

He explains that Mewtwo can fuse humans with their Pokémon, but only if the Pokémon is in a crazed state, thus the need for R. Back in Ryme City, Howard exposes himself as the true mastermind behind the "R" gas and the Mewtwo experiments. Pikachu discovers the scene of the crash and finds evidence that the Greninja, not Mewtwo, were responsible for the crash. Believing himself to have betrayed Harry, Pikachu leaves Tim. A Bulbasaur leads them to Mewtwo who heals Pikachu and begins to reveal how Pikachu helped him escape from the lab, only to be abducted by Roger mid-revelation. They manage to escape, but Pikachu is injured in the attack. Tim and Pikachu recruit aspiring journalist Lucy Stevens and her Psyduck and travel to the abandoned genetics laboratory Harry was investigating, where they are attacked by genetically enhanced Greninja. He warns Tim that his son, Roger Clifford, is behind the creation of the R gas. Howard reveals that Harry was abducted by a genetically engineered Pokémon called Mewtwo, who erased Pikachu's memory of the incident. Tim and Pikachu are contacted by Howard Clifford, the founder of Clifford Industries and creator of Ryme City. The arena is raided by police and Tim is brought to Yoshida, who reveals footage of Harry's crash, explaining that Harry having survived would have been impossible. Mime, who directs them to an illegal underground Pokémon battle arena. Pikachu believes that Harry survived the crash, as the police never found his body. Tim accidentally releases a mysterious purple gas known as "R" from a vial he finds in Harry's office they are then attacked by a party of Aipom who became rabid under the gas's influence. Tim goes to Harry's apartment to sort things out and meets Harry's police partner, a deerstalker-clad amnesiac Pikachu, whom only Tim can understand. Tim is informed by Harry's friend, Detective Hideo Yoshida, that Harry was killed in a car accident. Tim Goodman gave up his dream of being a Pokémon trainer following the death of his mother and his estrangement from his father Harry, a police detective who moved to Ryme City, where humans and Pokémon live together in harmony and Pokémon battles are illegal. It made a worldwide gross of $433 million, becoming the second-highest grossing video game film adaptation behind Warcraft at the time of its release. The film received praise for the visual effects and Reynolds' performance, but criticism towards the story. It is the first Pokémon film distributed theatrically in the United States since Pokémon Heroes (2003) and the first distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX, 4DX, and ScreenX formats. Detective Pikachu was released in Japan on and in the United States on May 10, 2019, distributed by Warner Bros. The plot follows former Pokémon trainer Tim Goodman and the titular Pokémon as they attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of Tim's father, Harry.įilming took place from January to May 2018 in Colorado, England, and Scotland. Ryan Reynolds stars as the voice and facial motion capture of Pikachu, with Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Suki Waterhouse, Omar Chaparro, Chris Geere, Ken Watanabe, and Bill Nighy in live-action roles. It was the first live-action Pokémon film and the first live-action film based on a Nintendo game property since Super Mario Bros. It was written by Letterman, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, and Derek Connolly, from a story by Hernandez, Samit, and Nicole Perlman, and produced by Legendary Pictures and Toho. Based on the Pokémon franchise, the film is a loose adaptation of the 2016 video game of the same name. There is a total of 51 products in the collection to date.Pokémon Detective Pikachu is a 2019 mystery fantasy comedy film directed by Rob Letterman. In the United States, a set of pins was added shortly before the fourth wave. With the fourth release of plushes, several other kinds of items were added to the collection in Japan. All three are mostly identical, but the mascots and keychains are smaller and have a loop or keyring (respectively) attached to their head to allow hanging. In the United States, it includes Poké Plushes (which cost US$14.99) and Plush Keychains (which cost US$8.99). In Japan, it includes both Poké Plushes (ぬいぐるみ plushes) which cost ¥1200, and mascots (マスコット) which cost ¥800. It was available in Japan starting Maand in the United States on Januvia the Pokémon Center online store. The Ditto Collection (Japanese: へんしん!メタモン Transform! Metamon), originally called the Ditto Poké Plush Collection, is a collection of merchandise featuring Ditto, particularly Ditto transformed into other Pokémon, but retaining its own face (like Duplica's Ditto). Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
