Detective Pikachu: Pokemon becomes Sherlock Holmes in weird Japanese game

By Richard Eisenbeis
Updated March 2 2017 - 11:54am, first published February 12 2016 - 2:05pm
Currently only available in Japan, Detective Pikachu casts the iconic Pokemon as a coffee-loving deep-voiced investigator.
Currently only available in Japan, Detective Pikachu casts the iconic Pokemon as a coffee-loving deep-voiced investigator.

Three things you need to know going in about Detective Pikachu: 1) It's not hard. 2) It's not long. 3) Detective Pikachu himself makes the whole thing worth playing.