Emio
The cryptic Emio is now solved and it looks like it is a new title called Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
It started as a random and very short teaser that Nintendo dropped out there, causing all manner of speculation, and now we are here with a full showing of Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. This is what the whole "Who Is Emio" thing was all about and now we get to see that it is a continuation of an IP from thirty years ago. One that had all of the original titles remade for the Switch, and now we have a new urban legend driving the story forward. One where this Emio will be so dark that the game will have a Mature Rating and the speculation of all of the rest of the darkness can stop. Even if it was interesting to think that they tapped some of the bigger names in the horror genre to come out and make a Switch-exclusive title. We will still need to wait for any of those rumors to come to light now.
As it all turns out, this is just the next but new title in the Famicom Detective Club from so long ago and will be using an urban legend of Emio – The Smiling Man to drive things forward. This urban legend is one made for the game and is about a killer who will offer sad women a paper bag with a smiley face on it for the low price of their life. Sounds like an odd one, but the killer in the game is using that M.O. and we are on the case to solve it all. Thus, the question of "Who Is Emio" that has been asked. That is what we will need to solve along the way in this story. Have a look at a bit more from the producer of the game to get a feel for what they are going for after all of this time. Maybe it will be something to keep this dead IP floating on just a bit longer out there.
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club — A Chat With The Producer
The next installment in the Famicom Detective Club series is on its way! Investigate a crime and unmask the truth in a dark, twisted thriller when the Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club game launches on the Nintendo Switch system on August 29th, 2024.
In Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, a student has been found dead in a chilling fashion, his head covered with a paper bag with an eerie smiling face drawn on it. This unsettling visage bears a striking resemblance to a recurring clue in a string of unsolved murders from 18 years ago, as well as Emio (the Smiling Man), a killer of urban legend who is said to grant his victims “a smile that will last forever.”
Play the role of an assistant private investigator with Utsugi Detective Agency, where you are tasked with helping police solve this crime. Along the way, scrutinize the clues and testimonies you gather for potential connections to the gruesome events of the past.
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club is the first new Famicom Detective Cub story in 35 years. This title follows the previously released first and second installments in the series, most recently remade for the Nintendo Switch system: Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind. Learn more about this new installment from series producer Yoshio Sakamoto, who was involved in the plot foundations to the small details of the script and cutscenes.
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? These answers and more will be discovered as you investigate in Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club.
Is this what you thought the whole Emio thing was going to be about or were you in the camp of having one of the other horror developers working on something here? Will the Mature rating be specifically for the content of the story or will there be something darker to see and experience in the game? Will the gameplay be more of the point-and-click style or will we actually get to roam around the crime scenes freely? Give us all of those thoughts and ideas down in the comments and then feel free to discuss it all further. If we are given more to go on for Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, we will drop it all here for you. Please keep on checking back in for all of those updates and the many others we have to come down the line for you.
