A spooky new trailer has been launched for what seems to be a brand new horror recreation… and it appears to be printed by Nintendo.
Nintendo is known as the family-friendly option when it comes to gaming consoles, so it’s always surprising when it does occasionally champion more adult titles.
The company previously published Eternal Darkness on the GameCube, along with several Project Zero (aka Fatal Frame) games, but a teaser trailer for a new Switch title might be their biggest swing into horror territory yet.
Posted out of the blue on Wednesday, across all of Nintendo’s worldwide YouTube channels, the 15-second trailer, simply titled Emio, shows a person with a smiley-faced bag on their head, with creepy twinkling music and classic horror distortion effects.
The video, which is titled The Smiling Man in Japan, comes with the accompanying hashtag #WhoIsEmio, along with a teaser website. Emio carries a 18 PEGI ranking in Europe and an M for Mature ranking within the US.
There’s no additional details about the undertaking, together with who’s making it. However, the implication appears to be that, on the very least, Nintendo themselves are publishing it, contemplating it’s been posted completely throughout all the corporate’s social media channels.
The greatest query is whether or not that is being made by a primary celebration Nintendo staff or an exterior studio. Some have speculated it might a collaboration with Layers Of Fear developer Bloober Team and their subsidiary Draw Distance, who’re believed to be engaged on a Nintendo unique recreation codenamed Project M.
Bloober Team, nevertheless, have been reported to have ended their partnership with Draw Distance inside the previous month, with the sport nonetheless in growth, which leaves its destiny unknown (and the chance Nintendo might’ve picked it as much as end off themselves).
The truth Nintendo has made this mysterious advertising and marketing push does recommend it’s instantly concerned – so perhaps the following Luigi’s Mansion is about to get nasty…
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