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When the Famicom Detective Club remakes came out in 2021, I simply thought they were a fantastic spruce up of one of the grandfathers of visual novel games. I could have never guessed that Nintendo ...

What is Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club? As stated earlier, this is the first new Famicom Detective Club game in 30 years! Which is very exciting news for fans of the series. In this ...

The Famicom Detective Club duology of remakes on Nintendo Switch instantly gripped me, as a fan of visual novels and mystery titles. When Nintendo revealed a third, original title in the series for ...

As releases calm down towards the end of the year, and awards season ramps up, we finally have time to go back and review some of the games we missed. Right at the top of my list of ‘games I should ...

"Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club" offers plenty of creepy images in-between its wholesome gameplay. (Courtesy of Nintendo) A middle school boy strangled to death. An urban legend of a ...

Nintendo will release a demo for Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club on August 19 at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET, the company announced. The demo will feature both the Prologue and Chapter ...

Emio – The Smiling Man is a continuation of the underrated Famicom Detective Club series, and I never expected this release to happen. Ahead of the latest game in this surprisingly well-crafted ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a Feature Writer from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade and finds dissecting Marvel trailers for hours standard practice and still finds time to review, ...

Investigate a brutal death and its connection to an urban legend. A student has been found dead! His head was covered with a paper bag with an eerie smiling face drawn on it—much like the victims of ...

Swearing? On my Switch? It’s more likely than you may think. In a rare move for Nintendo, Emio will contain blood, language, and violence, and boasts an ‘M’ rating. Plot points will touch on abuse and ...