Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind localized in English for Nintendo Switch, May 14th

Teletext Dreamer · Feb 18, 2021

Quite excited, although I'm not happy with the pricing (specially in Europe, where we don't have the option to purchase the games separately).
It would've been nice to have optional retro graphics and music, or at least an art direction and character design with a retro flair. Just imagine playing a game that looked like an OVA from 1989.

batfax · Feb 18, 2021

Teletext Dreamer said:
Quite excited, although I'm not happy with the pricing (specially in Europe, where we don't have the option to purchase the games separately).
It would've been nice to have optional retro graphics and music, or at least an art direction and character design with a retro flair. Just imagine playing a game that looked like an OVA from 1989.

I believe being able to swap to classic music is confirmed, actually.

Mr. Virus · Feb 18, 2021

wrowa said:
I don't know what the usual pound pricing is, but the individual games are $35 each in the US and 60€ bundled together in Europe. So, given the usual €=$ conversion we are actually saving 10€ in this case. I think the target audience for this kind of games is so small (and dedicated) that 35€ for one game or 60€ for two games isn't going to make much of a difference in sales.

I'd say that being able to buy 1 slightly cheaper would definitely make it a more interesting option to passersby if nothing else. Not to say that the 2 pack shouldn't exist, but the fact that one store doesn't seem to have the option to buy them separately when others do is a bit weird.

Antony · Feb 18, 2021

I've been desperate for any localisation news on this so I guess now it's time to put my money where my mouth is...
but it is quite a lot of money...

BBboy20 · Feb 18, 2021

batfax said:
I believe being able to swap to classic music is confirmed, actually.

I still think remakes should have an option to swap out the old and new at a press of a button like the Halo remakes do whenever possible.

werezompire · Feb 18, 2021

If the two games combined is 12 hours or longer, that's enough for me if they're fun. Your average Ace Attorney game is only about 15-20 hours long and honestly I feel like they all go on a little too long.

Nabbit · Feb 18, 2021

Did the original games have any sexual content or any violence to animals?

cyba89 · Feb 18, 2021

Game looks really good. Will be a great summer for adventure fans with this, Great Ace Attorney and World's End Club coming out.

Iucidium · Feb 18, 2021

Is it easy to make a US account?
*EDIT* I can get it in the UK!!! day one! Did I misshear that it was US only?!

Semajer · Feb 18, 2021

Is it confirmed that only Japan has a physical release and that that release only has Japanese and Chinese text?

MayorSquirtle · Feb 18, 2021

werezompire said:
If the two games combined is 12 hours or longer, that's enough for me if they're fun. Your average Ace Attorney game is only about 15-20 hours long and honestly I feel like they all go on a little too long.

There are some individual Ace Attorney cases that length. I'm not sure how people get through an AA game that quickly unless they're skipping most dialogue by not pressing every statement and investigating everything etc.

Martin · Feb 18, 2021

Semajer said:
Is it confirmed that only Japan has a physical release and that that release only has Japanese and Chinese text?

European eshop says the text is only English and the Japanese eshop only says Japanese and Chinese.
So it really seems that the physical release sadly won't have English text...

t26 · Feb 18, 2021

Semajer said:
Is it confirmed that only Japan has a physical release and that that release only has Japanese and Chinese text?

Yes, based on Amazon Japan listing

werezompire · Feb 18, 2021

JaredG said:
There are some individual Ace Attorney cases that length. I'm not sure how people get through an AA game that quickly unless they're skipping most dialogue by not pressing every statement and investigating everything etc.

Here are the HowLongToBeat averages for the 6 games:
Ace Attorney - 17.5 hours
Justice for All - 18 hours
Trials & Tribulations - 20.5 hours
Apollo Justice - 20 hours
Dual Destinies - 26.5 hours
Spirit of Justice - 34.5 hours

The newer ones are longer, but the average for the old ones are all about 20 hours or a little less. They are text-heavy games so the faster you read, the faster you can go through them.

In any case, the Famicom Detective Club games are remakes so they could have more content than the original games.

super moustique · Feb 18, 2021

super moustique said:
The Detective Club remake will hopefully be part of this direct as I want it!

As expected! :D

mazi said:
i really thought these aren't gonna get localized. i'm so happy ;_;

And, as I told you back then, there's no reason for those games to not be localized! :P

If Nintendo can localize games like Disaster or Another Code R, I see no reason why they wouldn't work on this.

The only cons here are the games being English-only (too much text so it would have been too expensive I guess) and eShop-only.

Crayolan · Feb 18, 2021

Crossing my fingers Limited Run (or a similar company) will manage to strike a deal with Nintendo for a physical release.

Deleted member 10737 · Feb 18, 2021

a bit sad that they didn't remake the satellaview exclusive episode

super moustique said:
The only cons here are the games being English-only (too much text so it would have been too expensive I guess) and eShop-only.

tbh i'd take eshop-only over no release any day. i hope they localize BOND as well, even if it's eshop-only.

super moustique · Feb 18, 2021

mazi said:
tbh i'd take eshop-only over no release any day. i hope they localize BOND as well, even if it's eshop-only.

Well yeah, of course, two games will always be better than no games! :)

Iucidium said:
Is it easy to make a US account?
*EDIT* I can get it in the UK!!! day one! Did I misshear that it was US only?!

The game was in the PAL direct as well lol

FormatCompatible · Feb 18, 2021

I didn't even noticed that they have cast Yuko Minaguchi as Ayumi again. She voiced the character in BS Tantei Club so its pretty awesome that they brought her back to the role after so many years.

Semajer · Feb 18, 2021

Martin said:
European eshop says the text is only English and the Japanese eshop only says Japanese and Chinese.
So it really seems that the physical release sadly won't have English text...

t26 said:
Yes, based on Amazon Japan listing

That sucks, but it's better than nothing I guess.

EmmaDansTonU · Feb 18, 2021

super moustique said:
As expected! :D

And, as I told you back then, there's no reason for those games to not be localized! :P

If Nintendo can localize games like Disaster or Another Code R, I see no reason why they wouldn't work on this.

The only cons here are the games being English-only (too much text so it would have been too expensive I guess) and eShop-only.

ace attorney was multi 5 and it had probably as much text

Bobo · Feb 18, 2021

Play Asia seemingly has physical copies for Europe and US listed? I don't intend to buy from them but that's a good sign.

BassForever · Feb 18, 2021

I think it took me 4-5 hours to finish the second game (girl who stands behind) on SNES, and I think I got stuck once or twice. Seems like this rerelease will probably take people longer on average if you let all the voice acting play out.

super moustique · Feb 18, 2021

EmmaDansTonU said:
ace attorney was multi 5 and it had probably as much text

AA5 and 6 are both English-only and digital-only releases.

We did get multi-5 releases on DS though... And Capcom seems to have used those localizations again with that HD trilogy collection but even then, it seems like some languages like Spanish are missing.

Nerokis · Feb 18, 2021

EchosMyron said:
For those interested in the history of Japanese Adventure Games and the history of the genre distinctions being discussed in this thread, I recommend reading this informative GiantBomb blog post.

That was a great read. Thanks for linking!

Also...wow, read through it, was impressed enough to check out the profile of the author, and it turns out that's the same person who made this awesome video on Nihon Falcom:

Damn, Bowl of Lentils does good work.

kodax_shc · Feb 18, 2021

Bobo said:
Play Asia seemingly has physical copies for Europe and US listed? I don't intend to buy from them but that's a good sign.

They do that a lot. Doesn't actually mean anything though. They had US copies of Crystal Chronicles remastered and that never materialized.

TaleSpun · Feb 18, 2021

cyba89 said:
Game looks really good. Will be a great summer for adventure fans with this, Great Ace Attorney and World's End Club coming out.

Well, four out of five Isn't bad.

Hailinel · Feb 18, 2021

FormatCompatible said:
I didn't even noticed that they have cast Yuko Minaguchi as Ayumi again. She voiced the character in BS Tantei Club so its pretty awesome that they brought her back to the role after so many years.

Nintendo's Japanese casting has been pretty great like that. They also cast Hikaru Midorikawa as Marth in Melee (and later Fire Emblem games) after he originally voiced the character in a mid-90s anime OVA. Navarre got the same treatment in Warriors, TMS, and Heroes, and Takehito Koyasu had last voiced Navarre in that same OVA!

EmmaDansTonU · Feb 18, 2021

super moustique said:
AA5 and 6 are both English-only and digital-only releases.

We did get multi-5 releases on DS though... And Capcom seems to have used those localizations again with that HD trilogy collection but even then, it seems like some languages like Spanish are missing.

nintendo published ones are multi 5

Chalphy · Feb 18, 2021

Hailinel said:
Nintendo's Japanese casting has been pretty great like that. They also cast Hikaru Midorikawa as Marth in Melee (and later Fire Emblem games) after he originally voiced the character in a mid-90s anime OVA. Navarre got the same treatment in Warriors, TMS, and Heroes, and Takehito Koyasu had last voiced Navarre in that same OVA!

Perhaps most notable is Elice having the same performer in Heroes about 25 years after being in the OVA.

I'm really pleased by this news, I preordered The Missing Heir right after the Direct aired. Famitan is such a wonderful series, I had some real nostalgia seeing all those characters reinterpreted so many years later.

EchosMyron · Feb 18, 2021

Started playing the SNES version of The Girl Who Stands Behind and i'm really enjoying it despite the fact that the game hasn't let me pick a single character's nose yet. I love the look of these old sprites. Would be cool to be able to switch between styles in the new one like the LucasArts remasters but Im not looking a gift horse in the mouth.

Chrono · Feb 18, 2021

Easily announcement of the direct for me, but I'm SO disappointed that NA isn't getting a physical version (and the Japanese version doesn't include English so I could just import that). :(

kodax_shc · Feb 18, 2021

Chrono said:
Easily announcement of the direct for me, but I'm SO disappointed that NA isn't getting a physical version (and the Japanese version doesn't include English so I could just import that). :(

I'm still grabbing the JP limited edition and I'll just wait till the english eshop versions go on sale.

Chrono · Feb 18, 2021

kodax_shc said:
I'm still grabbing the JP limited edition and I'll just wait till the english eshop versions go on sale.

I wish I could do the same, but that's way too much money for me just for something that will sit on my shelf. :/

Bobo · Feb 18, 2021

kodax_shc said:
They do that a lot. Doesn't actually mean anything though. They had US copies of Crystal Chronicles remastered and that never materialized.

Oh that's a shame

Clov · Feb 18, 2021

Even if it doesn't have English, I'm still getting the collector's edition. Too many good things in that to pass up! If it's not updated with English when I get it, then I'll just double dip and grab the English versions on the eShop.

Chalphy · Feb 18, 2021

Nabbit said:
Did the original games have any sexual content or any violence to animals?

No, they're still Famicom era Nintendo games after all.

batfax · Feb 18, 2021

Crayolan said:
Crossing my fingers Limited Run (or a similar company) will manage to strike a deal with Nintendo for a physical release.

As an ascended Starmen.net, where the fan translation of FDC2 was born, it'd be kind of amazing if Fangamer managed to get into some Detective Club stuff. They've distributed a few games at least.

Clov said:
Even if it doesn't have English, I'm still getting the collector's edition. Too many good things in that to pass up! If it's not updated with English when I get it, then I'll just double dip and grab the English versions on the eShop.

Yeah, kind of feeling this will be the path I take.

Kain-Nosgoth · Feb 18, 2021

it's quite expensive especially since it's only digital release...

Will pick it anyway but still it hurts

FormatCompatible · Feb 18, 2021

Hailinel said:
Nintendo's Japanese casting has been pretty great like that. They also cast Hikaru Midorikawa as Marth in Melee (and later Fire Emblem games) after he originally voiced the character in a mid-90s anime OVA. Navarre got the same treatment in Warriors, TMS, and Heroes, and Takehito Koyasu had last voiced Navarre in that same OVA!

Exactly! I love when developers have this kind of consistency with their VAs. It's pretty awesome imo.

Speaking of Smash Sakurai himself is someone who seems to care about that kind of thing. There's a video of him playing SotN with Yuichi Nakamura and Mafia Kajita where Sakurai was complaining a bit about the fact that Alucard had been recast in the Netflix series even though his original VA Okiayu was there as Trevor lol.

Nabbit · Feb 18, 2021

Chalphy said:
No, they're still Famicom era Nintendo games after all.

I'd hoped as much; I really appreciate the info, thank you. Hopefully the remakes will be the same in that regard.

Siman shinsafe · Feb 19, 2021

Empyrean Cocytus said:
Absolute Megaton. These were the games that basically created the visual novel genre.

Nah.
Portopia was 5 years earlier, Nintendo were jumping on a bandwagon with these.

The Portopia Serial Murder Case - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Joltik · Feb 19, 2021

Are these both stand alone games or do you have to play them in a certain order?

SinCityAssassin · Feb 19, 2021

Joltik said:
Are these both stand alone games or do you have to play them in a certain order?

From what I recall the second game is a prequel.

Joltik · Feb 19, 2021

SinCItyAssassin said:
From what I recall the second game is a prequel.

So would I play The Missing Heir first or The Girl who Stands Behind?

SinCityAssassin · Feb 19, 2021

Joltik said:
So would I play The Missing Heir first or The Girl who Stands Behind?

The general conceit of a prequel is that you appreciate the references and foreshadowings it makes to succeeding entries. I don't know anything else about these games besides that though.

Kintaro · Feb 19, 2021

metsallica said:
Bought the JP CE and will buy the US digital. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I might do the same, currently have the CE pre-ordered. That's a lot of money on games I know nothing about. I just love this type of game so I might just take the risk.

metsallica · Feb 19, 2021

Kintaro said:
I might do the same, currently have the CE pre-ordered. That's a lot of money on games I know nothing about. I just love this type of game so I might just take the risk.

Same here. I've wanted to play these games for 30 years!

Darknight · Feb 19, 2021

Jawmuncher said:
Really wish we still have Nintendo Vouchers

Huh? Why would you want that here so that you can pay more for these games with them? They're way cheaper without the vouchers.

Jawmuncher · Feb 19, 2021

Darknight said:
Huh? Why would you want that here so that you can pay more for these games with them? They're way cheaper without the vouchers.

Aren't the vouchers working differently for these and letting you get both for one? I used to get those for $80 instead of 100, so if that was the case could've gotten both for $40 instead of $60 (with the current -10 discount for buying both).

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