English Box Art For Famicom Detective Club Remakes Spotted In Official Nintendo Graphic

This is such a weird catch. Lmao. I’d be pretty excited though!

I already have the games digitally and don't really care about owning things physically, but I'd still be excited if this pans out for what it suggests about the prospects of getting more from this series. Loved them and I'd be thrilled to see how they could try and one-up what they did in Emio.

Look at them LYING!

Alright to anyone reading sound off. Which year has the best lineup?
Emio is my favorite game on here and 2023 was pretty strong but I STILL think 2017 has gone unrivaled.

I'll be honest, a physical version would help convince me to finally buy these. Like I really want to because its cool that it exists and got an English translation, but its hard to justify buying digital only games to take up space on my SD card that combined is likely shorter than either of the Great Ace Attorney games I bought for cheaper.

@kkslider5552000 Legit you could probably play through every game in the series in the time it'd take you to get through half of one of the Great Ace Attorney games. I don't really mind that personally but if a game being too short is a consideration for you then that's definitely a barrier with the FDC games.

I caved and bought the Two-Case Collection recently through GS using a gift card since I gave up on these ever receiving a meaningful discount. I did have hopes around when Emio launched. It would be cool if there is an English physical release coming, but that ship has sailed for me.

What is the game from 2021 on the bottom left?
It looks like it says “Bond?”

@ScalenePowers Buddy Mission Bond, a Japan-only game there was some international interest in that they just never translated. If anything it being on here makes the FDC thing more curious since they could've just used the Japanese box art for that as well.

Honestly I was hoping these games would get a discount when Emio was coming out. I've had them on my wishlist for a couple years, just waiting for a decent price (I love VN's but these still feel too pricey for my blood.) If they put all three games in a physical package and charged something like $70 I'd bite. Found Emio floating around at a Target for about $40 and I was tempted to pick it up, but I'm not someone who feels comfortable buying JUST the third game of a series, physical or not.

@AshFoxX Emio's a standalone story. There are a handful of callbacks, but I believe some of them only trigger if you have save data for the remakes. You don't need to have played them to get into Emio, but I get where you're coming from. For me, it's more that I just want to acquaint myself with a modern interpretation of the formula before trying to get to grips with the more archaic design kept in the remakes.

@kkslider5552000 @Lizuka Perhaps more importantly, the worst Ace Attorney game is several times more fun than the best Famicom Detective Club game. In fact I struggle to call FDC “games”. I don’t regret playing them each once, but they’re sure not high on my list of great experiences.

Well, we see in 2018, Bayonetta with the US rating, but was released only in JP, also in an exclusive collector's edition. Finally released physically in the US 4 years later in 2022. In 2021, N Buddy Mission Bond, but was released physically in JP and CN exclusively.

@ScalenePowers Buddy Mission Bond

Aww man, this is just plain teasing. Just injecting us with that little bit of hope to feed our addiction.

Coulda been worse, I guess... coulda been a Mother Trilogy...

Don't think it will happen but if it does I would definitely buy a physical copy even though I already own the digital copies.

Squeeeeeeee...

@Lizuka I think that makes all of this much more interesting!

Because al of these games are physical releases. Kirby’s Dream Buffet is NOT included, neither are some other weird downloadable games.

Which is all fascinating but also probably doesn’t mean anything at all lol

It's been on my wish list since it released, and I've been hopelessly waiting for a decent sale that will never come because it is a Nintendo game after all and they don't discount heavy. If it does come west with the physical release I finally have a shot of renting it from GameFly.

I would love if they came out physically as I have Emio already so would be nice to have the full set

About the infograph itself, why Pokkén Tournament DX and New Pokémon Snap are not included?

And I honestly had forgotten Nintendo released Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 and that DC Super Hero Girls game that seemingly no one gave a toss about.

The first party output feels low for merging the handheld/home console divisions. And there's been a huge reliance on older games/ports across the Switch's lifetime. It was a necessary move, coupled with the failed Wii U & weak 3DS it really pulled Nintendo out of a terrible financial situation.

Does anyone else have an Activia Ad that keeps popping up covering the screen? I keep closing it and it has popped up 3 times. It will make me NOT buy Activia Gut Health Probiotic Dailies.

@Pipulitoch Brain Age uses the UK cover, but is in the 2019 release year column, it's Japanese release. That's probably why Bayonetta is using the North American cover despite being placed in the 2018 column.

Hopefully. The reason why I haven't bought these games is because they are digital only. I don't care for first party releases that do this.

And EMIO, while it has a physical version, I don't wanna buy it until I play the first ones. So ball is pretty much on Nintendo's court at this point

It would be nice because the digital versions barely ever go on sale and if there was a physical option it certainly would; to say nothing of the second-hand market.

I think the two remakes have been on sale maybe once. I don't know why they would make the two remakes digital only and then Emio gets the physical treatment. It's not like Emio is any less niche than the two remakes.

Looks good to me. I was surprised they even offered Emio as physical, so I bought it immediately as I thought I'd never see a copy of it again. If they never offered them physical it'd be sad but I still wanted to play them.

So them being physical yes please. I can't wait to get started with the series finally if they are physical then a digital purchase.

But physical of the prior releases I'm interested in that. No limited copies though I want wide enough like Another Code/Endless Ocean got they need more support. Visual novels I don't see often physical. Sure I have seen Mato or some others but not often they go quick and are 1 copy in my town at least. Or very few copies then gone forever.

It'd great to have a physical release in the west, since this game is NEVER SOLD AT A DISCOUNT.

I was always hoping for a physical version of these, probably the 2-in-1 package which is already perfectly priced in the eshop at $60.