Sherlock Holmes

"Sherlock Holmes"

- Deduction is the art of logic. It doesn't matter if you're "right" or "wrong".

Sherlock Holmes is a legendary English detective known for his rapid-fire abductive reasoning. He assists Ryūnosuke Naruhodō with criminal investigations and is himself assisted by a young girl called Iris Watson.

Aboard the S.S. Alaclaire

 * Main articles: The Adventure of the Unbreakable Speckled Band

Investigation of the Garridebs

 * Main articles: The Adventure of the Clouded Kokoro

Attempt on his life

 * Main articles: The Adventure of the Unspeakable Story

Development
"Shu Takumi"

- For this game, it was already planned that it would be about "correcting the wrong deductions of the great detective." So I'm terribly sorry, but Dai Gyakuten Saiban's Holmes was destined to never say anything correct.


 * Holmes is based on the character of the same name from Arthur Conan Doyle's crime fiction novels, as well as various parodies of the character. The version of Holmes in the game is one that Shu Takumi had always had in his mind, emphasizing a non-serious angle.
 * Several Holmes designs were proposed, described by art director Kazuya Nuri as depressive Holmes, cute Holmes, adventurous Holmes, dark Holmes, and sleepy Holmes. The final design is a slightly arranged take on the canonical Holmes, used to accentuate the contrast between the Holmes of the books and the "real" Holmes seen in the game. Holmes also possesses a pistol as a contrast to Ryūnosuke Naruhodō's sword.