Detective Pikachu’s creators say the game’s real mystery is why Pikachu can talk

The first and most important question anyone should ask about Detective Pikachu, the new crime-solving, neo-noir Pokémon spinoff game for the Nintendo 3DS, is how it got made at all. The game features a talking Pikachu that sounds indistinguishable from a 1930s-era Dashiell Hammett protagonist, equipped with a deerstalker hat, magnifying glass, and gruff sensibility.The sheer alarm at hearing the franchise mascot speaking, and with a voice and personality that feels profoundly out of pla