Japanese mystery novelist behind forthcoming Tecmo game
Those Tecmo folks, who really love the DS these days, are hard at work on yet another title -- an adventure game with puzzle elements in which the player must solve a mystery (see also: half the DS catalogue). There are a couple of interesting facts about this particular game, though. Besides the standard story mode, Tecmo's latest also offers a mini-mystery mode, with microcases that the player can solve in minutes. The second interesting thing about this mystery game is that the story was written by a mystery novelist! Japanese writer Kyotaro Nishimura is behind the plot and working as a supervisor on the game. And in true writerly fashion, the game has an extremely long title: DS Kyotaro Nishimura Suspense New Detective Series: Kyoto, Atami, Zekkai no Kotou Satsui no Wana.
We've long wished for games written by actual authors -- it just makes sense -- so this is a pretty exciting announcement. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for only good news on the New Detective Series, and we'll keep you updated as we find out more.
