As surprising as it was to see Nintendo drop an uncharacteristically creepy teaser earlier this year about a masked man known as 'Emio,' few could have expected it would be related to a brand-new entry in the company's long-dormant Famicom Detective Club series.
The lead-up to this climax, however, is anything but straightforward. Like the previous two games in the Famicom Detective Club series, Emio - The Smiling Man is a slow-burn detective story--a densely plotted mystery that unravels methodically over the course of roughly a dozen hours.
Every new lead you uncover only raises further questions, and it often feels as if you are no closer to discovering the truth, maintaining an engaging tension that compels players to persist.
What's most shocking about this scene is how it eerily parallels a series of unsolved murders that occurred in town 18 years ago, leading you and the police to suspect the same culprit is responsible.
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