The trailer for the new Pokemon game is set in Boston, and it’s completely ridiculous.
Apparently Pikachu solves mysteries now.
The first trailer for the newest Pokemon game just hit YouTube, and it looks like Pikachu is channeling his inner Sherlock Holmes by solving mysteries on the streets of Boston.
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There’s Pikachu catching a bird’s-eye view of the State Street building:
And there he is running through the streets of Beacon Hill:
Can Pikachu afford a Back Bay brownstone on his detective salary?
Though no news on a U.S. release date is out yet, the game is set to be released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS February 3. The game’s Japanese title roughly translates to Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo, and marks a departure from the typical Pokemon game script, with Pikachu saying words other than his own name and solving mysteries instead of fighting battles.
Prior to the trailer’s release, there had been little to no news about Detective Pikachu since the project was first announced in 2013. Even Tuesday’s trailer came as a complete surprise, with most video game publications having little to no information about the game.
Some people have speculated online that Nintendo shot the live-action footage featured in the game’s trailer during the Pokemon World Championships at Hynes Convention Center back in August. The event was disrupted when two men who attempted to enter were arrested for making violent threats against people attending the event, and had several weapons in their car.
At the time of this article’s publication, a representative for Nintendo had not returned a request for comment.
Check out the full trailer below:
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