Pokemon fans will be going back to Prime City with their favorite detective, as today’s Nintendo Direct presentation unveiled Detective Pikachu Returns, which will launch October 6.
The debut trailer showed the diminutive detective and his partner Tim Goodman starting his day with his favorite coffee, as multiple areas of Ryme City and the Pokemon inhabiting them flash across the screen. The mayor of Prime City declares a “Pokemon Friendship Week,” while Pikachu and Tim are confronted by the legendary Pokemon, Mewtwo.
Solve mysteries with the personality-packed Detective Pikachu in Detective Pikachu Returns, coming to #NintendoSwitch on Oct. 6! pic.twitter.com/6Kq4rxW0u3
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 21, 2023
The original Detective Pikachu first launched in March 2018, with a theatrical adaptation of the game releasing in theaters in May 2019.