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 pick them up, and we certainly enjoyed them enough when playing for review to recommend them to anyone who might be interested.
So, will these two remakes kickstart a complete revival for the series? Well, in a recent interview with Famitsu, MAGES' Makoto Asada has noted that he'd be up for making a new game should the Nintendo gods allow. The producer of the remakes talks about the technology and development know-how that went into these two games, and how this could be used for something new.
Here's a translation of Asada's comments from Nintendo Everything:
"Our goal for the project was to create the pinnacle of 2D text adventure games, so we actually used development techniques originally planned for other games as well. Thanks to Nintendo and their development team, we made the best game we possibly could, but looking back, we were quite reckless. How will we ever make something this good again? (laughs) We developed a fair amount of know-how working on the game, expertise I’d like to one day use on a new Famicom Detective Club."
We'd imagine a brand new Famicom Detective Club game would go down pretty well with those who liked the originals, and with Switch becoming something of a wonderland for visual novels, it'd certainly be a fitting place to launch such a game.
Would you be interested in a new entry in this series? Have you checked out The Missing Heir or The Girl Who Stands Behind yet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via nintendoeverything.com]
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I'm really hoping these remakes do lead to a new game in the series. They did such an awesome job with them and they're a blast but the limitations of the original hardware still do show through a bit. I'd love to see what they could do with a brand new one from scratch, it'd be awesome.
these games, visually alone are imo the greatest visual novels have looked thus far, stuff like the characters moving and backgrounds being dynamic are all superb so another with the same visual flair and a whole new story would be great
I bought both games day one to support it, though like so many I buy, they just add to that back log list. Hopefully it is selling well enough to warrant more in the series.
Haven't they failed to chart in most regions? 😞
I'd be down for it.
Take the characters and storystyle and match it up with modern Adventure Game sensibilities (by which I mean less puzzles that obtuse for obtuse's sake) and I think we'll have a winner.
Only question is what to call it? Do they keep the Famicom name out of legacy?
Yes, please! By all means. I’d love to see this series continue.
This is great news. Personally, I hope they also remake the 3rd game that released for the Satellaview
I’m down for it. I enjoyed those games so much although I did find them a bit short.
yees please. but a little longer and without some '80 mechanics of the first 2 games....like ask 20 times the same thing for go ahead
I'd love that so much, they are great games. Just modernise some of the mechanics left over from the 80s and you've already got a winner.
@AnnoyingFrenzy same thing that i wrote 😆
@BananaMetallurgica What can I say? Great minds think alike.
I'd really like to pick these up, but the price for both is a major sticking point. It's really hard for me to justify spending that much for a digital game. I'm waiting for a decent sale first.
I would buy a new game if Nintendo ado gives them the green light. They're really fun visual novel murder mystery games, hopefully we see more.
Yes please! I just finished the second game last night and am ready for more.
But make it physical...!
A VN series, Nintendo would invest minimal amount when compared to other projects outside Straight ports.
Why not?
I would love to see a new game. I finished the second game a week or so ago and was a little sad the adventure was over. Really hope it continues somehow.
It would be great to see the Satellaview game get a remake, too!
Hope Buddy Mission BOND gets a localization someday as well. I played the Japanese version and absolutely loved it. The story and characters are fantastic, and the gameplay was pretty fun, too.
For those apprehensive about that $60 price, you're technically getting two games for that price, which works out to $30 each. That's actually a pretty good price for VNs of this production quality.
For example, I paid $40 for Nurse Love Syndrome and the main story takes roughly the same amount of time to complete as one of the Detective Club Games (give or take a couple of hours). The production values in that also aren't as impressive.
Fair enough if you would still rather wait for a sale, just wanted to point out that Nintendo actually priced these games very well. I was expecting these games to be at least $50 each when they were first announced considering the quality (and the fact that it's Nintendo who tried to sell Sushi Striker for almost full retail).
That would be really cool. Maybe they could even bring back Yoshio Sakamoto to write/produce the new game. When he's finished with Metroid Dread, that is!
I hope it’s Famicom Detective Club: Lost Memories in the Snow which was on the Satellaview! I bet my bottom dollar that’s the next remake. It’s gotta be that one
That would be great. I like diversity in Nintendo's stable and I've always wanted a detective game that goes into the supernatural by Nintendo. Also detectives and mystery solving is popular so no reason why they shouldn't continue.
@VGBC_P3rs0na I would love that, but a big part of me actually doubts it. To my knowledge, Nintendo have never once remade a single one of their Satellaview games before
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