“Detective Pikachu” Game Coming to Japan

[Corey]

Hm, I'm not too sure about this either. I'm not a puzzle-lovin' guy, as literally every recent Pokemon f2p game has taught me (Shuffle was fun when I could still hack jewels for free lol). I just wasn't crazy for Shuffle, Battle Trozei!, or Picross. Though this seems to be a different type of puzzle, puzzles are puzzles. This seems like it could be a game my dad used to play a while back, where you'd have to find items in a really cluttered room to solve a mystery (I couldn't tell you the name, though). I wouldn't be very against that idea. Of course, that was a murder mystery, I believe, and I doubt this game will involve any murder. But I do like to at least try all the stuff Pokemon releases, so I guess we'll see if I wanna blow $10-$15 on it. Who knows, I may happen to really enjoy it.

Also, is there no option to be a girl in this game? And can you not change your name, either?!

[Chakramaster]

Hm, I'm not too sure about this either. I'm not a puzzle-lovin' guy, as literally every recent Pokemon f2p game has taught me (Shuffle was fun when I could still hack jewels for free lol). I just wasn't crazy for Shuffle, Battle Trozei!, or Picross. Though this seems to be a different type of puzzle, puzzles are puzzles. This seems like it could be a game my dad used to play a while back, where you'd have to find items in a really cluttered room to solve a mystery (I couldn't tell you the name, though). I wouldn't be very against that idea. Of course, that was a murder mystery, I believe, and I doubt this game will involve any murder. But I do like to at least try all the stuff Pokemon releases, so I guess we'll see if I wanna blow $10-$15 on it. Who knows, I may happen to really enjoy it.

Also, is there no option to be a girl in this game? And can you not change your name, either?!

That's where another theory comes into play. Depending on what we see soon (since I doubt more info will come before the game is released in Japan). IF, however, the camera function still has a major feature in this..."maybe" the main character is somehow supposed to be taken or created from your camera function (which is why Pikachu looked so creepy in that 2013 photo we saw....and early early early screenshots). Maybe somehow they still use that to create the character or have a choice funtion or something. Dunno, but the more I look at it the video, the more human the Pikachu seems, but I have counter arguments against my own theories to be frank. So I guess we will see in due time.

Yeah I did somehow mix up the character you play as (since you play as the human). Somehow I feel like I'm looking to deeply into something that may just be oddly made scenes or details. Feels like a suit theory either way though...

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EDIT: (I could do a series explanation on my analysis if anyone wanted)

Upon a further analysis I did (looking closer over each scene) I noticed most my points seem like they would fit. I never once see the Pikachu run on all 4 (which is normal for a "normal" Pikachu). Even in scene's where it looks like they/he's being chased by a Trevenant. It's slight, but even his color is different (though I know we can't expect all Pokemon to look the exact same or shade of color of skin/scales/fur/etc (maybe it's just the lighting). Love how in one scene they are getting tea/coffee from a Ludicolo lol (after seeing that I really got my hopes up for seeing something like Spinda's Cafe xD).

One major point I'm missing which we will just have to figure out....Tim. Who is he (even though we play as him apparently? Why does he come in and join the "said Pikachu." Random character that just makes friends with him, or long time friend that (like in my previous mentioned theory) former human, turned Pikachu? Lots of questions I hope to answer if this hits outside of Japan.

A secondary theory, though not my most favored since it could just be much more simple than my idea. Maybe it's just a normal Pikachu that aspired to be a Detective. So it learned our language, read books and stories (basically where it learned to get the look from and demeanor and speech). Where the story goes from that would be questionable if that's the case....as well as harder to answer where Tim comes in at. Like I said, it's a secondary theory, but not impossible. Man, my mind is hitting this as hard as PSMD when it was announced xD.