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Actually, Shukichi solved the case in his intro before Shinichi/Conan (File 847–File 849/Episode 731 and Episode 732)—it was his words that ultimately led to Shinichi/Conan solving the case. Masumi could've described Shuichi as strong and Shukichi as smart because Shukichi wasn't exceptional in the physical realm, rather than because Shuichi wasn't as smart as Shukichi. If Shukichi just solved both cases on his own, then Shinichi/Conan would have nothing to do, right? I don't think Gosho wants that. Shuichi/Subaru giving Shinichi/Conan the hint to solve a case—just like Shukichi did—(File 812–File 814/Episode 690 and Episode 691) was followed by an action sequence, and Shuichi/Subaru didn't follow Shinichi/Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Masumi to the scene. Not many people can reason on par with Shinichi/Conan, and let's not forget that Shuichi/Subaru also reasoned on par—not ahead of—with Shinichi/Conan (File 638–File 640/Episode 510 and 511; File 664–File 666/Episode 542 and Episode 543), just like Shukichi did in File 899–File 902/Episode 785 and Episode 786. That's one time ahead of and two times on par with Shinichi/Conan for Shuichi/Subaru and one time ahead of and one time on par with Shinichi/Conan for Shukichi. Gosho keeps dragging this middle brother question on, thus keeping us in the dark about Shukichi's relationship with his family. We don't know about the extent of his knowledge about his brother's or their mother's situation. He probably is the DC equivalent of Mycroft Holmes, though—him wanting to end that match with Tanimori early so he could go to his wife makes him differ from Mycroft, in that respect—he prefers not to engage in the activities that his brother and sister do. If he's kept Yumi waiting so long, then his family probably experienced similar things. Still, their reaction was probably the same as Yumi's—annoyed, exasperated and frustrated, but ultimately, he was worth all that.

Well, the animators also gave us this lovely picture from Episode 557, which of course also wasn't in the original manga. The animators fuck up all the time and make shit up, I wouldn't give these things that are entirely unbased from the manga, too much of a thought honestly.

First of all, this description comes from Sera, who doesn't know that Shuu is in the FBI apparently and who doesn't know that Shukichi is a legendary Shogi player. Her description could come from their childhood, where Shuu always did the work (strong) and Shukichi always talked a lot (smart). What she says can hardly be a real factor when it comes to judge the true capabilities of each brother. Furthermore, Shukichi is pretty smart yes, he has an amazing memory and is the best Shogi player alive and the second one ever who managed to achieve all 7 titles. However, that doesn't mean that he is better than Shuichi or Shinichi at solving cases. The two times he investigates with Conan, he manages to solve the mystery roughly at the same time as Conan or slightly after him, which is about the same time Shuichi usually needs to solve cases too. I doubt Shuu would willingly get his brother involved, just because he is as smart as him, there's simply no need. Also, I doubt Shukichi deduced what kind of job Shuichi was doing, at least from what we can tell in the series. Doesn't look like he gave much of a damn about his family and focused on playing Shogi.

I'm not sure which part stood out the most to me. Was it the scene where Conan was being swarmed by an inexplicable army of bizarre dancing numbered doors, or was it the scene where Ran's horn was being used to drill to the core of the earth but then she accidentally exploded and fell into a epileptic monochrome kingdom hearts opening sequence? Most importantly, what part of that opening indicated that you are about to watch a mystery show? Then again, with a weird club dance song like that for an OP, I'm not sure the animators could have done much better. B'z come back soon, we miss you.