Detective Pikachu Returns Gets Announcement Trailer

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As history has proven time and time again, sometimes you need to look at a franchise and go, “What’s the weirdest thing that I can do with it, and yet still be successful with?” Well, The Pokemon Company, after all its many successes, had that idea back in 2015-2016 when they asked themselves, “Hey, what if we made Pikachu a detective, had him be a coffee addict, and sound like a grouchy older man?” Yeah, that may not sound like a success, but people liked the idea of a “Detective Pikachu,” and that is why seven years later, we’re getting Detective Pikachu Returns.

This was announced during the latest Nintendo Direct, and it has everything you would expect for a true sequel to the game. You’re back in Rhyme City, and Detective Pikachu is still paired with his partner Tim Goodman. It’ll be their job to solve mysteries involving Pokemon and humans and understand the truths presented to them via the clues they find.

An interesting setup to the game is that it’s “Pokemon Friendship Week” in Rhyme City, where the mayor is trying to promote the good relationships between people and the city’s Pokemon. As we all know, events like this never go wrong. Nope. Never, not once, do they backfire on those who set it up.

You get what we’re going for, right? It will go wrong, and it’ll be up to Tim and Detective Pikachu to figure things out.

One thing you’ll notice immediately in the trailer is that there are lots of new Pokemon from the recent generations that are present in the city. Remember, the first game was made in 2016, which was years before some of these generations came out. As a result, you’ll want to keep an eye out for who might show up and who might be guilty of certain crimes as a result.

But, it won’t simply be finding