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One of the more interesting gaming footnotes in Nintendo’s long and storied history is its Famicom Detective Club adventure games released back at the end of the 80s. While the games later received ...

Just one week after teasing an urban legend horror game that it deemed “inappropriate for some users,” Nintendo revealed what its mystery project “Emio” is all about: It’s a new entry in the ...

Summer is a time to get lost in words. Vacationers usually pick up books to read by the pool or at the beach. If you’re a gamer, the equivalent to a good read is an adventure game or visual novel.

Nintendo fully revealed Emio following teasers of a man wearing a paper bag with a smile on it, and it turns out it was part of a reveal for Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. This is the ...

The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in 1998 (a remake of the 1989 sequel) via Nintendo Power and ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2004 as part of the Famicom Mini-series. Spent the ...

Famicom's colorful design was inspired by Nintendo's Game & Watch handhelds and was meant to appeal to players of all ages. The Famicom features a top-loading cartridge slot, while the NES used a ...

Nintendo teased "#WhoIsEmio?" with a cryptic video in July, revealing Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club on Nintendo eShop. This marks the series' return after 30 years, developed ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The visual novel follows a duo of investigators looking into the murder of a student whose death may be tied to the Smiling Man urban legend. Your job ...

Japan’s gaming giants produced global hits like Mario, yet a secret vault of 16-bit masterpieces and cinematic RPGs remains ...