Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir

released on May 14, 2021

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir

released on May 14, 2021

A combined remake of the first game in the Famicom Tantei Club, Famicom Detective Club, series originally released in 1988 on the Family Computer Disk System in 2 parts. 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 in your favorite reading nook—only on the Nintendo Switch system. Play Famicom Detective Club in English for the first time Originally released in Japan only, the Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir game has been localized with English text and modernized for Nintendo Switch. While the graphics, music, and sound effects have been recreated, players can choose the original 8-bit soundtrack. Discover a piece of Nintendo history with the Famicom Detective Club series of games.


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Good pacing but theres a lot of cliche in the story, and also i wasn't satisfied how it ends. It's pretty easy to guess what will happen in the story. Not a good experience for me TBH

Game #134: Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir

First game I've beaten on my Switch. It has extremely beautiful artwork and a well written story but in some parts it needs QoL improvements. Apart from that story is really predictable but still an enjoyable experience overall.

7/10

Why the fuck did Nintendo stop making those ? Release Sakamoto from the Metroid jail and put him back on those asap.

It's like a darker, more serious and more overtly supernatural version of an Ace Attorney game, if you replaced the humor with a more frustrating focus on sequence breaking and point-and-click exploration. That sounds like I didn't like it, but I did; adventure games of this sort are not my usual genre, so I was unaware of the way "just do the same action over and over until something happens" is a common mechanic.

The atmosphere here is genuinely haunting at times, and the late-in-game genre and play mechanic shift genuinely took me by surprise.

Production values are outstanding. I really like the art and music. The mystery itself is limp though with the actual solving feeling passive.

I'm sure it was great for its time when it came out on the Famicom but it does not age too well, especially during a time where so many great games of this ilk are at your fingertips!