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TPC detective pikachu legendary first english creative, 2019

2019

FiledTaken from a filing, a registry or the company’s own published page.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

The value

  • first English-language creative development; CG built from scratch

Where it comes from

Japanese-language document, 2025 The Pokemon Company (corporate site) · 1 May 2025 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

本作はポケモン史上初となる英語でのクリエイティブ開発を行い、世界中の人々に受け入れてもらえるよう各言語へのローカライズを丁寧に繰り返しました。

In English

TPC: Detective Pikachu (with Legendary) was Pokemon's first English-language creative development; Pokemon CG built from scratch, not modelled on real animals.