Detective Pikachu's creepy old man voice is a crime against nature

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You remember Pikachu, right? That joyful, electric yellow furball who's your constant companion and always ready with an affirming thumbs up and high-pitched exclamation of "PIKA!"

WELL HE'S DEAD NOW — or at least forever tainted by the horrifying introduction of a grizzly-voiced Pikachu in a new trailer for the upcoming Detective Pikachu thatnone of us can ever unsee.

Slated for a March 23 release date, the Nintendo 3DS game will follow the journey of said Detective Pikachu as he tries to get to the bottom of strange disappearances in the Pokémon community. Appropriately, this bizarre-o world Private Eye version of Pikachu will be investigating "a puzzling case involving oddly behaving Pokémon." Read more...

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