Pikachu is up today in the GameFAQs Character Battle, and currently he's in last place (as of this writing, he has 18.82% of the vote and the leader has 29.56%). So, vote for him if you haven't yet!
(The poll is on the front page: http://www.gamefaqs.com/.)
(The poll is on the front page: http://www.gamefaqs.com/.)