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[Zekes!]

Damn this is dope as fuck

I never knew I needed this game

 

[thetrin]

What's crazy is that they just announced it, and it's coming out on the 3rd. Weird! I'm going to have to grab this for sure. Looking forward to it.

 

[MisterHero]

So a detective got shot, and instead of dying or turning into a kid, he turns into a Pikachu. Sounds legit

I almost read one of the poll suggestions as Liam Neeson, but he's not in it. So I'm not voting.

I would've taken Adam Howden reprising Shulk as Pikachu though

 

[Rayis]

I want Morgan Freeman to voice Pikachu in the western release

 

[RurouniZel]

I hereby demand that Detective Pikachu be voiced in the West by Christopher Robin Miller.

I will accept no substitutes.

 

[LuFel]

#FAINTED

 

[Illucio]

I want Morgan Freeman to voice Pikachu in the western release

Too many good suggestions. Can we just have all of them?

 

[KevinCow]

This is amazing.

 

[thetrin]

『名探偵ピカチュウ ～新コンビ誕生～』のあらかじめダウンロードが、ニンテンドーeショップにて、20％OFFの特別価格で販売！

あらかじめダウンロードが開始する1月27日（水）～2月29日（月）23:59の期間、通常価格1,500円（税込）のところ、特別価格1,200円（税込）で購入できるよ！

Holy shit, I can buy the game on the eshop right NOW?! Or is that a preload?

The above is from the official site. It basically says that early downloads start today (in Japan), and go until the 29th. If you buy it during that time, you get 20% off.

Then again, あらかじめ means ahead of time, so I'm guessing it's a preload.

EDIT: Just checked this site: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/software/dlsoft/arakajime/

It's basically Nintendo's version of preloading.

 

[Johndoey]

James Earl Jones with Tilda Swinton layered over top of him as the voice.

 

[wmlk]

Developed by?

 

[HideyoshiJP]

So, lots of opinions on who should voice PIkachu. I don't know if the trailer is any indication of locale, but it was filmed in Boston. You're going to need a lot of
Boston accent
I hope this means this'll be a dark and gritty story.

 

[Maxim726X]

Somebody needs to put a gold aura around this...

Preferably with some golden hair. You know it's the right thing to do.

 

[Mory Dunz]

Developed by?

same. Maybe Joe knows.


EDIT:
Shulk should voice pikachu for the west.

 

[J@hranimo]

Steve Blum better voice his detective ass lmao

 

[BajiBoxer]

Never played Pokemon or watched the show, but I'm oddly hyped for this Pikachu game whose existence I wasn't aware of.

 

[Ms.Galaxy]

Developed by?

Good question, we should get Detective Pikachu on the case to find out!

 

[King Gilga]

I like that they went for a deep voice instead of some high pitched shit.

I want the VA for the MC of the wolf among us to dub it.

And this better have some murders and shit on not be same lame ass whos that pokemon mysteries.

 

[The Giant]

Developed by?

Creatures inc

 

[Admiral Woofington]

He doesn't have anywhere near the range of some of his peers.
Sometimes it feels like all he has is "Akihiko voice" and "Caius voice" (which is Akihiko with a snooty accent.)

??

He just did freaking Gollum to a tee in Shadows of Mordor and I barely recognized him in a dub of an anime (Fate/Zero). I think it's an issue that he's asked to do a certain voice often enough.

edit: just realized he did Asura from Asura's Wrath too. Didn't even recognize him there.

 

[wmlk]

He doesn't have anywhere near the range of some of his peers.
Sometimes it feels like all he has is "Akihiko voice" and "Caius voice" (which is Akihiko with a snooty accent.)

He also voiced Weiss from Nier.

He'd be great for a game like this.

 

[Omadahl]

What fresh hell is this? I would only play if he were voiced by John Malkovich.

 

[Elfforkusu]

I voted for Steve Blum. I'm thinking a super manly Spike Spiegel/Makoto Shishio type voice would be flawless

 

[Boss Doggie]

Watching the subbed version, yeah this screams of Detective Canon.

Pikachu was a former human turned Pikachu... or at least a cop who died and was reincarnated. Or something like that.

Sorry for drifting off-topic, but that dub isn't in English, is it? It's primarily in Tagalog, right? Or do they just use the odd English word now and again?

Yeah it's Tagalog, only few anime got local English dub and even then their later redubbing is in Tagalog.

 

[onegoodlogan]

Unless my Command-F abilities have failed me this thread has gotten to 13 pages without anyone suggesting John DiMaggio for his English voice so I wanted to correct that,

 

[Elfforkusu]

Sam Jackson would be the best choice, though...

 

[Tye The Czar]

I'll add in a voice suggestion:
Pokemon 'Bridged's Pikachu.

 

[ChrisD]

Sam Jackson would be the best choice, though...

"GET THESE MANKEY FIGHTING EKANS OFF OF THIS MONDAY TO FRIDAY PLANE"

 

[Lupin the Third]

Yeah it's Tagalog, only few anime got local English dub and even then their later redubbing is in Tagalog.

Thanks for the reply!

I don't care what anyone else says, I'm digging the style and the premise. Looks like fun!

 

[Nudull]

Detective Conan crossover when?

 

[Koppai]

Why isnt Liam Neeson in the poll?

All seriousness, I like the idea of this game!

 

[Vibranium]

Looks really fun to me. NoA better get on this quick and get a good VA for Detective 'Chu.

 

[casiopao]

Why isnt Liam Neeson in the poll?

All seriousness, I like the idea of this game!

Damn best VA choice like ever.

 

[105.Will]

There's some wild ideas about how this game can be handled now.

This is fucking gold

 

[JoeM86]

Developed by?

Creatures Inc.

 

[Justinh]

Who should voice Pikachu for the English release?

Steve Buscemi.
With that hat, it could work.

edit: I can't stop thinking about Detective Pikachu getting in arguments with Sergeant Slowpoke about procedure now...

 

[Boss Doggie]

Needs to have a thick Brooklyn accent.

 

[Etzer]

I don't know what I expected, but... it wasn't this. It looks so over the top lol

Let me know when they make Prosecutor Psyduck and then I'll be interested.

Oh my God. The possibilities are endless. Quick, someone make a Change.org petition!

 

[Neiteio]

edit: I can't stop thinking about Detective Pikachu getting in arguments with Sergeant Slowpoke about procedure now...

SLOWPOKE: "Pikachu, you blew up an entire goddamn block."

PIKACHU: "But with all due respect, sir, I caught the perp."

SLOWPOKE: "Enough. One more incident like this, and I'll take your badge!"

 

[AniHawk]

'you're off the case, pikachu!'
you're off your case, chief!
'what does that mean, exactly?'

 

[Prototype Viktor]

where's the poll option for constance wu

Spoiler

Shout out to Slay

 

[dragonlife]

This is really fucking cute, haha.

 

[jonno394]

Liam Neeson should voice Pikachu :folarm:

 

[Neiteio]

Liam Neeson should voice Pikachu :folarm:

"Squirtle... I will find you... and I will kill you."

 

[Neiteio]

Oh man, thinking about buddy cop movies made me think of Rush Hour. What if they got Chris Tucker to voice Pikachu?

"Crazy-ass biiiiiiiiiiiitch!"

 

[ActStriker]

Pikachu x Conan teamup when

 

[The Artisan]

The thing with Meowth learning the human language is that he exerted so much effort in doing so that he wasn't able to learn Pay Day, his species' signature move, so I'm not sure whether other Pokemon see the benefit in going through the effort to talk clearly with humans if they have to give up one of their vital moves.

Having said that Pokemon already do speak, just not in a language many humans can understand, and like real life languages their language able to be learned since the speech patterns are consistent. Take Pikachu for example, whenever you hear him say Pikapi during a conversation he's referring to Satoshi (Ash), when he says PiPi-kachu he's referring to Team Rocket and when he says Pika-Pikachu he's referring to or introducing himself. It's honestly easy to pick up and if someone wanted to go through the effort to master the Pokemon language they could.

I honestly can't tell if you're making that up or if it is a keen observation you've made from the show. If it's the latter, that's pretty cool.

No pokemon speaks in non-anime appearances outside of the mystery dungeon games where every pokemon speaks.

Even in the anime, the only Meowth that speaks is Team Rocket's Meowth, the rest just make noises.

That's what I thought.

This is Pokemon lore. It doesn't really matter.

Well, that's exactly the thing...in Pokemon lore, the Pokemon don't speak

I'm making fun of the number. There are over 700 now.

 

[MrBadger]

'you're off the case, pikachu!'
you're off your case, chief!
'what does that mean, exactly?'

'Well, Pikachu, Ash is dead! They slit his throat ear to ear'

 

[batbeg]

I need the names and addresses of those of you not voting Liam o'Brien so I can mailbomb you. Er, I mean, mail you some bomb ass shit, yeah.

 

[Hella Lugosi]

The human sidekick character looks like Encyclopedia Brown