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Famicom Detective Club review: more great crime drama on the Switch

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Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir
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Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir
Genres · adventure, visual_novel
Release · May 14, 2021
Developer · Nintendo, MAGES.
Nintendo Switch
3 articles 10 writers 7 reviews
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Role · Developer / Publisher
Founded · 2020
Top genres · adventure, fps, indie
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