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Detective Pikachu game revealed
- Thread starter Nibel
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I feel like maybe this joke got overlooked and that might be the biggest tragedy of this whole thread.
Darkstorne
Member
This question needs answering.
At the very least the last option should have been "Benedict Cumberbatch (with Smaug's voice)".
mapachealocado
Member
Pikachu's speech patterns are indeed like that in the anime and have been for yeaaars. Also, in the XY season, the fairy type gym leader (can't remember her name) can speak with fairy type Pokémon. Not in a psychic way, but she actually speaks like a Pokémon. It only works with fairy types, though, so I'm not sure if it's that fairy types have a specific speech pattern or something like that.
The Artisan
Member
Well, that is cool, I suppose. But that's showing that Pokemon have their own little animal dialect and don't speak human tongue.
Indeed. Not that many Pokémon games haven't been released in all regions.
Here's a list
1996: Pokémon Blue - Never in EU/US
Complex but encounter rates/trades etc. from here were never used in the west
1998: Pokémon Stadium - Never in EU/US
First one was barebones. Not all Pokémon useable. Second became available as first in west
1998:Hey You, Pikachu! - Never in EU
Required microphone and the variety of accents made it un-viable for the time
1999: Pokémon Puzzle League - Never in Japan
2001: Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team Great Rocket - Never in EU/US
Came in the time of the Wizards of the Coast -> TPC card shift. Licensing nightmare.
2002: Pokémon Race mini, Pokémon Breeder mini, Togepi's Great Adventure, Pichu Bros. mini - Never in US/EU
Pokémon mini didn't take off well enough to warrant it
2009: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad!, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad - Never in EU/US
No idea why but they weren't good so nothing of value was lost
2011: Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure - Never in US
Probably wouldn't have resonated with the audience.
2014: Band of Thieves & 1000 Pokémon - Never in EU/US
StreetPass required game. Not exactly the audience in the west. You CANNOT complete it without StreetPassing people with the game
You forgot the second TCG game
So I did. Knew I was missing one
There's also Hey, You Pikachu!, which didn't make it in Europe because they would have to localise the microphone function in four more languages, and even then they would have lost a big part of the audience from countries that natively speak other languages than these five. Also, I think Tetris never released in North America, and even in Europe, it was a very limited release.
But yeah, we're past those times. Even when you consider how few titles didn't release globally, Detective Pikachu is clearly made to have a global appeal, and given what we've heard about its development, it's too big a fish to ignore. I'm a bit surprised it isn't getting a worldwide launch, if anything. But it shouldn't take too long.
But yeah, we're past those times. Even when you consider how few titles didn't release globally, Detective Pikachu is clearly made to have a global appeal, and given what we've heard about its development, it's too big a fish to ignore. I'm a bit surprised it isn't getting a worldwide launch, if anything. But it shouldn't take too long.
They'd have to redo all the motion capture for the English, French, German etc. as this is more than just your standard anime lip movement. I imagine that's why no worldwide launch
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Coffee won't make you high!
the QTE reminds me of Xenoblade for some odd reason
We have gameplay details
the QTE reminds me of Xenoblade for some odd reason
mcz117chief
Member
I am not sure what you mean by Pokémon Blue not being released in the west because Red and Blue are the basic gen 1 games, Green is the one that wasn't released outside of JP.
Long story short, Pokemon Green is more similar to our Blue, sharing encounter rates and such. Meanwhile, Japan's Pokemon Blue has a totally different encounter rate than anything in the US. For example, you can find wild Jynx in it!
Our Red and Blue did use the same sprites as the Japanese Blue however, and the same codebase too afaik
mcz117chief
Member
So technically we got all Gen 1 games but not all modifications of it, I think the same can be said about the Japanese, right? They never played the western gen 1 pokémon games, or did they?
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Pretty sure, if this comes to the west, and its pretty likely because its Pokemon and the chose having western art for it, its being dubbed pal5 in europe.
The only games nintendo likes to dub constantly (there are some weird cases atound) are kids games.
Alfonso Valles for spanish Pikachu's voice pleease! You arealy used him in Star Fox so...
This is not going to happen and its going to break my heart apart.
The only games nintendo likes to dub constantly (there are some weird cases atound) are kids games.
Alfonso Valles for spanish Pikachu's voice pleease! You arealy used him in Star Fox so...
There's some wild ideas about how this game can be handled now.
This is not going to happen and its going to break my heart apart.
the_batman
Banned
this game is like 16 years late.
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Pikachu needs a hug.
Should be the OT title.
the_batman
Banned
[obnoxiousness intensifies]
mcz117chief
Member
toothless pikachu looks weird
Exactly what I was thinking; the lack of teeth and the amorphous mouth hole make him look strange.
There are 7 Generation 1 games:
Red/Green (Jp.): The originals
Blue (Jp.): Enhanced version - Bug fixes, new sprites, different encounter data
Pikachu (Jp.): Special edition based on the anime
Red/Blue (US/EU): Different games, based on the Blue engine with the Red/Green encounter data, trade data etc., it translated the text from Blue (Jp.) which is why the trade in Cinnabar Island where you give a Raichu has the person claim the Pokémon went and evolved. It was a Graveler/Kadabra trade in Blue (Jp.)
Yellow (US/EU): Japan's Pikachu edition but coded for the GameBoy Color
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
mcz117chief
Member
So they are all in effect the same games.
Very high, it's rare for a Pokémon game not to be localized.
I say it's just more than Blue, we also never got the original Red and Green and likewise Japan never got our version of Pokémon Red and Blue.
Not exactly, the original Japanese Red and Green had different sprite and the
Cerulean Cave had a different design.
The Japanese Blue had different Pokémon encounter, like for example you could catch Jynx in Seaform Island, whereas in Red and Green she was a trade Pokémon. Plus Blue had an updated engine, sprite design and the Cerulean Cave was redesigned.
The version we got is from Blue's engine and sprite design but with Red and Green encounter rates and texts. But we kept the Japanese Blue Cerulean Cave design.
We didn't start getting the same version till Gen 3 with the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
Prophane33
Member
Any impressions on this yet? Was thinking of picking it up tonight.
There's no way they will hire Devito to be Pikachu's voice.
The game isn't out yet.
bizzarewars
Banned
I'm getting an AA Investigations vibe from this...
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
GoodMorningPluto
Member
So will it be like in AA: Investigation, where you used logic to come to one conclusion or I can build my own versions by using different evidence like Sherlock Holmes games? I guess the former, but the latter would be so better.
Pin it all on Tim in all cases.
This is like one of two or three change.org petitions I've ever signed.
"DUDE , I AM SO HIGH RIGHT NAW !"
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"hay , how are you ? �� "
Best Pikachu ever.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Pikachu being able to talk, but not being able to attack is something that's actually consistent with Meowth in the anime. He can't fight much anymore because he's using that space in his brain for human speech.
It's just something Pokemon give up to learn human speech I guess. Other than telepathy or legendary Pokemon.
It's just something Pokemon give up to learn human speech I guess. Other than telepathy or legendary Pokemon.
Cjdamon042
Member
The graphics in this game are beautiful, it's insane. Sure there's a lot of aliasing and it's probably not that open in terms of exploration and what's happening onscreen. But the character models look so good, and the shading and colours are really nice. I'm impressed. I get CG animation vibes.
I know it'll never happen, but imagine graphics like this in a mainline Pokémon game...Imagine!
Hoping it doesn't take too long for us to get this game. It's totally bizarre and not what I ever thought we'd see from a Pokémon game, but that's what makes me really interested in it.
I know it'll never happen, but imagine graphics like this in a mainline Pokémon game...Imagine!
Hoping it doesn't take too long for us to get this game. It's totally bizarre and not what I ever thought we'd see from a Pokémon game, but that's what makes me really interested in it.
hydragonwarrior
Member
That would make sense actually. This isn't Ash's pikachu but another one, and it wouldn't surprise me if he couldn't do any electric attacks becaue he used up all his experience to learn how to talk.
