History VideoGame / TouchDetective

* AllMythsAreTrue: Chloe subscribes to this. Dream trouble? [[Literature/TheNutcracker It's the Mouse King.]] (Note that even Penelope, the resident CloudCuckooLander, knew better than this.) Need everyone to go to sleep earlier so the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dream World's not empty when you visit it?]] Call The Sandman, he'll take care of it. Note that this universe isn't exactly a stranger to fantastical elements; she just happens to be, well, ''wrong'' most of the time. This mentality pays off, though, when [[spoiler: in the third case of the first game she successfully completes an Angel summoning ritual using a catchphrase from a children's TV show. Even better, Katrina, the Fortune Teller explains that rituals in this universe are powered by ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve, meaning that '''if she didn't have this mindset the ritual would have failed.''' Mackenzie helped, but Chloe was the one who actually came up with the solution for that case.]]

* AllMythsAreTrue: Chloe subscribes to this. Dream trouble? [[Literature/TheNutcracker It's the Mouse King.]] (Note that even Penelope, the resident CloudCuckooLander, knew better than this.) Need everyone to go to sleep earlier so the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dream World's not empty when you visit it?]] Call The Sandman, he'll take care of it. Note that this universe isn't exactly a stranger to fantastical elements she just happens to be, well, ''wrong'' most of the time. This mentality pays off, though, when [[spoiler: in the third case of the first game she successfully completes an Angel summoning ritual. Even better, Katrina, the Fortune Teller explains that rituals in this universe are powered by ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve, meaning that '''if she didn't have this mindset the ritual would have failed.''' Mackenzie helped, but Chloe was the one who actually came up with the solution for that case.]]

* InnerMonologue: Mackenzie has her inner monologue shown on the second screen--[[AttentionDeficitOohShiny sometimes the things she thinks about don't quite sync up to what's going on in front of her.]]

!!Both games contain examples of:

* CordonBleughChef: Antoinette. She can actually make normal pastry, but her fondness for 'experiments' push her into this territory. ''Eel'' shortcake? ''Mushroom'' cookies?

* TheDitz: Penelope
* EmbarrassingNickname: Combined with TitleDrop. Mackenzie ''hates'' being called "Touch Detective," even though [[spoiler:it's her official title due to Cromwell accidentally sending in her Touch List to the Great Detective Society instead of her Investigation Report.]]

* {{Hammerspace}}: Where ''does'' Mackenzie store things such as large masks and broken briefcases?
** She lets Fungi hold onto it.

** During Case #5, Mackenzie makes reference to Japanese popularity polls, and identifies something from Case #2 as being from "Episode #2".[[spoiler: She can also challenge the player to a mini-game during the Bonus Episode if you click on the drawers in the main office]].

* AdventureArchaeologist: The Fossil Hunter, a focal character from the third case, travels across the world to find artifacts.

* GainaxEnding: The end of Case 3. [[spoiler: The Fossil Hunter turns out to be a living fossil from another dimension, who is only able to live in the normal dimension thanks to his eye. His tears are connected to the Cambrian ocean, and he uses them to raise extinct fossils. When he cried in reverse back when he heard about the Noodle Festival, the Seabottom Dwellers, a group from an ancient race who it turns out are not extinct and live in the mountains, took it as a sign of impending peril, so removed his eye, which turned him into a fossil. the weird pink thing that showed up at the three-quarters point that almost poked out Mackenzie's eye? Turns out to be one of the member of the ancient Sea Dweller race. They were going around poking out left eyes from things at the museum because they can't speak human language and were trying to primitively communicate to the humans about the doom they were sensing. This all explained in one long explanation from the Fossil Hunter after he's turned back from a fossil thanks to Mackenzie putting his eye back in, in the midst of the arch villain, the Cornstalker, trying to steal the his eye, which everyone thought was a rare ancient pearl, and being fooled into taking a fake one.]] The entire thing even makes Mackenzie's confused, which is saying something given all the other stuff she's already seen before.

* AdventureArchaeologist

* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler: Part 1 of Case 5 ends with an accidental summoning of a UFO. Part 2 involves stopping the aliens before they destroy all beef on the planet.]]
* TheArtfulDodger: Friday, the freeloading mouse

In November 2012, both ''Touch Detective'' and ''Touch Detective 2½'' were ported to the [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]], with new bonus episodes added to both games.

In addition to puzzle game spin-offs starring Mackenzie's assistant Funghi, a third game in the main series was released in May 2014 (only in Japan) on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, titled ''Touch Detective Rising 3: Does Funghi Dream of Bananas?''

In the fall of 2022, a CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Touch Detective Touch Detective: Rina and the Funghi Case Files'', which features all three of the mainline games and two Funghi spin-offs with various content from the mobile version, was released for the system in Japan. It was localized in March 2024 under the title ''Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files'', finally bringing the third game outside of Japan.

''Touch Detective'' (''Mystery Detective'' in most of Europe) and its sequel, ''Touch Detective 2½'', are games made by Creator/{{Success}}, and released for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2006 and 2007. In both titles, the player takes control of a young girl named Mackenzie, who inherited a detective agency from her father and wants to become a world-famous sleuth. Now add in {{Funny Animal}}s, walking fungi, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies that act like normal people]] and just plain old wackiness, and you have ''Touch Detective'' in a nutshell.

In the fall of 2022, a CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Touch Detective Touch Detective: Rina and the Funghi Case Files'', which features all three of the mainline games and two Funghi spin-offs with various content from the mobile version, was released for the system in Japan. In October 2023, it was announced it would be localized in the spring of 2024 under the title ''Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files'', finally bringing the third game outside of Japan.

In the fall of 2022, a CompilationRerelease for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, ''Touch Detective Touch Detective: Rina and the Funghi Case Files'', which features all three of the mainline games and two Funghi spin-offs with various content from the mobile version, was released for the system in Japan.

* RapunzelHair: Inspector Daria, Collette.

* FiveManBand: Mackenzie's band of investigators, with the TheBigGuy replaced with the TeamPet.
** TheHero: Mackenzie
** TheLancer: Chloe (lampshaded in one of the bonus cases, if you talk to her at the right time)
** TheSmartGuy: Cromwell
** TheChick: Penelope
** TeamPet: Funghi

In November 2012, both '''Touch Detective''' and '''Touch Detective 2½''' were ported to the [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]], with new bonus episodes added to both games.

In addition to puzzle game spin-offs starring Mackenzie's assistant Funghi, a third game in the main series was released in May 2014 (only in Japan) on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, titled '''Touch Detective Rising 3: Does Funghi Dream of Bananas?'''

In addition to puzzle game spin-offs starring Mackenzie's assistant Funghi, a third game in the main series is planned for release on the Nintendo 3DS, tentatively titled '''Touch Detective Rising 3: Does Funghi Dream of Bananas?'''

''Touch Detective'' (''Mystery Detective'' in most of Europe) and its sequel, ''Touch Detective 2½'', are games made by Creator/{{Success}} for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. In both titles, the player takes control of a young girl named Mackenzie, who inherited a detective agency from her father and wants to become a world-famous sleuth. Now add in {{Funny Animal}}s, walking fungi, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies that act like normal people]] and just plain old wackiness, and you have ''Touch Detective'' in a nutshell.

In November 2012, both '''Touch Detective''' and '''Touch Detective 2½''' were ported to the iPhone, with new bonus episodes added to both games.

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* GainaxEnding: The end of Case 3. [[spoiler: The Fossil Hunter turns out to be a living fossil from another dimension, who is only able to live in the normal dimension thanks to his eye. His tears are connected to the Cambrian ocean, and he uses them to raise extinct fossils. When he cried in reverse back when he heard about the Noodle Festival, the Seabottom Dwellers, a group from an ancient race who it turns out are not extinct and live in the mountains, took it as a sign of impending peril, so removed his eye, which turned him into a fossil. the weird pink thing that showed up at the three-quarters point that almost poked out Mackenzie's eye? Turns out to be one of the member of the ancient Sea Dweller race. They were going around poking out left eyes from things at the museum because they can't speak human language and were trying to primitively communicate to the humans about the doom they were sensing. This all explained in one long explanation from the Fossil Hunter after he's turned back from a fossil thanks to Mackenzie putting his eye back in, in the midst of the arch villain, the Cornstalker, trying to steal the his eye, which everyone thought was a rare ancient pearl, and being fooled into taking a fake one. The entire thing even makes Mackenzie's confused, which is saying something given all the other stuff she's already seen before.

* GainaxEnding: The end of Case 3. [[spoiler: The Fossil Hunter turns out to be from another dimension, who possesses a statue to come to Mackenzie's world. When he cried in reverse back when he heard about the Noodle Festival, his amber eye came out, causing the body to turn back into a statue until Mackenzie solved the case. Also, the weird pink thing that showed up at the three-quarters point that almost poked out Mackenzie's eye? Turns out to be a member of the ancient Sea Dweller race, who aren't as extinct as you would've thought.]] Even Mackenzie's confused by all this.

''Touch Detective'' (''Mystery Detective'' in most of Europe) and its sequel, ''Touch Detective 2½'', are games made by Creator/{{Success}} for the NintendoDS. In both titles, the player takes control of a young girl named Mackenzie, who inherited a detective agency from her father and wants to become a world-famous sleuth. Now add in {{Funny Animal}}s, walking fungi, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies that act like normal people]] and just plain old wackiness, and you have ''Touch Detective'' in a nutshell.

'''Touch Detective''' (''Mystery Detective'' in most of Europe) and its sequel, '''Touch Detective 2½''', are games made by Creator/{{Success}} for the NintendoDS. In both titles, the player takes control of a young girl named Mackenzie, who inherited a detective agency from her father and wants to become a world-famous sleuth. Now add in {{Funny Animal}}s, walking fungi, [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies that act like normal people]] and just plain old wackiness, and you have ''Touch Detective'' in a nutshell.