More than 30 years after their original releases in 1988 and 1989, both Famicom Detective Club games have received modern remakes on Nintendo Switch. I had never played either game before, but I went ...

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 ...

Last week, Nintendo puzzled fans by uploading an unsettling and cryptic teaser trailer for an unannounced game. We no longer have to wonder what this game is, as the company revealed today that it is ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The visual novel follows a duo of investigators looking into the murder of a student whose death may be tied to the Smiling Man urban legend. Your job ...

One of the more interesting gaming footnotes in Nintendo’s long and storied history is its Famicom Detective Club adventure games released back at the end of the 80s. While the games later received ...

The 174-page artbook included in the Collector’s Edition includes character art created for the remastered version of the game, as well as design documents from the original game’s development. Also ...

I played the fan translation of Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (ファミコン探偵倶楽部PartII うしろに立つ少女), or Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind in English last night and ...

Summer is a time to get lost in words. Vacationers usually pick up books to read by the pool or at the beach. If you’re a gamer, the equivalent to a good read is an adventure game or visual novel.

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 ...

Visual novels rarely made it to the US prior to the past decade and a half, so you’re forgiven for not having heard of the Famicom Detective Club series. Heck, even in its home country it was somewhat ...