Top Spotlight: The Switch remake of Yuji Horii’s classic Hokkaido Serial Murder Case game appears to be making a significant impact on the Japanese market. Famitsu’s recent data reveals that this retro-nostalgic title has hit the top spot with 20,919 retail copies sold within one week after its global launch.
Sales Performance Analysis: With such an impressive start, the game not only showcases its timeless appeal but also benefits from the famous name of its creator. Horii has left his mark on gaming with hits like Dragon Quest franchises, and this renewed release is clearly resonating well.
Do you think the success in Japan was solely due to the nostalgic factor or is there more to it?
Well I went down a rabbit hole of odd games Horii’s worked on
Only knew the guy from Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger
Oh hey, I didn’t know there was a remake of this game. Imagine that, a game that actually deserved a remake! Hopefully this is translated to English.
Next they need to do Shin Onigashima. It’s similar to Famicom Detective Club or the 999 games. It’s had a couple remakes already, but not for Switch. Maybe they think it’s “too Japanese,” I dunno.
I have been breaking my head because I remember I recently watched another interesting graphic novel for the Switch (I think so) in these days in some of my YouTube videos or perhaps some gaming podcasts that I use to frequent.
I have memories it was shown in like a Nintendo Direct along or close the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection title (that is why it surprised me to have this sudden amount of VN releases lol) and until I saw this post I thought it was the “Emio The Smiling Man” game, and now I am actually confused if it was this game all the time (although the graphics style doesn’t ring the bell).
Are there any other VN games announced or released for the Switch or modern consoles that I could be confusing with?
I definitely remember it was about Japan and murders lol (really not helpful with all the VN games mentioned), but I didn’t get clear if it was all fiction or if it is based in a true story (which I guess is the case, but I find that too dark for Nintendo).
Famicom Detective Club got a translation/remake for the switch. Might be that?
Yeah, the Emio game is the third game of said saga, and more recent, so that is why I got my suspects on that one 😅
