Close cases with Detective Conan on the Wii

The Detective Conan Wii video game is being released outside of Japan. Case Closed - The Mirapolis Investigation is going to be released in September 2008. There’s a catch though - it will only be released in Europe. Nobilis is going to be release Marvelous Entertainment’s anime/manga-inspired detective.

The star of Detective Conan/Case Closed is Jimmy Kudo. Jimmy was a detective who was accidentally turned into a child by a criminal organization he was investigating. It isn’t too bad though - the organization was actually trying to kill him, not shrink him. So now he’s a child detective.

Case Closed - The Mirapolis Investigation has Jimmy attending the opening of the Mirapolis theme park. Only the grand opening has been plagued by criminal activity, so Jimmy must head to work trying to solve the crimes. There are also mini-games to enjoy if players want to take a break from investigating.

Purists will also be pleased, based on information from Siliconera. The original Japanese voices from the anime series will be available. I’ve never watched Case Closed, but I’ve heard that the English voice actors were atrocious.

The series is a huge hit in Japan. The manga started running in 1994, and is still running. The anime began in 1996, and is also still running - there are over 500 episodes. A live action drama series and 12 movies were also released. So far 19 Detective Conan games have been released on the DS, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Playstation, Playstation 2, Wii, Wonderswan and Wonderswan Color.