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[RuneFactoryFanboy]

I've been interested in the Famicom Detective Club series, but goodness...the games have not gone on sale once in over three years. Since I have a perpetual backlog and therefore am typically not dying to play anything, I usually let sales drive my purchases.

I love a good murder mystery VN though.

 

[bender]

The generic modern anime look is the only thing that turns me off

 

[LakeOf9]

Quite ironic to say in a year that they're constantly getting a lot of shit for not having AAA blockbusters.

This year is their most interesting lineup in a while! Astro, Stellar, and Ronin are all great, and I wish/hope Sony would keep that going

 

[daxgame]

Hyped! Will be mine

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

No, really.
All you need is a decent character designer

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Woopah]

Bit disappointed its not a new IP, however:

• Go back a couple of months and Nintendo's H2 2024 was nothing, following a H1 that was largely remakes. Now their H2 has 5 games and 4 of them are new. And they might still have a December game
• Sakamoto got to do two remakes to test the waters, then follow up with a new entry. I hope the same thing happens with Advance Wars.

 

[ReyBrujo]

No, really.
All you need is a decent character designer

I had forgotten the girl in Hotel Dusk looked like the girl in Another Code. I should replay it.

 

[Porcile]

Sakamoto is a cool guy. I like how he doesn't let go of ideas even after 30 years lol.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

This looks interesting but I have to play the other two Famicom Detective games

 

[Rran]

The other two FDC games are good. They tell pretty complex tales and have just a splash of supernatural/horror elements to keep the intrigue up (MAGES who handled the art and development also did all the Corpse Party games so there's some grisliness). Keep in mind the gameplay is of 35+ year old Famicom games so there's some dry spells, but I quite enjoyed them altogether.

 

[NanaMiku]

Aren't these just visual novels?

Yes, this is from the remake:

Yosio Sakamoto is behind Emio?? Interesting,it never looked like a traditional horror game, searching for a serial killer is more visual novel fit

For me this is a lot better than Bloober i will check it out, i just hope it 'innovates' the genre in some way, i want to see some crazy Anime cutscenes and twists

He was also involved in the remake. The Japanese announcement had him directly announce it.



IIRC Famicom Detective Club is always about urban legend

The other two FDC games are good. They tell pretty complex tales and have just a splash of supernatural/horror elements to keep the intrigue up (MAGES who handled the art and development also did all the Corpse Party games so there's some grisliness). Keep in mind the gameplay is of 35+ year old Famicom games so there's some dry spells, but I quite enjoyed them altogether.

MAGES is famous for visual novels. They made the science adventure series (Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes)

 

[jshackles]

$50, getting a physical release

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-nintendo-switch-nintendo-switch-oled-model-nintendo-switch-lite/6590339.p?skuId=6590339

 

[Killer8]

"looky-loos"... ?

I smell another cringe localization in the works.

 

[NanaMiku]

Huh, I just realized that it's gonna be released next month and they didn't put it in last month Direct. Pretty smart. That Direct was already packed with Mario & Luigi Brothership, Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and Metroid Prime 4.

 

[Solarstrike]

 

[digital_ghost]

The people who didn't believe that leaker that said this was a detective club game.
Are not smiling.

 

[Hudo]

Huh. Weird that Nintendo are doing another one of these.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Yeah, It's going to be a while until I'll pick the remakes up since apparently they never go on a fucking sale. Oh and no physical release outside of Japan.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Say what you want, but this is the most solid year I can remember Nintendo having before launching a new console.

Remakes and all, they're still releasing over 10 games for Switch.

 

[NanaMiku]

Say what you want, but this is the most solid year I can remember Nintendo having before launching a new console.

Remakes and all, they're still releasing over 10 games for Switch.

not just that, they're still releasing new accessories too.

Joy-Conをお手軽に充電。「Joy-Con充電スタンド（2way）」10月17日発売。 | トピックス | Nintendo

Nintendo Switchの周辺機器として、「Joy-Con充電スタンド（2way）」を10月17日（木）に発売します。Switch本体にJoy-Conを取り付けなくても、いつ

www.nintendo.com

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Here's the Japanese Collector's Edition. Apparently the CERO release has support for English language.

 

[Woopah]

I think he has a greenlight to just do anything he wants, but has never had his own set team or division. He's made some of the strangest games ever, including Tomodachi Collection, Miitomo, Rhythm Heaven. Does a ton of producing / directing of off-site teams not at Nintendo, like Tecmo and Mercury Steam.

I don't think that's strictly true. He's one of the two Producers for EPD7. Alhough it looks like that department had switched to only doing external collaborations, rather than also doing their own internal creations.

Huh, I just realized that it's gonna be released next month and they didn't put it in last month Direct. Pretty smart. That Direct was already packed with Mario & Luigi Brothership, Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and Metroid Prime 4.

I think they made the right marketing choice.

Say what you want, but this is the most solid year I can remember Nintendo having before launching a new console.

Remakes and all, they're still releasing over 10 games for Switch.

Not as good as 2022 or 2023, but still decent with 6 new games, 3 remakes and two remasters/ports.

 

[Deerock71]

Here's the Japanese Collector's Edition. Apparently the CERO release has support for English language.

Wait, what? That's the one I've got, I think!

GAH! Obviously not.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Wait, what? That's the one I've got, I think!

I'm so tempted to get it but

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I'm so tempted to get it but

The collector's edition is already sold out on PlayAsia.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[MudoSkills]

The collector's edition is already sold out on PlayAsia.

It's up on Amazon Japan if they might ship to you:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B0D9N5FCXC/ref=zg_m_bsnr_g_videogames_m_sccl_2/357-5203468-9953702?psc=1

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

And you get..... a paper bag

in a ziploc

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Not as good as 2022 or 2023, but still decent with 6 new games, 3 remakes and two remasters/ports.

For sure. Because they are simultaneously developing for Switch 2 this year much more than during the previous years. But compared to the drought at the end of the life of the GameCube, Wii, or Wii U, this is a drastic improvement.

Doesn't hurt that Switch is selling more than all three of those combined, either! So it makes sense to support it better.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It's up on Amazon Japan if they might ship to you:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B0D9N5FCXC/ref=zg_m_bsnr_g_videogames_m_sccl_2/357-5203468-9953702?psc=1

Damn, somehow I didn't manage to find the correct SKU on Amazon JP so for thanks for the link! And yeah, Amazon JP ships to my location (bought several VNs through them recently).

The only other thing I wish for is for Nintendo to do a PEGI physical release of the two Famicom Detective Club remakes and then we're golden.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

And you get..... a paper bag

in a ziploc

 

[NanaMiku]

I'm so tempted to get it but

If you have a forwarder in Japan, you can get the game from Japanese My Nintendo Store. They always have collector's edition without the game for cheaper price (only Nintendo games): https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/goods/book-music-poster/HAC_A_A7LQA.html

 

[Astral Dog]

https://mynintendonews.com/2021/06/...-interested-in-making-new-game-in-the-series/

They already planned a new entry using the tools they made for the remakes, just a bit of good news this project got made

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[NanaMiku]

https://mynintendonews.com/2021/06/...-interested-in-making-new-game-in-the-series/

They already planned a new entry using the tools they made for the remakes, just a bit of good news this project got made

Huh, the producer is from MAGES's side. Probably they use it on their games too