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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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[DCarnage]

Holy F... Is Nintendo doing horror, like officially? A backrooms kinda thing or what?

 

[pedro702]

Holy F... Is Nintendo doing horror, like officially? A backrooms kinda thing or what?

they already did some horror games in the past

Eternal Darkness
Geist

 

[DCarnage]

Bruh, how tf old are you? I was like in my early 20s when those games came out.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Emio is just Mario backwards!!

DARK MARIO!

 

[HarveyHouston]

Bayonetta 5 confirmed.

 

[Lostbhoy]

I think it's just the new Mii design for the modern day gamer.

 

[ASSASSIN-Z]

I found some leaked footage of the game!

 

[pedro702]

Bruh, how tf old are you? I was like in my early 20s when those games came out.

i was only 12 when eternal darkness came out xD

 

[BraveDragonWolf]

Oh... another psycho serial killer...

 

[wartutor]

they already did some horror games in the past

Eternal Darkness
Geist

Zombie u. Another great game lost to the "oops marketing failed" era that was wiiU

 

[JFizDaWiz]

Zombie u. Another great game lost to the "oops marketing failed" era that was wiiU

that was Ubisoft, Nintendo did not publish it.

 

[pedro702]

Zombie u. Another great game lost to the "oops marketing failed" era that was wiiU

ubisoft game nintendo didnt make it or publish it and then ubisodt released on other platforms, timed exclsuive at best.

nintendo did publish eternal darkness and Geist

 

[wartutor]

that was Ubisoft, Nintendo did not publish it.

ubisoft game nintendo didnt make it or publish it and then ubisodt released on other platforms, timed exclsuive at best.

nintendo did publish eternal darkness and Geist

I learn something new everyday. Thanks

 

[ZeroFX]

emio is the switch 2 mascot, for all the emulator developers.

 

[Deleted member 681324]

Aye miho came out on the DS

 

[KingVamp]

Zombie u. Another great game lost to the "oops marketing failed" era that was wiiU

I still prefer the original concept with the aliens.

 

[wartutor]

I still prefer the original concept with the aliens.

I didnt know about this off to look more into it now thx

Edit...read into it and the original game sounded cool also...Wonder who has an old early beta...they need to release it for preservation lol.

 

[Taleweaver]

Charles Martinet voice:

"IT'S A MIO.... EMIO! "

... And now we all have that stuck in our head for the rest of the day.

 

[Electrospider]

its been a while since nintendo themselves made a horror game, cool

 

[Bladexdsl]

and it turns out to be a lame detective game...