Check out some screenshots of the newly-revealed Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination.
Hardcore Gamer: Game Freak and Nintendo revealed a brand new Pikachu-centered game coming to the 3DS. Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo stars Pikachu and Tim as they travel around town solving mysteries and possibly crimes committed in the Pokémon universe. It’s an interesting concept for a Pokémon game and one we hope makes its way to North America. We aren’t currently sure what kinds of cases will pop up in Detective Pikachu, but there are many mysteries that go unsolved in the Pokémon world. We’ve compiled a list of big and small cases from the entire Pokémon franchise that Detective Pikachu can start working on. Perhaps it’ll get a few of you ready to do some sleuthing.
NL:
There is a notable issue with the game, however. It's unfortunately a bit short. As it's a download title, going in expecting a 20 hour adventure was of course a ridiculous idea, but if you know what you're doing you can probably beat the story in a few hours. Doing so however may make you realise why it's so short, but of course, no spoilers.
Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo is a solid title. While it could use a few more gameplay aspects to break up the monotony of going back and forth between characters in an area, it has the foundations for something that can be absolutely masterful, and as a sequel is likely based on how the story plays out, the prospect of future instalments of the game is very exciting. It's definitely a series to watch.
NWR:
It's time to fight crime and do some detective work with a talking Pikachu.
Pikachu is a detective now. Well, ONE Pikachu is a detective that is apparently capable of saying more than, “Pika” in the recently released Meitanei Pikachu: Shin Combi Tanjō (aka Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo) on the Nintendo 3DS. Detective Pikachu has been a known quantity to some degree after the game was outed on a Japanese TV program a few years back. Despite this, almost nothing was known about the game until now. After sinking a few hours into the final Japanese version, I can say that Detective Pikachu is something that diehard and even lapsed Pokémon fans should check out.
seeing pikachu with a different kid immediately gives me Charles Lee Ray vibes.
Horrifying.
This is just embarrassing
That video was April fools worthy. Hard to believe this crap is being made.
Not sure which is worse. This or Hey You Pikachu.