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by Donald Theriault - February 17, 2021, 6:23 pm EST Total comments: 1
Source: Nintendo
Nintendo finally getting into the detective business.
One of Nintendo s oldest franchises to never see release outside Japan is changing that fate in May.
Two adventures of the Famicom Detective Club, previously announced for Japan only, will come outside of Japan on May 14. The two stories, The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind , will retail for US$34.99 or equivalent: purchasing one will provide a $10 discount for the other. (As Nintendo would not charge for preorders until May 7, the discount will not appear until then.)
The original Famicom Tantei Club games were produced for the Famicom Disk System, and were produced by the late Gunpei Yokoi with scenario from Yoshio Sakamoto.
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For the first time in over a year, Nintendo hosted a full-fledged Direct presentation. The latest presentation was focused mostly on games slated to hit Nintendo’s hybrid gaming console, the Switch, sometime during the first half of 2021, though there were a few announcements for games that will hit later than that.
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