Detective Pikachu brings 2D to the 3DS later this month

9 Mar 2018

Steve Wright

Detective Pikachu is now available for pre-order on 3DS, Nintendo today confirmed.

The pre-order announcement came at the same time Nintendo used a press release to reiterate that the title will be playable in 2D only on the 3DS.

The title will be available from 24 March alongside an extra-large Detective Pikachu amiibo figure.

Are you looking forward to Detective Pikachu? Why or why not?

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.