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Introducing the Great Detective… Pikachu?

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Jan 272016

Ah, the great detectives. Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Pikachu, Sam Spade–

Wait, Pikachu?

Yesterday, The Pokémon Company unveiled the latest Pokémon spin-off for the 3DS, Great Detective Pikachu. A young boy named Tim moves to Rhyme City, where he meets Pikachu… who apparently is a detective.

It’s described as a “cinematic adventure game,” so I’m not entirely sure how it will play, but it could be enjoyable. Will it be a traditional adventure game or something else? I can imagine it having an Attack of the Friday Monsters vibe, which would be cool.

Has The Pokémon Company lost its mind? Or will this be the next surprise success? We’ll know soon, because Great Detective Pikachu is due out on the eShop in Japan next Wednesday!

That seems very fast, but this game didn’t quite materialize from nothing. Back in 2013, players got a quick glimpse of an in-development Pikachu game… which was immediately blocked from the collective gaming conscience due to the sheer amount of nightmare fuel.

The current game looks much less terrifying.

Check out the official website for more details on Great Detective Pikachu.

Will this game be localized? Do we want it to be localized? These things remain to be seen.

If you have no interest in it at all, maybe you’ll be happier to know Hironobu Sakaguchi is working a on a new console game. Everyone else, share your thoughts on Great Detective Pikachu in the comments below!

Nostalgia: Two Worlds | One Soul Demo Screenshots

Video Games No Responses » Tagged with: adventure game, two worlds one soul, visual novel

Dec 042015

Back in August, we discussed Nostalgia: Two Worlds | One Soul, an upcoming cyberpunk game inspired by Ace Attorney and Zero Escape. Magna Studios contacted me with new information about the game… and new screenshots!

First, these new screenshots are all from the Nostalgia: Two Worlds | One Soul demo. The demo will feature 5 different endings and is planned for somewhere around January 15-20.

That will be a great chance to try Nostalgia and see how it plays, so I’m looking forward to it.

In addition to showing the main character, Alice, Magna Studios has also shown her little sister for the first time. She will play an important role in the story.

Another key part of Nostalgia will be language. According to the developer, knowing multiple languages might actually make certain puzzles easier for you. I’ll be curious to see how this works.

Here’s one potential puzzle.

The remaining screenshots hint at more puzzle details and even some story elements. Have a look.

Nostalgia: Two Worlds | One Soul will be released for the Wii U and PC. Its demo should be available mid-January. What are your thoughts so far?

Solve a 15-Year-Old Murder in Root Letter

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Nov 162015

“I killed someone.
I have to pay for my crime.
This is a farewell.
Goodbye.”

So begins your investigation of a murder that took place 15 years ago in √Letter, or Root Letter, a newly-announced adventure game from Kadokawa Games.

In 1999, you had a high school pen pal named Aya Fumino. However, you never heard from her after graduation.

Fifteen years later, you receive the final letter you thought she never sent… in which she confesses to murder.

You go to the Shimane Prefecture in search of the truth about Aya. All you have are 11 letters and photographs, and seven classmates who refuse to talk. If you want to learn what really happened 15 years ago, you’ll need to get the truth from Aya’s classmates while also going through her letters.

According to Kotaku, gameplay is split into two parts. During simulation sections, you’ll read Aya’s letters and choose how you responded 15 years ago. In this way, your choices affect the past and help determine which ending you get.

During adventure sections, you’ll question Aya’s classmates and use information from the letters to pull more details from them. This sounds similar to Ace Attorney’s investigation sections, and some fans see similarities between the two Ace Attorney.

And like Ace Attorney 6, we can start looking forward to it now, because Root Letter has been confirmed for a worldwide release in Spring 2016 for PS4 and PS Vita. One more trailer was released today, a very short video in which Aya introduces the game.

More information is available at the Root Letter official site, although it’s all in Japanese.

Between Root Letter, Ace Attorney 6, Black Holmes, and Aviary Attorney, we have a lot of mysteries to look forward to. Now, if Capcom would just announce localization of Gyakuten Kenji 2 and Dai Gyakuten Saiban…

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