Visual novels aren’t exactly the most popular game genre here in the United States, which is why it was such a surprise when Nintendo announced that the two Famicom Detective Club games were coming to ...

In 1988 and 1989, Nintendo released two murder mystery visual novels in the form of the Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind. A very notable deviation from the usual ...

Thank you for being you. When you look at the video game industry right now, you can’t possibly see it “going out of business,” barring something explosive or implosive happening. After all, AAA ...

Finn is a GameRant writer with his finger on the pulse of industry trends. A lifelong gamer, he has a particular interest in immersive-sims, character action games, and experimental indies. His ...

It may have taken 33 years, but North American visual novel fans can finally get their hands on the first two Famicom Detective Club games, The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind, via the ...

When the Famicom Detective Club remakes came out in 2021, I simply thought they were a fantastic spruce up of one of the grandfathers of visual novel games. I could have never guessed that Nintendo ...

Marcus Estrada is a Contributor from USA writing for the Digital Publication Hardcore Gamer. His favorite genres include horror, visual novel, rhythm and platformer. Remakes and remasters are an ...

40 years ago the videogame industry started to undergo a seismic shift, but it would take over two years for almost anybody in North America to realize it. On July 15, 1983, while the games industry ...

The Famicom Detective Club series made its debut on the Japanese Famicom system, and did not make its way to North America until a Switch remaster in 2021. Emio – The Smiling Man represents the first ...

Rare opportunity: Nintendo collectors with deep pockets have the rare opportunity to get their hands on an early Super Famicom prototype that looks an awful lot like the pre-production model featured ...