While Ash’s Pikachu adores ketchup, Detective Pikachu loves coffee. In a recent interview, the game’s creators explained why.
Famitsu asked why Detective Pikachu has an old man voice, and producer Hiroyuki Jinnai explained that Ikue Otani’s cute Pikachu voice work is exceedingly well-known.
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That, however, doesn’t explain the coffee.
Following up on what Jinnai said, director Naoki Miyashita added, “If you’re talking about a sleuth, then typically you imagine there is a pipe as part of the standard character toolkit, but as one would expect, in its place we dialed that down to coffee. However, it [coffee] is slightly grown-up and brings out a certain coolness.”
detective pikachu is wild pic.twitter.com/XOTP2aKdbU
— Josh Fjelstad (@joshfjelstad) March 27, 2018
Pikachu drinking coffee is now my favorite thing ever. #DetectivePikachu pic.twitter.com/MdQRAImJEe
— David Erick Ramos (@DavidErickRamos) March 23, 2018
So while classic detectives might smoke a pipe, that is probably a bit much for Detective Pikachu, hence the coffee.
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I just realized that Detective Pikachu switches between a magnifying glass and a cup of coffee as he rotates on the home screen
neat pic.twitter.com/Jw33AHi8RJ
— Tae Default (@BravelyNiijima) March 26, 2018
