Subj : Mysterious 'Emio' teaser appears on Nintendo's social channels
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Date : Wed Jul 10 2024 15:00:06

Mysterious 'Emio' teaser appears on Nintendo's social channels

Date:
Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:55:32 +0000

Description:
A short horror-themed teaser, titled 'Emio', has suddenly appeared on 
Nintendo's YouTube and social channels.

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A strange, horror-themed teaser for a project named 'Emio' has suddenly 
appeared across Nintendo's YouTube and social media channels. 

Accompanied by the hashtag "#WhoIsEmio", the bizarre 15-second teaser is 
already creating speculation that the famously family-friendly company might 
just be developing (or at the very least publishing) a mature horror game. 

The age-restricted teaser gives very little away and certainly shows no 
gameplay. A human figure wearing a paper bag over their head sporadically 
appears on screen, with several jump cuts highlighting various features like 
the bag, their coat, and hands. The Japanese text for 'Emio' - meaning to 
laugh or smile - is then shown at the end. 

The Nintendo Switch splash screen at the beginning of the teaser shows that 
this is indeed a Switch-related project, and the ESRB 'Mature' rating 
indicates that it will in all likelihood be a game. 

Nintendo is no stranger to inserting darker or mature themes in its games, 
but it famously strays from developing games that would require anything more 
than a 'Teen' (or PEGI 12) rating. In fact, there are only a handful of 
'Mature' rated games Nintendo has published - including Bayonetta 3, Devil's 
Third on the Wii U, and GameCube cult classic Eternal Darkness: Sanity's 
Requiem. 

Whether 'Emio' is a project developed internally at Nintendo - or just 
something the company is publishing - remains to be seen. That said, the game 
has a bespoke landing page over on Nintendo's Japanese website, lending 
weight to the idea that this could well be an internally developed project. 

We'll be keeping a very close eye on the game as more details are revealed. A 
Nintendo-developed horror game is an extremely enticing prospect, especially 
given the company's often-tactful deployment of mature themes in otherwise 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/mysterious-emio-teaser-appears-on-nintendos-s
ocial-channels


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