Detective Pikachu (video game)
Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo 名探偵ピカチュウ ~新コンビ誕生~ | |
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Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo Japanese logo | |
Detective Pikachu 名探偵ピカチュウ | |
North American box art of Detective Pikachu | |
Basic info
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Platform: | Nintendo 3DS |
Category: | Action-adventure |
Players: | 1 |
Connectivity: | None |
Developer: | Creatures, Inc. |
Publisher: | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company |
Part of: | Generation VI spin-off |
Ratings
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CERO: | A |
ESRB: | E |
ACB: | G |
OFLC: | N/A |
PEGI: | 3 |
GRAC: | N/A |
GSRR: | N/A |
Release dates
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Japan: | February 3, 2016 (Birth of a New Duo) March 23, 2018 |
North America: | March 23, 2018 |
Australia: | March 2018 |
Europe: | March 23, 2018 |
South Korea: | N/A |
Hong Kong: | N/A |
Taiwan: | N/A |
Websites
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Japanese: | Official site Nintendo.co.jp |
English: | Pokémon.com |
Japanese boxart
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Detective Pikachu (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ Great Detective Pikachu) is a spin-off Pokémon game for the Nintendo 3DS. It will be released in Japan, North America, and Europe on March 23, 2018. All copies of the game can be played with Japanese or English voice acting and subtitles in eight languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
It is an expanded version of the original Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ ~新コンビ誕生~ Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo), which was released exclusively in Japan on February 3, 2016 on the Nintendo eShop. From January 27, 2016 to February 29, 2016, the game could be purchased in Japan for ¥1,200, instead of the normal price of ¥1,500. Players who purchased Birth of a New Duo will be able to receive a ¥1,500 discount on the full Detective Pikachu game until April 22, 2018. The game was removed from the eShop on January 12, 2018, just before the announcement of the full version.
The game was initially revealed in an NHK Professional: Shigoto no Ryuugi documentary featuring Tsunekazu Ishihara aired on October 28, 2013. A trademark was later found for 「名探偵ピカチュウ」 Great Detective Pikachu that was filed in Japan on October 11, 2013. It was officially announced on January 26, 2016. On January 12, 2018, the full version of the game was announced, including an international release. A movie featuring the character, also titled Detective Pikachu, will also be released in 2019.
Plot
A boy named Tim Goodman (Japanese: ティム・グッドマン) comes to Ryme City (Japanese: ライムシティ) and meets a bossy, easily infatuated, coffee-loving, talking Pikachu detective.
Gameplay
Tim and Pikachu collect testimony and evidence, cooperating to reason through mysteries.
Characters
- Tim Goodman (Japanese: ティム・グッドマン)
- Detective Pikachu (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ), a bossy, easily infatuated, coffee-loving, bipedal detective
- Harry Goodman (Japanese: ハリー・グッドマン), Tim's father
- Mike Baker (Japanese: マイク・ベイカー), director of the detective office
- Amanda Blackstone (Japanese: アマンダ・ブラックストーン), assistant of the detective office
- Emilia Christie (Japanese: エミリア・クリスティー), rookie assistant director of the TV station
- Meiko Okamoto (Japanese: メイコ・オカモト), energetic TV director
- Pablo Millan (Japanese: パブロ・ミラン), master of Hi-Hat Café (Japanese: ハイハットカフェ)
- Brad McMaster (Japanese: ブラッド・マクマスター), a police lieutenant
Staff
- Main article: Staff of Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~
Cast
Cast | |||||
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Detective Pikachu | Detective Pikachu | Tōru Ōkawa | 探偵ピカチュウ | 大川透 | |
Tim Goodman | Tim Goodman | Yūma Uchida | ティム・グッドマン | 内田雄馬 | |
Emilia Christie | Emilia Christie | Risa Shimizu | エミリア・クリスティー | 清水理沙 | |
Dorothy Fisher | Dorothy Fisher | Atsuko Tanaka | ドロシー・フィッシャー | 田中敦子 | |
Carlos Hernando | Carlos Hernando | Tsuguo Mogami | カルロス・エルナンド | 最上嗣生 | |
Frederick Hartfield | Frederick Hartfield | Tomohiro Waki | フレデリック・ハートフィールド | 脇知弘 | |
Wallace Carroll | Wallace Carroll | Kōki Uchiyama | ウォーレス・キャロル | 内山 昂輝 | |
Meiko Okamoto | Meiko Okamoto | Rei Shimoda | メイコ・オカモト | 下田レイ | |
Rita Partridge | Rita Partridge | Ai Kayano | リタ・パートリッジ | 茅野愛衣 | |
Nina O'Hara | Nina O'Hara | Miyuki Kobori | ニーナ・オハラ | 小堀幸 | |
Mike Baker | Mike Baker | Yōsuke Akimoto | マイク・ベイカー | 秋元羊介 | |
Frank Holiday | Frank Holiday | Katsuhisa Hōki | フランク・ホリデイ | 宝亀克寿 | |
Pablo Millan | Pablo Millan | Kunpei Sakamoto | パブロ・ミラン | 坂本くんぺい | |
Amanda Blackstone | Amanda Blackstone | Yuka Hirose | アマンダ・ブラックストーン | 広瀬有香 |
Gallery
Trailer
Japanese
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English
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In other languages
Detective Pikachu
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Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo
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