Nintendo’s social media accounts have tweeted out a mystery question along with a trailer of something horror related with the hashtag #WhoIsEmio? You can watch the short clip down below. As to what it’s all about? Well, that remains a mystery for now. I’m sure all will be revealed soon.
Update: The Japanese text at the end translates to Smiling Man.
hell yeah. MORE MATURE NINTENDO GAMES!
nope i was wrong guys, turns out that Ermio is the switch 2 itself, you will not need to buy it, he will come under your door automatically!
Well the Wii was a huge success and then Nintendo released the Wii u with a Nintendo exclusive horror game.
I hope history is not repeating
Stuff like this is exciting!
Emio is the entity that haunts people who leak Nintendo news
Emio is the real body behind the Gloom Hands in TotK.
Emio is the one who replaced that incompetent Nintendo commander quadraxis.
Emio is the one who replaced his nemesis, Sasori…
That title belongs to that man baby link2metroid.
Ok that’s pretty interesting
Alright Nintendo you have my attention.
A horror game made by nintendo? Strange times we’re living in
I would LOVE a 1st-party horror game by Nintendo. Even just published w/ some development support would be amazing. It’s been so long since we got a strictly spooky game from them (last time was when they published + lent some dev support to Fatal Frame: Maiden of Blackwater?)
So excited, I /really/ hope this is good <3
Well I hope you enjoy, friend
Wouldn’t be the first time. Miyamoto actually produced the only other horror game they’ve released.
So if Nintendo is open to developing Mature rated games, could this mean they’ll acknowledge Eternal Darkness again, and maybe titles like Metroid will get more gritty in the future?
I sure fucking hope so! I don’t ever expect a Mature rated Metroid but that doesn’t exclude becoming more gritty. I mean, 1990’s TMNT movie was gritty but still kid friendly.
Plus, Eternal Darkness needs a remake so the sanity effects can match today’s television sets as a direct port wouldn’t cut it with today’s TVs.
Where is that Link and Metroid guy, he owes us a sweet potatoe pie.
||His mommy must be changing his diapers… ||
It’s-a me, Emio!
In case anyone was wondering, the text at the end (笑み男) is read “emi – otoko”. Seems obvious to me that the name “Emio” was chosen because it’s short for emiotoko. Japan likes to use these sorts of pun names a lot.
Nintendo teasing horror like this is always intriguing, especially because they rarely lean into the genre directly. The ambiguity around the trailer and hashtag does a great job of letting speculation and atmosphere do the heavy lifting instead of overexplaining too early. That kind of slow-burn curiosity is often what makes horror concepts stick, similar to how modern horror games build tension through mystery rather than outright scares.