I was wrong. I am very happy to be proven wrong in this instance, but there’s no getting away from the fact I was wrong.
Back when I covered the excellent 2021 remakes of the two original Famicom Detective Club titles for Nintendo Switch earlier this year, my conclusion was that “I was left wanting more… [but] I suspect that’s never going to happen.” Imagine my surprise, then, when six months later, Nintendo surprised everyone by revealing that there was a brand new Famicom Detective Club on the way.
Yes, that’s right; the latest entry in the Famicom Detective Club series, known as Emio – The Smiling Man, is a brand new game in a series that, aside from the aforementioned remakes (and a Japan-only port of one of its entries to Super Famicom), has lain dormant since 1989. And y’know what? It’s great. Join me after the jump for a closer look. I have done my best to minimise spoilers!
