Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Switch) News Articles
Sunday16th Mar 2025
News Emio - The Smiling Man Wins Best Adventure Game At Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2024
Pokémon's next entry also got a win
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club has won the best "adventure" game award at the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards for 2024. Apart from this, the upcoming Switch release Pokémon Legends: Z-A took out the most anticipated title, the "hand-drawn 2D action-platformer" Nine Sols won best indie game, and...
Monday3rd Mar 2025
Anniversary Nintendo Switch Launched On This Day Eight Years Ago
Where does the time go?
It seems an almost impossible notion to consider, but with the Nintendo Switch celebrating its eighth birthday today, it's now merely two years away from being a decade old. A decade. That's simply absurd. It would be oh-so easy to remark on how the console is an ageing relic at this point that's in dire need of an upgrade,...
Thursday9th Jan 2025
PSA Be Warned, Nintendo's New 'Emio' Trailer Is Packed With Late-Game Spoilers
Bag practice
This is a warning to all those who are yet to play Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club and want to work through the mystery unspoiled: do not watch Nintendo's latest trailer for the game. Yesterday, Nintendo uploaded a new trailer for the 2024 mystery entitled 'What Lies in the Past' (we've linked it in that last sentence...
Monday6th Jan 2025
News "I Was Honestly Surprised" - Yoshio Sakamoto On Nintendo's Approval Of Emio
Title deals with dark, mature themes
One of the biggest surprises of 2024 was undoubtedly the release (and accompanying marketing campaign) of Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. It marked the first proper new entry in the Famicom Detective Club franchise since 1989, bringing with it a whole bunch of dark, mature themes that we don't...
Tuesday3rd Sep 2024
UK Charts Star Wars Outlaws Bags Number One While Emio Flounders
Surprise, niche game is niche
We're almost back to normal with the UK Charts following a few delays recently, and this week marks the debut of Ubisoft's divisive Star Wars Outlaws, which managed to beat the competition and claim the top spot. By comparison, Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club hasn't made much of an impact upon its debut,...
Thursday29th Aug 2024
Nintendo Download 29th August (North America)
Bakeru! Emio - The Smiling Man! Castlevania!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Castlevania Dominus Collection...
Wednesday28th Aug 2024
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
Time to hide that smile?
Emio - The Smiling Man officially releases tomorrow, 29th August 2024. Developed by MAGES. and Nintendo, the surprise horror murder-mystery sequel was only announced weeks ago, and we're already getting ready to step back into the Famicom Detective Club. Die-hard fans of the original Famicom Detective Club games — either...
News The First Review For Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Is In
But is it something to smile about?
Update: Our own review of Emio is now live: <related ids="170144"> After one of the better advertising campaigns we can remember for a while, Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club is gearing up to land on Switch tomorrow (29th August). A three-part free demo is now available on the Switch eShop,...
News Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Demo Update Now Live
Investigate Chapter 3 "The Language of Flowers"
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club launches on the Switch this week, and ahead of its arrival, Nintendo has now made the "third and final chapter" in the free demo available. Chapter 3 is officially titled "The Language of Flowers" and touches on a detective's past and two siblings who are...
Friday23rd Aug 2024
News Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Is Out Next Week, Will You Be Getting It?
Chapter two of the demo goes live today
Next week sees the arrival of Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. Of course, we're now at the point where you'll soon have to decide whether or not you'll be picking up this "dark and twisted thriller" on the Switch. It's worth mentioning the second chapter of...
Friday16th Aug 2024
News Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Is Getting A Free Multipart Demo
Play through the first three chapters
Nintendo has revealed that Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club — which launches in just under two weeks — is getting a free demo next week, on 19th August 2024. But, just like an unravelling mystery, the demo will be coming in parts. The initial download will contain Chapter 1 of the game, while...
Thursday15th Aug 2024
News 'Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club' ESRB Rating Summary Reveals Horrific Themes
There's even some swearing
Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club is out later this month and while Nintendo has already shared a fair bit of backstory, it seems the ESRB rating has now revealed a little more. By no means is this your average family-friendly Switch release, as it's rated 'M' and features blood, language and violence...
Wednesday14th Aug 2024
UK Charts Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Retains Its Crown As We Await New Releases
Wahoooo!
After a slight delay this week, the UK Charts are finally in, and it's another quiet one in the region that sees Mario Kart 8 Deluxe retain its crown for a second week running. The top 10 has seen a bit of a shake up, though, with Mortal Kombat 1 storming to 3rd place while Hogwarts Legacy takes a bit of a tumble down into 10th. A few...
Sunday4th Aug 2024
Video 16 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In August 2024
Emio, World of Goo 2 and much more!
July was packed with all sorts of exciting releases for the Nintendo Switch and August 2024 will be following it up with even more! Fortunately, we've got our American-based video producer Zion Grassl to keep us clued up on all these new releases. One game already out is World of Goo 2. Yes, after almost 16...
Friday2nd Aug 2024
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
Four first-party servings left for 2024
Nintendo has released its Q1 financial report for FY2024 and, as usual, has published its timetable for 2024/25 releases for its upcoming first-party Switch line-up. There are no surprises here if you've been keeping up with release date news, but following the June 2024 Nintendo Direct, this is the first one...
Wednesday17th Jul 2024
News 'Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club' Launches On Switch Next Month
I'm Bagman
After a cryptic teaser that left us all asking "Who is Emio?" Nintendo has today given us the answer. Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club will be bringing the mystery to Switch on 29th August. Admittedly, today's new look at the project doesn't give all that much away, though an accompanying video (above) with producer Yoshio...
Sunday14th Jul 2024
News Horror Dev Bloober Team Says It's Working On A New Project For Nintendo Platforms
Update: It's "probably not" Emio
Update [Sun 14th Jul, 2024 09:00 BST]: IGN has chimed in on speculation linking Bloober Team to Nintendo's new reveal 'Emio' and it seems this developer is "probably not" involved in this project (thanks, GoNintendo). Here's exactly what was mentioned during episode 718 of the Nintendo Voice C
Thursday11th Jul 2024
Random Nintendo's Mature Horror 'Emio' Is Already Getting Lots Of Fan Art
Baghead
Nintendo recently revealed a short, spooky teaser for some sort of Switch game known as Emio. Details are pretty scarce at the moment, so naturally, fans worldwide have begun to analyse the trailer and speculate what it might actually be. Is it a new IP or an entry in an existing franchise? Is it being developed by Nintendo, or is a...
News 'Emio' Includes A Lot Of Horrific Mature Themes, According To Its Rating
The Nintendo project will contain disturbingly "strong" content
Nintendo yesterday revealed a disturbing new project simply titled 'Emio' and although no information has been shared about it just yet, new ratings spotted within a Nintendo Australia YouTube trailer upload seem to have shed some light on just how horrific this experience will be...
Wednesday10th Jul 2024
News Nintendo Reveals Disturbing 'Emio' Teaser, And Fans Are Baffled
Who is Emio?
Nintendo has revealed a rather ominous 15-second teaser trailer on its various YouTube channels, simply titled Emio. It's pretty spooky stuff for The Big N, and at the moment, nobody really has any idea what it's all about. The video description asks (in hashtag form) 'who is Emio', and y'know what... we don't know! Do you? A Japanese...
