{"id":17690,"date":"2018-04-13T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17690"},"modified":"2018-03-29T18:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:27:43","slug":"detective-pikachu-amiibo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/13\/detective-pikachu-amiibo\/","title":{"rendered":"Detective Pikachu amiibo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/amiibo_logo-21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AMIIBO_LOGO-150x53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AMIIBO_LOGO-150x53.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AMIIBO_LOGO-300x105.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AMIIBO_LOGO.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Detective Pikachu is on the case on the 3DS, and there is an amiibo figure to go with the game, too (sold separately).\u00a0 I managed to get both the game and the amiibo figure, though, so let\u2019s take a look at them.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Detective Pikachu amiibo figure inside the box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/pika1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here he is outside the box.\u00a0 I put him next to the regular Pikachu Smash Bros. amiibo so you could see how much bigger Detective Pikachu is!\u00a0 He\u2019s nearly three times the size as the regular Pikachu!\u00a0 He\u2019s Pika-Huge!\u00a0 He\u2019s large and in charge!\u00a0 In other words, he\u2019s a big boy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/pika2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA2-150x126.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/PIKA2-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the game basically plays like Phoenix Wright for kids.\u00a0 Similar in fashion to a point and click adventure game, you interview people and Pokemon to gather evidence and piece together clues on the touch screen.\u00a0 So what does the Detective Pikachu amiibo do?\u00a0 Well, in the game sometimes you can trigger events where you can talk to Pikachu and he\u2019ll say something or do something silly.\u00a0 These events are called Pika-Prompts, and if you miss any in a chapter, you can scan the Detective Pikachu amiibo to view them all in previous chapters.\u00a0 The game is actually really good, and will rank high on my Game of the Year list probably.\u00a0 We\u2019ll just have to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detective Pikachu is on the case on the 3DS, and there is an amiibo figure to go with the game, too (sold separately).\u00a0 I managed to get both the game and the amiibo figure, though, so let\u2019s take a look at them. Here is the Detective Pikachu amiibo figure inside the box. 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