Archive EntryPreservation Record

Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

Shelf markLIB-0226

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2024Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: ファミコン探偵倶楽部笑み男
Release: 2024 (worldwide, August 29)
Developer: Nintendo EPD · MAGES.
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · HAC-P-A7LQA
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · retail edition
Subjects: Adventure · Mystery · Visual Novel · Famicom Detective Club · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Emio – The Smiling Man opens with a schoolboy found dead, a paper bag with a smiling face over his head — echoing an unsolved string of murders eighteen years earlier and the urban legend of the Smiling Man. Yoshio Sakamoto wrote and produced it. It was the first new Famicom Detective Club game in 27 years, following MAGES.’ 2021 remakes of the two Famicom originals, and released worldwide on August 29, 2024. This filing opens the Famicom Detective Club lineage on the shelf.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is Nintendo’s retail edition of Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club on a Nintendo Switch game card. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. Any content delivered as an eShop download or update depends on Nintendo’s servers and is not preserved by the card alone.
Edition History: Released worldwide on August 29, 2024 (HAC-P-A7LQA). A Collector’s Edition was issued in Japan.
Access Status: Distributed at retail by Nintendo, with a digital edition on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Series: Famicom Detective Club
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Famicom Detective Club recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0226.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf