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Detective Pikachu (2018)

Creatures Inc.

Expanded Game of Meitantei Pikachu: Shin Konbi Tanjou

Nintendo 3DS

3.27 from 103 ratings

357 members have it in their collection · 17 playing now · 120 backlogged · 128 wish listed

How long? Main story 11h · with extras 13h · 100% 32h (from 11 logged playthroughs)

Detective Pikachu is an adventure game developed by Creatures Inc., published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a spin-off of the Pokémon franchise, in which players work with a talking Pikachu to solve mysteries. A shorter, downloadable version of the game called Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo was … Read more
Detective Pikachu is an adventure game developed by Creatures Inc., published by The Pokémon Company, and distributed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is a spin-off of the Pokémon franchise, in which players work with a talking Pikachu to solve mysteries. A shorter, downloadable version of the game called Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo was released in Japan in February 2016, while the full version was released worldwide in March 2018. Read less
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Details

Developers
Creatures Inc.
Publishers
Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Mystery
Franchises
Pokémon
Series
Detective Pikachu

Release dates

  • Mar 22, 2018 (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
  • Mar 23, 2018 (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
  • Mar 23, 2018 (Europe) Nintendo 3DS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
11
4 stars
28
3 stars
48
2 stars
10
1 star
6
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maimegidola

Status maimegidola Dec 30, 2023

Finally got around to transferring my 3DS data to a bigger SD card, and now I'm downloading as many games (that I bought last-minute before the eShop closure) onto it as I can.

Got to chapter 3 today, let's hope I don't forget about this game's existence and unintentionally abandon it for months on end. Wouldn't be the first time …

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Finally got around to transferring my 3DS data to a bigger SD card, and now I'm downloading as many games (that I bought last-minute before the eShop closure) onto it as I can.

Got to chapter 3 today, let's hope I don't forget about this game's existence and unintentionally abandon it for months on end. Wouldn't be the first time LOL.

Also, the name Tim Goodman is so blandly inoffensive that my personal sensibilities want to rebel and find a way to take offence to it.

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georgeypoorgey

Status georgeypoorgey May 11, 2019

This is the best-reviewed video game movie of all time (according to Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic). As far as regular movies go, it is good! Not amazing, and probably not a movie anyone will talk about in 5 years, but my daughter and I enjoyed watching it.

The movie is going for as many jokes as possible as quickly as …

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This is the best-reviewed video game movie of all time (according to Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic). As far as regular movies go, it is good! Not amazing, and probably not a movie anyone will talk about in 5 years, but my daughter and I enjoyed watching it.

The movie is going for as many jokes as possible as quickly as possible. And while some of the jokes don't land, the next zinger has arrived before you can groan. Lucy Stevens seems underwritten, some of the performances are Disney Channel movie tier, the movie loses a lot of energy whenever Pikachu isn't on screen, and the plot takes an odd turn in the last act. All those (not inconsequential) gripes aside, I had fun. And if you are a Pokemon mega fan like me or my daughter, add an extra star on as you'll appreciate all the easter eggs and nods.

At the very least, go see it so they get to make Detective Pikachu 2. They laid some strong groundwork here for a series of movies I know I would like to see.

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BMO

Status BMO Nov 12, 2018

This is a real thing that is really happening, and I am kind of down with it.

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Dldemonsr

Status Dldemonsr Jun 15, 2018

No soy un gran fan de Pokemon y se lo básico, aun así me dio mucha curiosidad este juego y me dejo en general satisfecho.

El juego es simple, muy simple y sus mecánicas y puzzles no destacan por si dificultad, entonces si esperan un juego como los de la saga Layton o Phoenix Wright se pueden ir decepcionados, aunque …

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No soy un gran fan de Pokemon y se lo básico, aun así me dio mucha curiosidad este juego y me dejo en general satisfecho.

El juego es simple, muy simple y sus mecánicas y puzzles no destacan por si dificultad, entonces si esperan un juego como los de la saga Layton o Phoenix Wright se pueden ir decepcionados, aunque si comparten algunas características. Imagino que para un fan de la saga le puede sacar mucho más provecho pero aun así lo disfrute y su final me dejo más que picado.

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MarioPrime

Status MarioPrime Jan 12, 2018

My boss was very confused when she looked over at my monitor and I was cutting this together instead of doing work.... but worth it.

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