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Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind
A combined remake of the second game in the Famicom Tantei Club, Famicom Detective Club, series originally released in 1989 on the Family Computer Disk System in 2 parts. It is a prequel to the first game Find the secret behind a grizzly rumor haunting a Japanese high school Interrogate suspects and hunt for clues to piece together chilling conun...
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- Released
- May 13, 2021
- Developer
- MAGES., Nintendo, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 7, D3Publisher
- Genres
- Adventure · Visual Novel
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Platforms
- Switch
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Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind is the second game in the Famicom Detective Club series, which has been completely remade from the ground up at the same time as its predecessor Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir. These two games are now available on the Nintendo Switch and this also marks the first time they have been available outside of Japan. I enjoyed my time with The Missing Heir, even if the story was fairly predictable. Now having played The Girl Who Stands ...
The Famicom Detective Club has the feel of a modern adventure game, even if the gameplay still dates back to a time when I was in grade school. It’s well voiced, looks great, and is a good if brief ride that shouldn’t tire you out before we fall back in time about a century and a half in a couple of months.
Famicom Detective Club is a fun adventure murder mystery game that will keep you engaged from start to finish.
Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind has an excellent murder mystery plot that is sadly obscured by frustrating and arbitrary road blocks. The visuals, writing, and soundtrack are excellent, but actually getting to those will take a lot of patience.