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If you click this link http://pokemondb.net/sprites/pikachu , you will see that from Gen IV onwards female Pikachu have "dents" in their tails. However, it does not show it in the sprites for Gen III games. Was the concept introduced in Gen IV or something?

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No, not necessarily. Ever since the introduction of visual gender differences in Generation 4, female Pikachu has had heart-shaped tails, while the male Pikachu have had the lightning bolt tail Pikachu has had since the Red and Blue games. As these gender differences weren't introduced until Diamond and Pearl, Generation 1, 2, and 3 games don't have them.

The sprites for male Pikachu (left), and female Pikachu (right):
Pikachu  sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha SapphirePikachu  sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
These gender differences also carry over to the shiny sprites as well
Pikachu Shiny sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha SapphirePikachu Shiny sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

These gender differences range from female and male Hippowdon being colo(u)red differently, to the leaf on male Sneasels head being bigger than the one seen on female Sneasel. Though, while these gender differences are mostly just visual changes, they aren't for all Pokemon.
For example, male and female Meowstic have different HAs, where male Meowstic has Prankster, and female Meowstic has Competitive. These Pokemon also have different learnsets, where male Meowstic learns more status moves than female Meowstic, and female Meowstic learns more offensive moves than male Meowstic. This is also a similar case for Indeedee.
The sprites for male Meowstic (left), and female Meowstic (right):
Meowstic  sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha SapphireMeowstic  sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Meowstic Shiny sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha SapphireMeowstic Shiny sprite from Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

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Of course, there was one gender difference that was visually apparent even going all the way back to the beginning: Nidoran.
Yup, but as the Nidorans have entirely different pokedex entries and evolutionary lines, I count them as separate Pokemon.
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Yes, it has always been like that.
to separate genders from each other.
But The male Does not have it. if you take a look
at Ash's Picachu you should see the difference.

Male: Female:

This link Should show
Hope I helped :)

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I ment to put a comma after show sorry ;)
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lol SHadow Lucario
no i didn't
I know that males don't have it, i just wanted to know if the concept of females having it was created from the beginning or if it was introduced in Gen V thx though :)
The difference only shows starting in Gen IV, not all the games.