Nintendo actually wakened this morning and selected chaos by dropping a deeply upsetting brief teaser for what appears to be a brand new horror sport. We’re undecided of the title simply but, however it is perhaps known as Emio, or probably Smiling Man.
What the heck was that? Nintendo followers are baffled. There are nearly no particulars as to what this “Emio” factor is. Apart from the trailer, the one different information now we have is that Nintendo tweeted about it throughout its U.S., Europe, and Japanese accounts this morning with the hashtag #WhoIsEmio?. There’s an official Nintendo website, too, which simply options the creepy dude standing there and sometimes, briefly, altering his expression. And we have confirmed that the kanji within the background of all these teases reads “laughing man” or “smiling man.”
So why is everybody so labored up about this? It’s not essentially that there is something irregular about teasing a piece of horror like this. Plenty of movies and video games have performed up horror components by being intentionally imprecise and sudden of their reveals. But Nintendo is, uh, not precisely identified for that form of factor! It’s simply out of character for them to shock drop a trailer for what appears to be an M-rated horror sport on a random Wednesday morning with no different context.
We do not even know who’s making Emio. People are speculating that based mostly on the truth that it has an official Nintendo web site, this can be a first-party sport, which might be much more out of character for Nintendo. That stated, quite a few people have identified on social media that famous horror developer Bloober Team announced just two days ago it was engaged on one thing known as “Project M,” which is seemingly coming to Nintendo platforms and is predicted to be introduced this 12 months. Could this be Project M? Or one thing else totally?
Whatever the case, we’ll have to attend to search out out, however the prospect of a brand new horror sport made by Nintendo, of all corporations, is an thrilling one to think about. Until then, we’ll should make do with Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a narrative tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
