu next to them.

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