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NEWS: Pikachu Stars as Detective in 'Top Secret' Game


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Little_Hawk



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Counter Strike : Pikachu's Revenge
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I'll be honest, I don't like that he can speak.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:51 am Reply with quote
Didn't they make Pikachu speak in those Mystery Dungeon (or maybe Ranger?) games?

I wonder if this will ever actually come out.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:02 am Reply with quote
new pikachu game as a detective & talking pikachu?!

oh my goodness meowth going be WHAT on this yet pikachu being crime solver as well like a csi or police type yea already certain officer jenny will be in it too.
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I'm looking forward more to the Pokémon Trozei sequel that they're finally making. I've always thought they should've kept going with that game!
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Fennekin



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:37 am Reply with quote
This really pissed me off when I read the blurb on the front page.

"For the first time in franchise history, Pikachu will speak."

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-02/rie-kugimiya-voices-pikachu-in-pokemon-mystery-dungeon-anime-short

"Voice actress Rie Kugimiya gives Pikachu a speaking voice in three promotional videos that Nintendo posted on Friday for the Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon: Magnagate to Mugendai Meikyū (Pokémon: Mystery Dungeon: Magnagates and the Infinite Labyrinth) game."

Someone at ANN should be fired. No joke. Not only did Pikachu have a speaking voice, ANN reported on it! And it was almost exactly a year ago (4 days to a year, to be exact!) today!

I really hope this gets corrected if ANN has a shred of dignity for the accuracy in their articles.

EDIT: Found another article about a talking Pikachu!

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-25/pokemon-mystery-dungeon-anime-shorts-streamed-in-english

"The shorts feature a talking Pikachu — not the more familiar one trained by Ash (Satoshi)."
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:06 am Reply with quote
I actually watched the special live, and one major thing ANN forgot to mention here was something I happened to take a screenshot of:

http://imageshack.us/a/img24/6876/qngi.png

They were talking about how to "change" Pikachu to keep it interesting to the audiences and in the scripts, the producer, Ishikawa, was surprised to find that they were suggesting that they make a special antagonistic Pikachu, with a particularly interesting look...
The caption from the screenshot I took of the script, above, says,

Pikachu: "It's a rare sight in the world--a blue Pikachu!"
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RakuenOokami



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:13 am Reply with quote
I agree, I had already read about the game on another site, but I clicked this article to see if they corrected themselves about Pikachu speaking 'for the first time'. Pikachu has spoken English/Japanese several times in the past. Granted, it wasn't Ash's Pikachu, but I highly doubt this one is meant to be Ash's Pikachu anyway.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:46 pm Reply with quote
Juno016 wrote:
I actually watched the special live, and one major thing ANN forgot to mention here was something I happened to take a screenshot of:

http://imageshack.us/a/img24/6876/qngi.png

They were talking about how to "change" Pikachu to keep it interesting to the audiences and in the scripts, the producer, Ishikawa, was surprised to find that they were suggesting that they make a special antagonistic Pikachu, with a particularly interesting look...
The caption from the screenshot I took of the script, above, says,

Pikachu: "It's a rare sight in the world--a blue Pikachu!"


With a goatee!
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Juno016



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enurtsol wrote:
With a goatee!


A Gogoatee!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:26 pm Reply with quote
xScar wrote:
Didn't they make Pikachu speak in those Mystery Dungeon (or maybe Ranger?) games?


Aren't the Mystery Dungeon games some weirdness where humans have been transformed into Pokemon? I guess they don't count because of that.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:22 pm Reply with quote
Primus wrote:
xScar wrote:
Didn't they make Pikachu speak in those Mystery Dungeon (or maybe Ranger?) games?


Aren't the Mystery Dungeon games some weirdness where humans have been transformed into Pokemon? I guess they don't count because of that.


The main character turns into a Pokemon, and thus, he/she can understand other Pokemon's speech.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:41 am Reply with quote
Adamb15 wrote:
I'll be honest, I don't like that he can speak.

Me too. WTF are they just going to ruin everything? -.-
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