Summary

Nintendohas provided a first teaser for an upcoming repulsion title , potentially hint at a unexampled M - rate exclusive . While there have been some revulsion exclusives for Nintendo ’s consoles over the twelvemonth , fromFatal Frame : Maiden of the Black Wateron the Wii U toDeadly Premonition 2 : A boon in Disguiseon the Switch , it ’s not a genre commonly associated with Nintendo in late days , with the majority of revulsion on theNintendo Switch being third - political party titles .

The 15 - second teaser , simply titled " Emio , " was uploaded to variousNintendoYouTube channels today , andfeatures a figure wearing a trenchcoat with a paper purse over their head with a smiley grimace drawn on it . The caption necessitate , " Who is Emio ? " in hashtag form , already spark plenty of fan surmise . Emio loosely translate to " smile Man , " which make sense moot the character ’s garb , something that will likely be adopt for many a low - effort cosplay should the game be successful .

The age limitation on the YouTube upload was also call for by Nintendo rather than attribute by YouTube .

An image of a brute from Amnesia: The Dark Descent on the left and a ghost in a dress from Visage on the right.

A Nipponese Sir Frederick Handley Page forEmiowas launch at around the same time on theNintendowebsite , but it is as inscrutable as it displays an image of the character and the name and nothing more .

Although Nintendo mostly releases and licenses family - favorable games , the Switch has a fair share of with child horror game . Some of which are terrifying .

Who Is Emio?

Fans Are Already Speculating Who The Figure In Nintendo’s Teaser Is

The Nintendo UK YouTube clip opens with a " Viewerdiscretion " warn that the video " control scenes that some viewers may find disturbing . " It sports a PEGI 18 rating upon its opening , which is surely not common for a first - political party Nintendo title . The company often cater more to family with its exclusive end product . Therefore , it cursorily caught the care of revulsion fans who are keen to figure out who this mystery story figure is .

It ’s also surprising that Nintendo would announce a new secret plan after what was presumed to be thefinal Nintendo Direct showcase for the Switchin June 2024 . It ’s potential that this was n’t announced as part of the vitrine to keep it mostly syndicate - friendly with its content . Still , itcould also paint a picture that the repulsion may be coming toNintendo ’s denote - but - yet - to - be - give away next - gen console , peculiarly if it uses the same more realistic visuals as its trailer that the Switch ’s hardware may struggle with .

Time will tell , but the prospect of a new full , M - rated repugnance title byNintendois intriguing enough . Now that the teaser has been discover , hopefully , it wo n’t be much longer before Nintendo provides some answer about who Emio is and just what horrors await their players .

Miyamoto with the Switch 2 and a sad-looking Mario tipping his cap.

source : Nintendo UK / YouTube , Nintendo

A Helldiver with a burning Super Earth reflected in their visor.

Emio - Masked Smiling Man

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