Emio: The Smiling Man Walkthrough

Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club has 12 chapters full of mysteries to solve. Learn how to piece together the clues and uncover the true identity of Emio, The Smiling Man, with Game8's complete walkthrough.

Prologue: A Face Walkthrough

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Prologue	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Scene of the Crime

1	Police Officer: Ask/Listen 2 times
2	Police Officer: Ask/Listen → "Victim", "Cause of death", "Time of death" 1 time each
3	Police Officer: Ask/Listen → "Cause of death"
4	Police Officer: Ask/Listen → "Victim" or "Observations?"
5	Police Officer: Look/Examine → "Victim"
6	Enter your first and last name (Cannot be changed later)
7	Kuze: Think
8	Kuze: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kuze
9	Utsugi・Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Victim", "About Kuze", "Observations?" 1 time each
10	Utsugi・Kamada: Ask/Listen
11	Utsugi・Kamada: Think
12	Utsugi・Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Victim"

Chapter 1: The Urban Legend Walkthrough

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Prologue	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Utsugi: Ask/Listen → "The victim"
2	Utsugi: Ask/Listen → "Murders from 18 years ago" 2 times
3	Utsugi: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
4	Utsugi: Think 2 times
5	Utsugi: Ask/Listen → "The victim"
6	Utsugi: Open Notebook → Press B to close
7	Utsugi: Think 2 times Continue to step 8 Utsugi: Think only 1 time → Ask/Listen Skip to step 10
8	Utsugi: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
9	Utsugi: Ask/Listen
10	Ayumi: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
11	Ayumi: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
12	Utsugi: "Take" → "What?" → Cell phone
13	Ayumi: Ask/Listen
14	Ayumi: Review Correct Answers: 1. Based on what we know so far, I suspect homicide. 2. It's just like the Smiling Man urban legend.
15	Ayumi: Think 2 times
16	Protagonist: Travel → "Police station"

Police Station

1	Call/Engage → "People nearby"
2	Police Officer: Ask/Listen
3	Police Officer: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Police officer's face
4	Police Officer: Ask/Listen
5	Police Officer・Kamihara: Ask/Listen
6	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
7	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "The victim", "Time of death", "Scene of the crime" 1 time each
8	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
9	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "The victim" 2 times Correct answer: They were strangled differently.
10	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case"
11	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Murders from 18 years ago" 3 times
12	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
13	Kamihara: Think
14	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kamihara
15	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
16	Kamihara: Take → "Tea"
17	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
18	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kamihara
19	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
20	Kuze: Ask/Listen
21	Travel
22	Police Officer: Ask/Listen → "About Kamada"
23	Police Officer: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Protagonist: Review Correct Answers: 1. Eighteen years ago. 2. Were teenage girls. 3. Choose an option and a name from the Notebook. You can choose "I, uh, got lucky and saw..." → Others → Police Officer for a unique dialogue, but this has no other effects.

Chapter 2: Disappearance Walkthrough

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Prologue	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Police Station

1	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Paper bag"
2	Kamada: Think
3	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Murders from 18 years ago"
4	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Paper bag"
5	Kamada: Ask/Listen
6	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Missing boy"
7	Kamada: Ask/Listen 2 times
8	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Murders from 18 years ago"
9	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Missing man"
10	Kamada: Think
11	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
12	Kamada: Ask/Listen
13	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
14	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case" Correct answer: The victims were killed in a different manner.
15	Kamada: Think
16	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man" 2 times
17	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" Continue to step 18. Receive additional info about Kamihara for the Notebook. Kamada: Travel → "Scene of the crime" Skip steps 18-24
18	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Kamihara" 2 times
19	Kamada: Think
20	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
21	Kamada: Think
22	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
23	Kamada: Think
24	Kamada: Travel → "Scene of the crime"

Scene of the Crime (Pump Station)

1	Think 2 times
2	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Fence, Bush, Warning Sign, Pump Station 1 time each
3	Think
4	Travel
5	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kamihara"
6	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case" 2 times
7	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
8	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → "Kuze"
9	Kamihara: Think
10	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → "Kamihara"
11	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → "Kuze"
12	Kamihara: Ask/Listen 2 times
13	Kamihara: Think
14	Think
15	Call/Engage → "Kamihara"
16	Call/Engage → "Kuze"
17	Call/Engage 2 times
18	Use Phone Correct answer: Maybe I'll wait until it's an emergency. Using the phone will cause the battery to die. This will not affect future events.
19	Think
20	Look/Examine → "Surroundings"
21	Think 2 times
22	Call/Engage
23	Ask/Listen
24	Driver: Ask/Listen 2 times
25	Driver: Think
26	Driver: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case"
27	Driver: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
28	Driver: Ask/Listen
29	Driver: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
30	Driver: Ask/Listen → "The motorcycle"
31	Driver: Think Correct answer: (It must be for some other reason.)
32	Driver: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
33	Driver: Ask/Listen Let's hear it. → Scene ends after the conversation Nah, no thanks. → Scene ends immediately

Minami Daisan Junior High School

1	Eager student: Ask/Listen 2 times
2	Eager student: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke", "Observations?" 1 time each
3	Eager student: Think
4	Eager student: Ask/Listen → "About the school" 2 times
5	Eager student: Ask/Listen
6	Eager student: Think
7	Eager student: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Eager student
8	Call/Engage → "Female students"
9	Female students: Ask/Listen
10	Female students: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke", "About the school" 1 time each
11	Female students: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
12	Female students: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke"
13	Female students: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
14	Female students: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
15	Female students: Think
16	Female students: Ask/Listen 3 times
17	Female students: Call/Engage → "Megumi"
18	Female students: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke", "About the school" 1 time each
19	Female students: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 3 times
20	Female students: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
21	Female students: Ask/Listen
22	Female students: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" Correct answer: How in the world could I do that? No effect on future events.
23	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 2 times
24	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke", "About the school", "About Megumi", "About Kohei", "Observations?" 1 time each
25	Fukuyama: Think
26	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
27	Think
28	Travel

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Protagonist: Ask/Listen
2	Utsugi: Ask/Listen 3 times
3	Ayumi: Ask/Listen
4	Review Correct answers: 1. We can't yet be sure if he had anything to do with the killings. 2. We can't be sure if there's any connection between this murder and the ones from 18 years ago. 3. Enter "Emio" or "The Smiling Man" into the text box.

Chapter 3: The Language of Flowers Walkthrough

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Prologue	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Yukariko Village

1	Look/Examine → Truck
2	Look/Examine → Cabbages
3	Call/Engage → "Villager"
4	Ask/Listen
5	Travel → "Detective Kuze's family home"

Detective Kuze's Family Home

1	Call/Engage
2	Look/Examine → "Where?" → House, Front door, Mailbox, Window, Clothesline, Grass 1 time each
3	Think
4	Use Phone
5	Travel
6	Tayama: Ask/Listen 2 times Correct answer: (I'll be honest and say who I am.) No effect on future events.
7	Tayama: Ask/Listen
8	Tayama: Think
9	Tayama: Ask/Listen → "About Yoshie" 1 time, "Kuze siblings" 2 times, "Observations?" 1 time
10	Tayama: Ask/Listen → "About Yoshie" 3 times
11	Tayama: Look/Examine → "Where?" → House
12	Tayama: Ask/Listen
13	Tayama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
14	Tayama: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze" 3 times
15	Tayama: Think
16	Tayama: Ask/Listen → "About Yoshie"
17	Tayama: Travel → "Yukariko Relax"
18	Tayama: Take → "Bag"
19	Tayama: Travel → "Yukariko Relax"

Relax Yukariko Village

1	Call/Engage
2	Ask/Listen 3 times
3	Look/Examine → Surroundings
4	Travel
5	Think
6	Ask/Listen
7	Think
8	Travel → "Go inside"
9	Ask/Listen 2 times
10	Call/Engage → "Yoshie"
11	Look/Examine → "Surroundings"
12	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Old woman
13	Yoshie: Ask/Listen
14	Yoshie: Ask/Listen Correct answer: No, I haven't told her. No effect on future events.
15	Yoshie: Ask/Listen 2 times
16	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Kuze siblings", "Observations?" 1 time each
17	Yoshie: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Yoshie's face
18	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
19	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Makoto"
20	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Junko"
21	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Makoto"
22	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Junko"
23	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Makoto"
24	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
25	Yoshie: Think
26	Yoshie: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Vase
27	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → Eggplant flowers
28	Yoshie: Ask/Listen 2 times
29	Yoshie: Think
30	Yoshie: Ask/Listen 2 times
31	Yoshie: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Review Correct answers: 1. Because Makoto picked the eggplant flowers. 2. Junko Kuze → Page 4 → "bookmark containing a pressed eggplant flower" 3. The house will be demolished soon.

Chapter 4: A Suspect Walkthrough

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Prologue	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Use Phone
2	Travel → "Library"

City Library

1	Think
2	Use Phone → "Phone contacts" → "Mr. Utsugi"
3	Travel
4	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Condensed Edition (January/February)
4	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Condensed Edition (March/April)
5	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Condensed Edition (May/June) 2 times
6	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Condensed Edition (July/August), Condensed Edition (September/October), Condensed Edition (November/December) Correct answer: July
7	Think 2 times
8	Look/Examine → "The first case"
9	Look/Examine → "Suspects" 2 times
10	Think
11	Review Correct answers: 1. Ayaka Hashizume 2. Manabu Hashizume 3. The Missing Man 4. Enter "fire" into the text box. 5. Enter "blood" into the text box.
12	Think

Planet Coffee

1	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 4 times
2	Fukuyama: Take → "Ayumi's milk tea"
3	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 3 times
4	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke" 2 times, "Observations?" 2 times
5	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke"
6	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Grades"
7	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
8	Fukuyama: Think
9	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Grades"
10	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 2 times
11	Fukuyama: Think
12	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 2 times
13	Fukuyama: Think
14	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
15	Fukuyama: Think
16	Fukuyama: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Fukuyama
17	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" Correct answer: (It would mean Megumi knows the killer!)
18	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 3 times
19	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
20	Fukuyama: Take → "The bill"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Ayumi: Ask/Listen
2	Ayumi: Review Correct answers: 1. Getting into a private school. 2. We don't know.
3	Ayumi: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Ayumi
4	Ayumi: Ask/Listen

Chapter 5: The Paper Bag Walkthrough

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Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Utsugi Detective Agency / Highway

1	Travel → "Library"
2	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
3	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze", "Observations?" 1 time each
4	Kamihara: Think
5	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
6	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze" 3 times
7	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kamihara" 2 times
8	Kamihara: Think
9	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kamihara"
10	Kamihara: Think
11	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze"
12	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
13	Kamihara: Think
14	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze"
15	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
16	Kamihara: Ask/Listen 3 times
17	Kamihara: Think
18	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze"
19	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" Correct answer: While we were still talking at the bus stop.
20	Kamihara: Think
21	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze"
22	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kamihara's face
23	Kamihara: Call/Engage → "Kamihara"
24	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze" 2 times
25	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kamihara"
26	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Kuze"
27	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
28	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Makoto"
29	Kamihara: Ask/Listen

Police Station

1	Kuze: Ask/Listen 2 times
2	Kuze: Ask/Listen → "Makoto" 1 time, "Observations?" 2 times
3	Kuze: Ask/Listen 2 times
4	Kuze: Think 2 times
5	Kuze: Ask/Listen
6	Kuze: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kuze's face
7	Kuze: Ask/Listen → "Makoto"
8	Kuze: Think
9	Kuze: Ask/Listen → "Motorcycle" 2 times
10	Kuze: Think
11	Kuze: Ask/Listen → "Cab"
12	Kuze: Ask/Listen
13	Kuze: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kuze's face
14	Review Correct answers: 1. (Very likely to be connected.) 2. (The first victim might have been killed by someone else.)
15	Think
16	Use Phone
17	Think
18	Review Correct answers: 1. (They talk about candy that they loved when they were little kids.) 2. Enter "motorcycles" into the text box.
19	Kamada: Ask/Listen

Near Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Pharmacy, Pharmacy mascot, Kanda bookstore
2	Use Phone If you do anything else, you'll miss the call, and will have to call Ayumi back.
3	Ayumi: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case" 1 time, "Observations?" 2 times
4	Ayumi: Think
5	Ayumi: Call/Engage → "Ayumi"
6	Ayumi: Review Correct answers: 1. Asphyxiation from being strangled with a cord-like object. 2. The Smiling Man → "paper bag on his head with a smiling face drawn on it" 3. The Smiling Man 4. Ayaka Hashizume → "Serial Girl Murders" 5. Ayaka Hashizume, Sachiko Takagi, Mika Inoue 6. The Missing Man, Makoto Kuze 7. Getting into a good high school 8. Matched to the second and third bags found in the murders 18 years ago. 9. It was different from the paper bags found on other victims.

Chapter 6: Existence Walkthrough

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Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Morimoto Family Home

1	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen
2	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
3	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke" 2 times
4	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
5	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 2 times
6	Megumi's Mother: Think
7	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
8	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
9	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
10	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
11	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama" 2 times
12	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
13	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen 2 times
14	Megumi's Mother: Think
15	Megumi's Mother: Look/Examine → "Where?" → The middle Picture
16	Megumi's Mother: Think
17	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen
18	Megumi's Mother: Think
19	Megumi's Mother: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"
20	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen → "About Kohei" 4 times
21	Megumi's Mother: Ask/Listen
22	Megumi's Mother: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Ayumi: Ask/Listen Correct answer: You don't need to talk to him again just yet.
2	Ayumi: Think

Police Station

1	Megumi: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Megumi
2	Megumi: Ask/Listen
3	Megumi: Call/Engage → "Ayumi"
4	Megumi: Ask/Listen
5	Megumi: Think
6	Megumi: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Megumi
7	Megumi: Think
8	Megumi: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Fukuyama
9	Megumi: Ask/Listen 2 times
10	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
11	Megumi: Ask/Listen 3 times
12	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke"
13	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 3 times
14	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
15	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
16	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "Spell" 2 times
17	Megumi: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Ayumi: Review Correct answers: 1. What she saw on the talk show. 2. Recite a spell. 3. The Smiling Man → Page 3 → "The paper bag found on Eisuke Sasaki's head looked just like the one Megumi saw on the Smiling Man." 4. Tsubasa Fukuyama 5. Hiromi Morimoto 6. Enter "suicide" into the text box. 7. The Smiling Man 8. The Smiling Man

Chapter 7: Irumo Village Walkthrough

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Prologue	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Police Station

1	Police Officer: Ask/Listen
2	Kamada: Ask/Listen
3	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
4	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
5	Kamada: Ask/Listen
6	Kamada: Think
7	Kamada: Ask/Listen
8	Kamada: Take → "Sketch"
9	Kamada: Travel Correct answer: I'm going to Koufuku Station.

Koufuku Station Shopping Center

1	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Female shopper, College student Continue to step 2 Look/Examine → Surroundings Call/Engage → "Who?" → Familiar man Talk with Detective Kamihara. Skip to step 10 (recommended route) [Above: How to skip to step 10]
2	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Businessman
3	Businessman: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
4	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Teen with coffee
5	Look/Examine → Surroundings
6	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Old man
7	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Old woman
8	Old woman: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
9	Think
10	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kamihara", "About Kamada", "Observations?" 1 time each
11	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze" Correct answer: Working separately today and you're meeting up later. You can only choose this option if you chose to Call/Engage the "Familiar man" (Kamihara) before the conversation.
12	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
13	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
14	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
15	Kamihara: Think
16	Kamihara: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kamihara's face
17	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kamihara"
18	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Details of investigation"
19	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
20	Kamihara: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
21	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kamada"
22	Kamihara: Ask/Listen 2 times
23	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
24	Kamihara: Think
25	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
26	Kamihara: Think 2 times
27	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
28	Travel

Planet Coffee

1	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
2	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 2 times
3	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
4	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
5	Fukuyama: Think 2 times
6	Fukuyama: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Fukuyama
7	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
8	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi" 2 times
9	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
10	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Urban legends"
11	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
12	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
13	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
14	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
15	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
16	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
17	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
18	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
19	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Paper-bag story" 2 times
20	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
21	Fukuyama: Think
22	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
23	Fukuyama: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Ayumi: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
2	Ayumi: Review Correct answers: 1. 43 years old. 2. Kamihara → Page 3 → "didn't share the info about the motorcycle" 3. Makoto Kuze 4. Yoshie Kuze
3	Ayumi: Think

Chapter 8: Brother & Sister Walkthrough

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Chapter 3	Chapter 4	Chapter 5
Chapter 6	Chapter 7	Chapter 8
Chapter 9	Chapter 10	Chapter 11
Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Minami Daisan Junior High School

1	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 2 times
2	Fukuyama: Travel
3	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
4	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi", "Observations?" 1 time each
5	Fukuyama: Think
6	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Kohei"
7	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Ayumi"
8	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
9	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Ayumi"
10	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "Naginata club" 2 times Correct answer: Because Tachibana joined the club!
11	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Ayumi" 2 times
12	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 3 times
13	Fukuyama: Think
14	Fukuyama: Show → "Superior friendship with Ayumi"
15	Kohei: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke" 2 times, "Observations?" 2 times
16	Kohei: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke" 2 times
17	Kohei: Think
18	Kohei: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
19	Kohei: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke"
20	Kohei: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
21	Kohei: Think Correct answer: Back off on the questioning.
22	Kohei: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
23	Kohei: Ask/Listen 5 times
24	Kohei: Think
25	Look/examine: Talkative student, Quiet student
26	Call/Engage
27	Think 2 times
28	Travel → "Relax Yukariko Village"

Relax Yukariko Village

1	Yoshie: Ask/Listen 2 times
2	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Makoto" 2 times, "About Junko" 2 times, "Observations?" 1 time
3	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Junko" 2 times
4	Yoshie: Ask/Listen
5	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Album" 2 times
6	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
7	Yoshie: Ask/Listen
8	Yoshie: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Each of the 4 pictures
9	Yoshie: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Piggyback picture
10	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Hair clip"
11	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Junko" 2 times
12	Yoshie: Think
13	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
14	Yoshie: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Entrance ceremony picture
15	Yoshie: Take → "Makoto's picture"
16	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "About Makoto", "About Junko" 2 times each
17	Yoshie: Ask/Listen → "Motorcycle"
18	Yoshie: Think
19	Yoshie: Travel
20	Think
21	Open Notebook Correct answer: Kimiharu Kamada
22	Travel → "Police Station"

Police Station

1	Kamada: Ask/Listen 3 times
2	Kamada: Ask/Listen → "Sketch"
3	Kamada: Show → "Makoto's picture"
4	Sketch Artist: Show → "Makoto's picture"
5	Sketch Artist: Ask/Listen
6	Sketch Artist: Think
7	Sketch Artist: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze", "About the sketch artist", "Observations?" 1 time each
8	Sketch Artist: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze" 2 times
9	Sketch Artist: Think
10	Sketch Artist: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"
11	Use Phone

Chapter 9: A Visitor Walkthrough

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Koufuku Station Shopping Center / Shoko Bar

1	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Shoko Bar
2	Travel → "Shoko Bar"
3	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
4	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Look/Examine → "My glass"
5	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Look/Examine → "Kamihara's glass"
6	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Take → "The lead"
7	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
8	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Kamihara", "About Mama Shoko", "Observations?" 1 time each
9	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Mama Shoko"
10	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Call/Engage → "Mama Shoko"
11	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kamihara", "About Mama Shoko", "Observations?" 1 time each
12	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
13	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Mama Shoko"
14	Kamihara・Mama Shoko: Call/Engage → "Mama Shoko"
15	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Mama Shoko", "About Kamihara", "Observations?" 1 time each
16	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case", "Murders from 18 years ago" 1 time each
17	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "Eisuke's case" 2 times
18	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Mama Shoko"
19	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
20	Mama Shoko: Think
21	Mama Shoko: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Food hygiene manager certificate
22	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen Correct answer: Michiyo
23	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen 4 times
24	Mama Shoko: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch" 1 time each
25	Mama Shoko: Think
26	Mama Shoko: Travel
27	Kamihara: Ask/Listen

Detective Kuze's Apartment

1	Think
2	Look/Examine → Surroundings
3	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Tie
4	Take → "Box"
5	Think 2 times

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Ayumi: Review Correct answers: 1. A hair clip taped to the paper. 2. Her mother.
2	Ayumi: Ask/Listen
3	Ayumi: Think 2 times Correct answer: Emiko
4	Ayumi: Think

Chapter 10: Minoru Tsuzuki Walkthrough

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Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Review Correct answers: 1. I saw someone wearing a similar tie. 2. Daisuke Kamihara, Shunsuke Utsugi, Others → Eager Junior High School Student 3. The boy at Minami Daisan Junior High School.
2	Use Phone → "Phone contacts" → "Fukuyama"

Koufuku Station Shopping Center / Shoko Bar

1	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Old man, Curry fan, Teen with coffee
2	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Tissue lady
3	Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch" 1 time each
4	Look/Examine → "Surroundings"
5	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Musician, Ramen shop employee
6	Think
7	Travel → "Shoko Bar"
8	Ask/Listen
9	Travel → "Inside the bar"
10	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
11	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "Murders from 18 years ago", "Observations?" 1 time each
12	Mama Shoko: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
13	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
14	Mama Shoko: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
15	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
16	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Ayaka" 2 times
17	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About the fire"
18	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Ayaka"
19	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
20	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
21	Mama Shoko: Travel → "Kamematsu"

Kamematsu Shopping District

1	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Woman in leopard print
2	Woman in leopard print: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch" 1 time each
3	Woman in leopard print: Travel → "Todoroki Motors"

Minami Daisan Junior High School

1	Use Phone → "Phone contacts" → "Fukuyama"
2	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen
3	Fukuyama: Think
4	Fukuyama: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Fukuyama's face
5	Fukuyama: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"

Planet Coffee

1	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen 2 times
2	Fukuyama: Take → "Fork"
3	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama" 2 times
4	Fukuyama: Think
5	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Megumi"
6	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Eisuke" 2 times
7	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen → "About Fukuyama"
8	Fukuyama: Call/Engage
9	Fukuyama: Ask/Listen

Todoroki Motors

1	Call/Engage
2	Woman: Ask/Listen
3	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen
4	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Travel → "Todoroki's living room"
5	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki", "Observations?" 1 time each
6	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
7	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
8	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "Meeting 20 years ago"
9	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki" 2 times
10	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen
11	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "Meeting 20 years ago"
12	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki" 2 times
13	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Mr. Todoroki's face
14	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki" 2 times
15	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
16	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
17	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About the sister"
18	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen
19	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About the car" 2 times
20	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About the sister"
21	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen 2 times
22	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Think
23	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Ayaka"
24	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Think
25	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen 2 times
26	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Think Correct answer: There's no point in talking about it.
27	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Travel → "Utsugi Detective Agency"

Utsugi Detective Agency

1	Ayumi: Review Correct answers: 1. Still missing. 2. To give his sister a ride in his own car. 3. Mr. Todoroki → "car" 4. Mr. Todoroki → "sheet-metal shears" 5. Minoru Tsuzuki
2	Ayumi: Think 2 times
3	Ayumi: Look/Examine → "Tie"
4	Ayumi: Think

Chapter 11: Suspicion Walkthrough

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Koufuku City

1	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
2	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Tie"
3	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
4	Kamihara: Ask/Listen
5	Kamihara: Think
6	Kamihara: Ask/Listen → "Motorcycle", "Hair pin", "The Smiling Man" 1 time each
7	Think 2 times
8	Travel → "Todoroki Motors"

Todoroki Motors

1	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Sign
2	Think
3	Travel → "Kamematsu Station"

Kamematsu Shopping District

1	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Woman shopper, Produce marker owner, Fishmonger
2	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Children
3	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Man on phone
4	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Children
5	Children: Ask/Listen
6	Children: Ask/Listen → "Haunted apartment"
7	Children: Ask/Listen → "The Smiling Man"
8	Travel → Koufuku Station

Road Construction Site

1	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Passerby, Site foreman 1 time each
2	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Security Guard
3	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen
4	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
5	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
6	Site Foreman: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch"
7	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen → "About Makoto"
8	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
9	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 3 times
10	Site Foreman: Think
11	Site Foreman: Show → "Makoto Kuze sketch"
12	Site Foreman: Show → "Both sketches"
13	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki" 2 times
14	Think
15	Travel → "Todoroki Motors"

Todoroki Motors

1	Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen
2	Mrs. Todoroki: Think Correct answer: I should be honest with her and ask for her cooperation.
3	Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen
4	Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki", "The Smiling Man", "Observations?"
5	Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen
6	Mrs. Todoroki: Call/Engage
7	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen 2 times
8	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Think
9	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Mr. Todoroki's face
10	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Show → "Boy Detective skills"
11	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen 2 times
12	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki", "The Smiling Man", "Observations?" 1 time each
13	Mr. Todoroki: Show → "Makoto Kuze sketch", "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch"
14	Mr. Todoroki: Show → "Makoto Kuze sketch"
15	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
16	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Think
17	Mr. and Mrs. Todoroki: Travel → "Minoru's apartment"

Tsuzuki's Apartment

1	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Door, Wall, Rope, Ground, Window, Stairs 1 time each
2	Think
3	Call/Engage Look/Examine → "Where?" → ??? No difference between these 2 options.
4	Old Man: Ask/Listen
5	Old Man: Ask/Listen → "Apartment", "About Tsuzuki", "The Smiling Man", "Observations?" 1 time each
6	Old Man: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
7	Old Man: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch"
8	Old Man: Think
9	Old Man: Travel
10	Old Man: Ask/Listen 2 times
11	Old Man: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch"
12	Old Man: Ask/Listen 10 times You can stop when he begins alternating between saying 'I hear footsteps' and 'I forgot the song'.
13	Old Man: Call/Engage
14	Old Man: Think
15	Old Man: Travel
16	Old Man: Travel → Road construction site

Road Construction Site

1	Think
2	Travel → Koufuku Station

Koufuku Station Shopping District

1	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
2	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen → "About Kamihara"
3	Mama Shoko: Ask/Listen
4	Travel → Kamematsu Station

Kamematsu Shopping District

1	Call/Engage → "Who?" → Children
2	Children: Ask/Listen 3 times
3	Children: Travel → Road construction site

Road Construction Site

1	Call/Engage
2	Site Foreman: Show 2 times
3	Site Foreman: Ask/Listen
4	Site Foreman and Driver: Show → "Both sketches"
5	Site Foreman and Driver: Think
6	Site Foreman and Driver: Ask/Listen
7	Site Foreman and Driver: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki", "About Makoto", "Observations?" 1 time each
8	Site Foreman and Driver: Ask/Listen → "About Tsuzuki"
9	Site Foreman and Driver: Ask/Listen 2 times
10	Site Foreman and Driver: Travel → "Yamanba Pass"

Chapter 12: The Truth Walkthrough

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Yamanba Pass

1	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Animal tracks
2	Travel → "Follow tracks"
3	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Footprints
4	Travel → "Continue following tracks"
5	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Trampled thicket
6	Travel → "Continue following tracks"
7	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Road on the left
8	Travel → "Go left" If you Go right, you'll watch a cutscene and then have to choose to Go left anyway.
9	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Tied ribbon
10	Travel → "Follow the landmark"
11	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Left Sign on post
12	Travel → "Go left"
13	Look/Examine → "Where?" → Jizo
14	Travel → "Behind the Jizo Statue"

Abandoned Village

1	Look/Examine → "Where?" → All four abandoned houses
2	Look/Examine → "Surroundings"
3	Think 2 times
4	Travel → "Within the abandoned village"
5	Kuze: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze", "About Tsuzuki" 1 time each
6	Kuze: Look/Examine → "Where?" → Kuze's face
7	Kuze: Show → "Minoru Tsuzuki sketch", "Makoto Kuze sketch"
8	Kuze: Ask/Listen 2 times
9	Kuze: Think
10	Kuze: Ask/Listen → "About Kuze"
11	Kuze: Ask/Listen
12	Kuze: Think
13	Kuze: Ask/Listen
14	Kuze: Save/Quit Investigation
15	Kuze: Ask/Listen
16	Kuze: Look/Examine → "Fallen man"
17	Kuze: Ask/Listen
18	Kuze: Think
19	Kuze: Look/Examine → "Surroundings" After this step, the ending of the game will play. An extra story with minimal player interaction, "Minoru", is unlocked after the credits, along with a Report Card available via the Extras menu.

Epilogue Walkthrough (Minoru)

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How to Unlock the Epilogue

Complete the Main Story

The Minoru Epilogue chapter is unlocked after completing all 12 main story chapters of Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. After the credits roll, a familiar voice will call the player that will begin the secret chapter.

Call Utsugi in the Title Screen

The Minoru Epilogue chapter is available in the Title Screen. Players can begin this chapter by selecting the Call Utsugi option.

Minoru Walkthrough

The Depths

1	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen 3 times
2	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru"
3	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen → "About Emiko"
4	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru"
5	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen → "About Emiko"
6	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru"
7	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen
8	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen → "Paper bag"
9	Irumo Villager: Ask/Listen 2 times
10	Irumo Villager: Travel
11	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen
12	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru" 2 times
13	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen → "About Emiko"
14	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
15	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru"
16	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen → "About Emiko"
17	Irumo Neighbor: Ask/Listen 2 times
18	Detention Center Director: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru" 2 times
19	Detention Center Director: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" 2 times
20	Detention Center Director: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru" 3 times
21	Detention Center Director: Ask/Listen → "Observations?" Correct answer: Yes, I do.
22	Detention Center Director: Ask/Listen → "About Minoru"
23	Detention Center Director: Ask/Listen → "Observations?"
24	Utsugi: Correct answer: He liked the name "Todoroki".

Epilogue Animation

After interacting with the characters, a 25-minute animation that details a specific character and expands on the game's events will play.

Tips and Guides

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Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Tips and Guides

Tips and Guides
Release Time and Countdown	How Long to Beat
Report Card Explained and How to Unlock

About Emio The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

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Chapter 12	Epilogue	Tips and Guides
About the Game

Release Date	August 29, 2024
Price	$49.99 - Standard Edition
Release Versions	Physical / Digital
Game File Size	5.4 GB
No. of Players	1
Developer	Nintendo
Publisher	Nintendo
Genre	Point-and-Click Adventure
Official Site	Nintendo eShop Page