Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
- 14th May 2021, $34.99
- 14th May 2021, £49.99
- Series
Reviews
Review Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Switch) - A Delightful And Silly Mystery
Ace Attorney's grandfather returns triumphant
Famicom Detective Club is brilliant. Famicom Detective Club is also incredibly stupid, sometimes. But it's still brilliant. It's both, at the same time, like a child who's just argued that, if glue is non-toxic, then there's really nothing wrong with them eating a whole cup of it. Sure, sticky child!...
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Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Guides
Guide Best Nintendo Remakes & Remasters Of All Time, Ranked
Harder, better, faster, stronger
When it comes to remaking, remastering, and re-releasing a game, it's easy to assume every publisher out there is plundering its back catalogue to refurbish and resell treasured titles to a nostalgia-laced audience happy to pay for the comfort of childhood classics brought up to date on their current consoles...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
You may find your first sticking point in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir being the conversation with Zenzou, the Ayashiro family's butler. After exhausting all of your dialogue options — and "remembering" why you're here — you'll want to keep chatting with him. As part of our Famicom Detective...
Guide Famicom Detective Club Guide - Walkthrough, Tips And Hints
I solve crimes with a little help from my friends
After many years as Japan-only adventure games that released for the Famicom Disk System, Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind have been remade and brought to the West for the first time with a new localisation. Want to know which one to play...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Are you stuck on the conversation with the Ayashiro family doctor in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir? Sometimes people just need a little reminder of something important. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you advance the plot with Kumada. Exhaust all your dialogue...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
You've come to the Kagura Temple in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and met the head monk, Genshin. He mentioned a legend amongst locals, but won't tell you more, because you're an "outsider". As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to get that legend out of...
Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter One - I'm Stuck At Myoujin Station!
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Are you stuck at Myoujin Station, not sure where to go next in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir? As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we can help you get back to the investigation. "Remember" that you were supposed to talk to Akane.: This will unlock new dialogue with the station master and...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Your first meeting with Kanji may go on longer than expected in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. After exhausting all of your dialogue options — and "remembering" why you're here — you'll want to keep chatting with him. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you move...
Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter Two - I'm Stuck At Myoujin Station... Again!
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
If you're playing Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and you're already at chapter two, you probably already know that sometimes you have to pester people to get information out of them. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we can help you escape from an endless loop of talking to villagers about...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Things are heating up in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. But in the Storage Room, you're stuck talking to Forensics. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask about everything: He'll give you the basic details. Examine everything in the...
Guide Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir Chapter Three - How Can I Make Jiro Be Cooperative?
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Another day, another new character in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir: Jiro, the businessman brother of Kanji and Azusa. He's pretty grumpy, and won't be very helpful. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask him about everything: He'll...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Poor Zenzou has been through so much in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. Talking to him in the Storage Room doesn't seem to be going anywhere, though. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask him about everything: As always, he'll tell you...
Famicom Detective Club tips and tricks
Kumada has the autopsy in Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir, but even after he tells you what he knows, you're still unable to leave. As part of our Famicom Detective Club guide, we're here to help you figure out how to progress. Ask him about everything: The usual, of course — but he doesn't have...
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir News
News Famicom Detective Club Remake Producer Would Like To Make A New Game In The Series
"We developed a fair amount of know-how"
Last month saw the launch of Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind, remakes of two titles that had previously been exclusive to Japan for three whole decades. Developed by MAGES, the games seem to have gone down pretty well with those who decided to...
Gallery Check Out These Famicom Detective Club Original Vs. Remake Shots
Over 30 years of technological advancement
The Famicom Detective Club titles were a fascinating recent arrival on Switch, with The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind both available. Quite a few members of the Nintendo Life team are playing them, and the general consensus i
Japanese Charts Famicom Detective Club Earns Top Ten Debut In Another Strong Week For Switch
Monster Hunter leads the way for Nintendo
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for the week ending 16th May, revealing that Monster Hunter Rise is this week's best-selling Switch title. The game has managed to maintain its second-place finish this week while its nearest competitors see a slight shuffle; New Pokémon Snap drops to third as...
News Did You Find The Easter Egg Hidden In Famicom Detective Club?
SPOILERS FOR BOTH GAMES WITHIN!
We hope you've been enjoying Famicom Detective Club as much as we did, and if you've finished both games — or if you're at least halfway through both of them — then there's a neat little Easter Egg that you might have already found yourself. In The Missing Heir, you're given a speed dial number to reach the...
Poll The Famicom Detective Club Games Are Out Today On Switch, Are You Getting Them?
Have your say...
It can be easy to get frustrated with Nintendo and the way in which it treats its legacy content – sure, you can play Super Mario Bros. on every system under the sun, but plenty of the company's more obscure titles are just impossible to enjoy legitimately these days. Thankfully, then, today's Famicom Detective Club launches are a...
Nintendo Download 13th May (North America)
Famicom Detective Club! Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield! Subnautica!
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: Famicom...
Random Narration Makes All The Difference In These Famicom Detective Club Trailers
Soothing voice vs. TV-style drama
It's fair to say that, at times, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe can seem to be entirely at the mercy of decisions out of Kyoto, not always having much of a say in content. Recent trailers for the two Famicom Detective Club games are a case and point, with the regional teams clearly being given the same...
News English Famicom Detective Club Trailer Drops Ahead Of The May Release
It's been more than 30 years since their initial launch
Fair warning: don't watch this trailer if you want to play Famicom Detective Club blind, as it does reveal some of the story! The story of Famicom Detective Club is a wild one: released only in Japan over thirty years ago, the series is popular enough in Japan that Nintendo wanted to add Ayumi...
Video After 30 Years, We've Finally Played Famicom Detective Club on Switch
The Girl Who Stands Behind and The Missing Heir walk into a club...
The Famicom Detective Club series is a cherished franchise in Japan. These murder-mystery visual novels began life on the Famicom all the way back in 1988 and garnered success with critics and adventure fans alike. Two entries were released on the Famicom in the form of Famicom...
News Nintendo's Famicom Detective Club Switch Remakes Have Been Leaked Online
Watch out for spoilers!
We're still weeks away from the Famicom Detective Club remakes arriving on the Nintendo Switch here in the west, but it seems they've already been leaked online. This information comes from software developer, gaming enthusiast and Twitter user LuigiBlood. While you might be wondering why anyone would even be concerned about...
About The Game
>Solve a murder mystery surrounding a wealthy Japanese family
Hunt for clues, talk to suspects, and explore the Japanese countryside after tragedy strikes the wealthy Ayashiro family. Filled with suspense, this tale follows an amnesia-stricken detective trying to unravel his own past amidst the horrors of a harrowing murder investigation.
Play at home, on the go, or curled up in your favorite reading nook—only on the Nintendo Switch system.
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