{"id":936851,"date":"2025-12-30T04:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/try-nintendos-emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-for-free-next-week"},"modified":"2025-12-30T04:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:10:19","slug":"try-nintendos-emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-for-free-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/try-nintendos-emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-for-free-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Nintendo&#8217;s Emio &#8211; The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club for free next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/try-nintendos-emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-for-free-next-week.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Nintendo is dropping a free three-part demo for its upcoming horror, Emio &#8211; The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club from next week.<\/p>\n<p>From Tuesday 20th August, players will be able to grab the prologue and chapter one.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter two will drop on the morning of the 23rd August, and the third and final freebie, chapter three, will be available on 28th August.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/try-nintendos-emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-for-free-next-week\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/try-nintendos-emio-the-smiling-man-famicom-detective-club-for-free-next-week\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo is dropping a free three-part demo for its upcoming horror, Emio &#8211; The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club from next week. From Tuesday 20th August, players will be able to grab the prologue and chapter one. Chapter two will drop on the morning of the 23rd August, and the third and final freebie, chapter three, will be available on 28th August. 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