amicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir is a solid, enjoyable mystery to play. I loved exploring Myoujin Village and learning about the cast, or swapping between the orchestrated arrangement and original chiptune songs. The game is also a time capsule into Nintendo’s past and the early days of graphic adventures on console, and has aged remarkably well. I sort of wish they’d included the original version of the game, if only for comparison’s sake, but having the music is a nice touch. The game even comes with a Music Mode you unlock after completing it. It’s a nice touch.

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Feeling very lukewarm on this. A lot of the gameplay involves trial-and-error choosing options from the menu, with dialogue options often needing to be selected in the right order or a certain number of times for you to progress. There's no puzzle solving or choices that affect the story, definitely nothing that feels like detective work, and I would've enjoyed this more as just a kinetic visual novel. The story is decent and engaging enough for me to see it through to the end, but not enough to make me overlook the gameplay. It's fine! I don't regret playing it but I think I'll forget about it soon.

A very charming graphic adventure with interesting story-telling and amazing horror vibes.

Here's the main stuff that attracted me to play this duology asap, despise the overpriced price (imo):

- remake(s) done by freaking MAGES who did the Science Adventure VNs everyone knows about or heard about once (Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head etc.)
- Ayumi Tachibana originally meant to be playable in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

If you are now more interested because of this then: absolutely check this out. Worth it.