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Even though it's not confirmed that the new Detective Pikachu game—Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo—will be coming to the U.S. at any point, that hasn't stopped eager Pokemon fans from coming up with a few ideas that could make the mystery-solving title even better.

Our favorite? There's currently an online petition that asks Nintendo to ensure that the game also launches in the U.S. And when it arrives, fans want legendary actor Danny DeVito to voice the role of Pikachu. If that sounds odder than usual, we understand; Pokemon usually just say their names and that's it (save for the few that can actually talk a lot). In Detective Pikachu, however, the game's protagonist will be a lot chattier than usual, since it's hard for one to solve mysteries by just "Pika" or "Pikachu" everywhere.

That's it, though. The petition is pretty straightforward: "There are a number of us that feel as though Danny DeVito would be a prime fit for the voice acting role of the Detective Pikachu. We want to make this happen."

And as of this article's writing, the petition is just 133 digital signatures away from its 25,000 goal—not a bad amount of buzz given that it had around 250 signatures a day ago.

The Detective Pikachu game is currently scheduled to launch on the Japanese eShop for the Nintendo 3DS on Feb. 3. Nintendo also has a trailer for the game, if you're curious to see what it looks like in the off-chance that you'll have to import it to play it. We, however, like one YouTube user's suggestion of what Detective Pikachu might sound like if DeVito was to take the lead role:

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