Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club
Explore an interactive drama full of interesting characters Continue the adventures of the Utsugi Detective Agency with the return of familiar characters—including the returning protagonist from previous…
Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club is an adventure developed by MAGES., released 29 August 2024 on Nintendo Switch.
What Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club is
Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club is an adventure game developed by MAGES. and released in 2024. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 Emio, the Smiling Man—a killer of urban legend who is said to place such a bag over his victims’ heads. As an assistant private investigator, you are tasked with helping police solve this crime, which is reminiscent of a series of unsolved murders from 18 years ago. Has a serial killer returned, or is this the work of a copycat? Are these crimes inspired by the Smiling Man story, or the origin of it? Discover the answers to these questions and more as a member of the Utsugi Detective Agency in this intense story of suspicion, isolation, and fragility.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club launched on 29 August 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.
Cheats and codes
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