Famicom Detective Club: Uncover the Heirs Mystery

Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir is a mystery adventure game originally released in Japan in 1988 for the Family Computer Disk System. The game follows a 17-year-old protagonist who wakes up with amnesia at the foot of a cliff and discovers he's an assistant detective investigating the death of Kiku Ayashiro.

Key features of the game include:

1. Interactive visual novel gameplay where players select questions to interrogate suspects and use a magnifying glass to examine environments for clues.
2. A suspenseful plot involving a wealthy Japanese family, murder, and local superstitions about the dead returning to life.
3. Originally released only in Japan, the game has been localized with English text and modernized for the Nintendo Switch system.
4. Players can choose between updated graphics and music or the original 8-bit soundtrack.
5. The game is part of a duology, with a prequel titled "The Girl Who Stands Behind" also available.

The Nintendo Switch version, released in 2021, offers:

• Single-player gameplay
• Adventure and simulation genres
• Teen ESRB rating for tobacco use, violence, blood, and language
• Playable in TV, tabletop, and handheld modes

Nintendo is offering a discount when purchasing both games in the series on the Nintendo eShop. The Famicom Detective Club series represents a piece of Nintendo history, now accessible to a wider audience through its localization and modernization for the Switch platform.