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Nintendo has released a cryptic 15-second video titled "Emio" or "笑み男" (Smiling Man) on their social media channels.

The video features a lost-footage style scene with a man wearing a trench coat and a brown paper bag with a smiley face drawn on it. Eerie piano music plays in the background as the camera cuts from a close-up of the man's hand to the paper bag, where the smile changes to a wide grin.

The clip has also been uploaded to the Nintendo UK YouTube channel where it is preceeded by a viewer discretion warning and the PEGI 18 (adults only age rating) logo.

#WhoIsEmio? https://t.co/997pVDrIDL pic.twitter.com/BiNKcCpISe

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 10, 2024

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[Blakeskits]

Nintendo EMIOlator (emulator)

you play as a nintendo ninja and you take down the emulators

 

[pedro702]

nintendo only made horror games on the gamecube with eternal drakness and Geist being first party games since then i dont think they actually ventured into 18+ games, well there is bayonetta but that is 18+ for other reasons lol

 

[LNLenost]

Whatever it is, I like it.

 

[gaga941021]

Is this a new nintendo published game? Why didn't they show it during the direct last month

Because a year is 365 days.

 

[Marc_LFD]

A horror game (my guess) for the next Switch. It looks promising as Nintendo rarely ventures into this genre (unless we'd include Fatal Frame 5 which was on Wii U, but that was a limited time exclusive).

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Because the direct was for Switch games. I'm gonna guess this is the first teaser of a game for their new console.

They're not that dumb to release a brand new IP on a prehistoric console.

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nintendo only made horror games on the gamecube with eternal drakness and Geist being first party games since then i dont think they actually ventured into 18+ games, well there is bayonetta but that is 18+ for other reasons lol

I remember reading about Geist being really good. Never actually played it (yet).

 

[Maximumbeans]

For lack of any information I’m going to go absolute tinfoil hat and say that this is an early teaser for the next console. Fuck it, come at me. Your words will not graze me.

 

[KingVamp]

Fatal Frame was and is on the Switch too.

 

[Marc_LFD]

For lack of any information I’m going to go absolute tinfoil hat and say that this is an early teaser for the next console. Fuck it, come at me. Your words will not graze me.

It's a no brainer that it's for the next Switch. Id6 actually be surprised if it wasn't.

Fatal Frame was and is on the Switch too.

Well, yeah, but on the Wii U was kind of a big deal because there weren't many games of that type.

Like Watch Dogs on Wii U, it was the closest to GTA on Wii U and despite the issues with that port I enjoyed it.

 

[Jayro]

Because the direct was for Switch games. I'm gonna guess this is the first teaser of a game for their new console.

Rumor has it they're gonna rerelease breath of the wild... Which doesn't make any sense. But it better come complete with all dlc and updates for full price, or we riot.

 

[JuanMena]

Y'all crazy if you think "this is for next gen"... it literally starts with the SWITCH Logo ...

No 2nd, 3rd party logos? So this must be First Party I presume?

Also... it reminds me to Hotel Dusk... so with that in mind I'm guessing it's gonna be some kind of Graphic Novel game.

 

[depaul]

Emio! Cute name! Not sure if it's suitable for a horror game protagonist

 

[MarkDarkness]

It's a direct message relaying how their former fans should see them now.

 

[Aergisgeist]

Y'all crazy if you think "this is for next gen"... it literally starts with the SWITCH Logo ...

No 2nd, 3rd party logos? So this must be First Party I presume?

Also... it reminds me to Hotel Dusk... so with that in mind I'm guessing it's gonna be some kind of Graphic Novel game.

Maybe a crossgen title for Switch and the switch successor? Kinda the same thing I expect for Prime 4

 

[KingVamp]

Well, yeah, but on the Wii U was kind of a big deal because there weren't many games of that type.

Actually, despite not publishing the Switch games, they did published Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. If I understand correctly, Fatal Frame 1 and 3 has not had a remake yet.

 

[diggeloid]

For lack of any information I’m going to go absolute tinfoil hat and say that this is an early teaser for the next console. Fuck it, come at me. Your words will not graze me.

Aww yeah, a horror console! Random jump scares happen while you're playing, and if you scream your save files get taken down by a DMCA request.

 

[Bagel Le Stinky]

OMG!! The next console is called Emio and is man shaped!

 

[Quore]

Naturally I'm not into horror games, BUT if they manage to make a "out of the box" horror game trying to avoid those cliche things... maybe with some "breaking the 4th wall" stuff... then i would get interested

Anyway, they already got my attention

 

[GamingIsDead]

Nintendo giving hackers/modders a sneak peak of their Red Rooms.

 

[pustal]

Who is Emio?​

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[SylverReZ]

They're not that dumb to release a brand new IP on a prehistoric console.

More-or-less, a console designed for mostly children.