Visual Novel News:
After teasing that a new horror-themed project was in the works, Nintendo has officially revealed what the deal is with Emio. Following a remake of the originals, Nintendo has announced a new instalment in the Famicom Detective Club series which is the first completely new instalment in over 30 years. This new mystery revolves around a student found dead with a paper bag with a creepy smile over their head. This looks to be similar to a series of murders that involved an urban legend revolving around someone named Emio, the Smiling Man. Now it’s up to you to solve this long-unsolved mystery and discover the truth behind the Smiling Man murders. To tell you more, they posted a video with the producer Yoshio Sakamoto.
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club launches for Nintendo Switch on 29th August 2024.
In Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, a student has been found dead in a chilling fashion, his head covered with a paper bag with an eerie smiling face drawn on it. This unsettling visage bears a striking resemblance to a recurring clue in a string of unsolved murders from 18 years ago—as well as Emio (the Smiling Man), a killer of urban legend who is said to grant his victims “a smile that will last forever.”
ALTERCIWS and Lobstudio have announced the release date of Zombie Police: Christmas Dancing with Police Zombies. Chapter 1 is currently available to download on Steam, with the full release planned for 8th August, 2024. The soundtrack will also be available for sale.
There will be a Zombie Police booth at Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2024 on September 21-22 with original merchandise.
“Zombie Police: Christmas Dancing with Police Zombies” is a mystery adventure game featuring the odd-couple buddy duo of newbie detective “Yasu Tamura” and zombie detective “Akemi Kabane” as they take on cases together. Based on the testimonies and evidence collected, you will ultimately deduce the truth behind each case.
The game features multiple endings that vary depending on your deductions.
More Visual Novel News
- Detective School Club launches on 2nd August, 2024
- Idea Factory has announced that the supernatural otome visual 9.R.I.P will launch digitally and physically on Nintendo Switch on 15th October, 2024
- OperaHouse has announced the upcoming launch of otome visual novel The Villainess Is Adored by the Prince of the Neighbor Kingdom
- Chapter 1 of Enelia: Dawn of Madness has released. Chapter 2 is planned for 16th August 2024 with subsequent chapters in 2025
Gaming News:
If there’s one thing that Hoyoverse isn’t known for, it’s doing collaborations. Even so, the company just announced a huge one coming to their hit RPG gacha game, Honkai: Star Rail. It’s been confirmed that a Fate/stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] collaboration is coming to Honkai: Star Rail! While details on the collab are light as of now, we did get a teaser image, as well as confirmation that it’ll be arriving sometime in Q3 2025.
Remember a GameCube game called Chibi Robo? It was a quaint little game about a small cleaning robot that also wanted to help improve the lives of the family who owns them. The franchise hasn’t had too many games over the last 19 years, but we’re getting a spiritual successor of the franchise with a brand new game: KoROBO! Notable members from the original Chibi Robo release are helming the project and its gameplay is familiar to any fan of the original adorable robot. The game will be opening Kickstarter and Campfire campaigns at a later date, so be sure to show your support if this sounds like your kind of game.
Watch the announcement trailer for koROBO
Last weekend, some of the best fighting game players around the world came together to compete in the Evo tournament. As expected from such a large event, we got a bunch of fighting game announcements, so let’s go down the list of what was revealed:
The next playable character in Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact was revealed and it’s a pretty big one! Meruem, the main antagonist of the Chimera Ant arc is coming to the game and we got a full trailer showcasing his moveset. What’s more, we also got our first look at the game’s opening movie, which revealed the final four characters coming to the game’s base roster: Kite, Genthru, Morel, and Razor.
Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact arrives for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2024.
Watch the Meruem trailer for Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact
An arcade classic is finding new life on modern platforms! SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos was originally released for arcades back in 2003, but this re-release will be adding online multiplayer with rollback netcode, alongside the inclusion of a hitbox viewer and a gallery mode.
SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos is now available for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Watch the announcement trailer for SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
While on the topic of SNK, their most popular fighting game franchise is getting more downloadable content later this year! Vice and Mature, two fan-favourite characters in the series are coming to King of Fighters XV and will be released simultaneously this December.
Watch the Vice and Mature DLC trailer for King of Fighters XV
While it was announced a while ago, we finally have full details on the fourth season of DLC content coming to Guilty Gear -Strive-! The season pass is made up of four characters, two of which are returning fan-favorite characters, Queen Dizzy and Venom. A new character named Unika is also being added, but perhaps most excitingly, we’re getting the first guest character in the Guilty Gear franchise: Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners! Not only that, but an open beta test for the six-player team battle mode will be taking place from July 26th to July 29th.
Watch the Guilty Gear -Strive- season 4 DLC trailer
The third DLC character coming to Tekken 8 was announced, and it’s quite a surprising one! Despite the events from the prior entry, Heihachi Mishima will be joining the roster this Fall. Alongside the new character content, we’ll be getting a free story mode expansion for the game titled The Dark Awakens.
Watch the Heihachi Mishima trailer for Tekken 8
To wrap up the Evo announcements, we got our first look at the next DLC character coming to Street Fighter 6! Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury is arriving sometime this Fall, with us getting a glimpse of how he’ll appear in the full game in a short trailer.
Watch the Terry Bogard trailer for Street Fighter 6
Anime News:
To celebrate the upcoming Olympic Games taking place in Paris, Crunchyroll are allowing everyone to watch 20 sports-centric series for free until August 15th! Some of these series include Blue Lock, Kuroko’s Basketball, Haikyu, and more.
As promised a few weeks back, we got our first look at the anime remake of Ranma 1/2! This new adaptation is being handled by MAPPA and brings with it most of the original voice cast from the original series. The announcement was made through a new key visual and a trailer that also revealed the premiere date.
The Ranma 1/2 anime remake is set to premiere on October 5th.
Watch the announcement trailer for the Ranma 1/2 anime remake
Alongside the Ranma 1/2 remake, October is set to be a pretty big month for anime, as we’ll also be getting an all-new Dragon Ball series! Dragon Ball Daima is one of the last known projects that had direct involvement with the series’ original creator, Akira Toriyama before his passing earlier this year. Given we’re pretty close to the premiere, we got a brand new trailer for the series, alongside some new key visual art.
Dragon Ball Daima will be premiering this October.
Watch the Dragon Ball Daima trailer
We’re getting an anime remake of a popular Shonen Jump manga from the 90s! Titled Jigoku Sensei Nube, the series follows a teacher called Meisuke Nueno, who has a demon hand and uses his powers to protect his students from wicked supernatural forces. Not much is known about the remake project as of now, but we got a teaser image and a short teaser trailer.
Jigoku Sensei Nube will premiere sometime in 2025.
Watch the teaser trailer for Jigoku Sensei Nube
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