Detective Pikachu (video game)
The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name. |
Great 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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Logo of Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~ | |
Basic info
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Platform: | Nintendo 3DS |
Category: | Cinematic 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: | |
ACB: | |
OFLC: | N/A |
PEGI: | 3 |
GRAC: | N/A |
GSRR: | N/A |
Release dates
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Japan: | February 3, 2016 |
North America: | March 23, 2018 |
Australia: | N/A |
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: |
(Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ ~新コンビ誕生~ Great Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~) is a spin-off Pokémon game for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan on February 3, 2016 on the Nintendo eShop.
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. A movie titled Detective Pikachu featuring the character will be released in 2019.
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.
Plot
A boy named Tim Goodman (Japanese: ティム・グッドマン) comes to Rhyme 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)
- Great Detective Pikachu (Japanese: 名探偵ピカチュウ), a bossy, easily infatuated, coffee-loving, bipedal detective
- Harry Goodman, 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 High-Hat Café (Japanese: ハイハットカフェ)
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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Trivia
- In the United States copyright filings and the PEGI rating for the games, the title of the game is translated as Detective Pikachu.
This article is part of Project Sidegames, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames. |