![]() Instead, it’s the Pokémon who shine in Detective Pikachu Returns, thanks to clever writing and some good humor. Growlithe can help Detective Pikachu literally sniff out clues Image: Creatures/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo It’s graphically simplistic and sparse in detail environments are small and self-contained, sometimes quite drab. Visually, Detective Pikachu Returns is on par with other recent Pokémon games on Switch. One mystery solved opens up another, and the game frequently throws side quests and requests from NPCs at Tim and Pikachu to keep things interesting. There’s a good deal of backtracking and some laborious conversations, but the story moves along at a compelling pace. But adults monitoring a less experienced player will probably find this level of handholding helpful, especially when playing cooperatively with an early reader or young Pokémon fan who’s never played a mystery video game or visual novel before.ĭespite that absence of challenge, Detective Pikachu Returns is rarely dull. In other words, you’ll have to go through the motions to progress. Oftentimes, as the player, you’ll suss out the solution to a puzzle or finger the suspect before the game lets you, as Tim and Pikachu, solve a situation in-game. Character dialogue and mannerisms are highly exaggerated it’s obvious who the heroes, villains, and guilty parties are during interrogations. ![]() Most seem designed for a younger audience, as hints and story elements are repetitively explained. There’s very little challenge in solving the game’s point-and-click adventure-style puzzles. (The 2019 movie Pokémon Detective Pikachu is also a pretty good primer for the events of the first game, though that film ends with the mystery of Tim Goodman’s father, Harry, pretty well resolved.)ĭon’t worry, Audino, that Pidove has simply fainted Image: Creatures/The Pokémon Company, Nintendo ![]() Virtually everyone in Returns’ Ryme City recognizes our heroes, Tim Goodman and Detective Pikachu, reminding them just what fantastic detectives they are. Detective Pikachu Returns goes to great lengths in its early hours to digest the events of the first game into a recap and numerous conversations with other characters. If you haven’t played the original Detective Pikachu on Nintendo 3DS, you shouldn’t feel lost here. This is a game where you finally get to understand what Pokémon are saying and thinking, thanks to your partner Pikachu. Pokémon brimming with personality and eccentricity is what sets Detective Pikachu Returns apart from other Pokémon games. Slowpoke saying “Sloooow”? That’s a screenshot. When I read what makes a Trubbish tick, I snap a screenshot. So, whenever the “Great Detective” Pikachu drops a Columbo-style zinger, or I meet a particularly quirky Pokémon - like a Cramorant who speaks like a SoCal surfer bro - on my adventure, I snap a screenshot. Or rather, it’s full of Pokémon with personality: Pokémon with jobs, with attitudes, and with a zest for living life as weird little creatures that coexist with humans. The new story-driven spinoff of the main Pokémon series, the one that stars a gravel-voiced Pikachu with an unquenchable thirst for black coffee, is full of personality. I can’t stop taking screenshots of my playthrough of Detective Pikachu Returns.
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