
Detective Pikachu returns in the aptly-tilted Detective Pikachu Returns... today!
If you've snapped up the game for yourself — whether you're a first-time detective or you're coming back for a second cup of coffee — you might be wondering what the differences are between the 3DS original and this Switch follow-up. Good thing the lovely Zion has got you covered over on our YouTube channel, then!
We've already covered our thoughts on the game in our 7/10 review, so what Zion is doing is putting the two games side-by-side. Many critiques of this new entry have been pointed towards the visuals and presentation, and these were two of our biggest sticking points, so Zion's hoping this comparison will highlight some of the differences.
It's not just a visual comparison, we're also looking at the animations, the textures, the gameplay, and the environments. The 3DS original looked excellent for the console, but how does the Switch version compare?
Check out our comparison video below to get a sense of what to expect from this Switch sequel, and then let us know if you're thinking of getting this for the family (or yourself) in the comments.
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I still have a question.
Can I turn off Detective Pikachu voice?
Pikachu with deep adult male voice is really wrong in my opinion.
Don't know why...but I prefer the 3ds version over the Switch version.
But the 3ds version has good use of shadows in the environments. Particularly the cafe.
Makes me miss the 3ds era...
@Anti-Matter you need a sense of humor
For the 3DS hardware, Detective Pikachu was pretty impressive to me. The second game, based on the trailers I've seen, looks far less amicable.
So long as he retains the ridiculously deep, gruff voice all is well
Yeah, exactly! The 3DS game looked excellent for its hardware, why couldn't the same happen for the Switch sequel?
DP on the switch just looks like the 3ds one with higher resolution (imo) but for the 3ds it looked really good, I was pretty surprised when I played the demo.
And I agree with everyone else, I freaking loved his voice lol, know some people found it weird, but it just sounded, so right, and they somehow express this deeper serious voice in pikachus face! Which makes him more unique!
@Anti-Matter You can change the voice volume, and you can even pick his Japanese voice. (which is also deep though)
Honestly that video is dishonest, it shows the 3DS game at a much higher resolution it's originally rendered at.
Yeah, this game looks so hideous that is quite laughable at times because of how bad it is. Pokémon Company proves once again that they don't care about the quality of their games or fanbase. It's 2023 and we're still making PS2 looking games.
Detective Pikachu Return look like a 3DS game in HD, the developers forgot to adapt the game to Switch graphical capacities, also who trough it would be a good idea make a game without lighting, this give the game a very plastic look/feel
@kalosn because it would require work, the Pokemon Company refuse to work in order to make good games
@AlanaHagues Kudos for that subheading!
how many years were they working on this sequel and it looks no better than the 3ds game? this didn't even have the mainline games problem where they are given 1 to 2 years to make a new game
@sanderev
Ah...
So I can mute him (and also other characters) by set the voice volume level to zero.
Thanks for the quick reply.
@samuelvictor I got the reference too hehe!
@MegaVel91 Nice! 😆
@EaglyBird it's not Will Arnett voicing Pikachu though...
“Good enough” the switch mantra on all Nintendo first party or second party games. “Lazy developers” reserved for everyone else.
@EaglyBird It's 100% Kaji Tang just as it was in the original. Been playing the game since this morning and it is not Will Arnett 🤣
@EaglyBird Yeah I'm not sure where this whole Will Arnett thing started but so many publications have said its him and its just... not.
I could have sworn years ago, that they said the original game would be included in the switch sequal. I have conceded that I imagined it lol.
So Nintendo releases some GameCube games (Pikmin, Paper Mario TTYD, etc) with little to no graphical improvements and everyone is cheering and celebrating, and then they bring out a well polished game created for 3ds that sat on a shelf due to bad timing, that they ended up porting to switch instead and everyone complains about “bad graphics”. What?! 🤨
@Kiyata I would have pointed out the pikmin ports. They are not great. But TTYD looks better. Anyways nintendo just seems to get away with lots of not so great ports but their fans always seem ready to cast stones at third parties. I personally don’t get it.
@sixrings That's usually because despite whatever graphics they have, you rarely have a Nintendo game that straight up isn't a good game, even if the graphics end up lackluster. And that's regardless of who under their umbrella develops it.
It's very much once in a very rare blue moon, you encounter a Nintendo game that is all around bad along with the graphics.
The character designs look way better but the light is so desaturated and old-looking, and there’s no difference in materials for anything
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