It might be “nearing launch”

In mid-2019, Nintendo introduced Detective Pikachu 2: a sequel to the Detective Pikachu sport (which ended on an unresolved observe)…and never a peep has been uttered since then. Let’s take a look at the timeline of how every thing Detective Pikachu-related has gone down.

The total timeline of the Detective Pikachu collection

• February 2016: A 3-chapter smaller model of the sport is launched in Japan titled “Delivery of a New Duo,” which is the primary main look of the Detective Pikachu character
• March 2018: The total model of Detective Pikachu is launched worldwide on 3DS, with a 9 chapter storyline (and an enormous accompanying amiibo)
• Might 2019: The Detective Pikachu movie debuts, and smashes online game field workplace information (a sequel sport is subsequently introduced for Change)

So this new late-2022 replace truly all boils right down to a Linkedin profile from Jonathan Murphy, who labored on the sport at Creatures Inc (the studio who developed the primary entry). As noticed by Famiboards person MetalLord, Murphy used the phrase “labored on one unannounced mission and one nearing launch, Detective Pikachu 2.” Murphy has since modified their Linkedin profile to notice that the sport is “in improvement,” eradicating a point out of “nearing launch.”

Truthfully, that is fairly explosive data if it’s truly right, particularly if Nintendo is aiming for a mid-2023 launch to boost the Nintendo Change lineup. Whereas the jury is out on how correct this Linkedin assertion is, on the very least, it’s nonetheless in improvement. A few of us need to know the way the sport ends (assuming it’s not the identical because the movie)!