A new Nintendo teaser trailer dropped this week, and it's a little off-brand...
It has sent fans into speculation mode - once they stopped shaking with fear. A new teaser trailer for something called Emio has been unexpectedly dropped this week. It looks like a clip for an upcoming horror film, but it comes courtesy of Nintendo.
And it’s the strangest thing the traditionally family-friendly Japanese multinational video game company have done yet. The 15-second teaser, accompanied by the hashtag #WhoIsEmio and prefaced with the warning “This video contains scenes that some viewers may find disturbing,” takes place in what seems to be an empty basement. A faint halo of light illuminates the grainy-shot site of collective nightmares, and for a few seconds, nothing happens.
Suddenly, a very spooky trenchcoated figure appears, wearing a smiling paper bag mask and casting an ominous shadow. How reassuring that Slenderman has a creepy cousin. Before you can yell “Kill it! Kill it with fire!” viewers are hit with the kanji 笑み男, meaning emio, or “smiling man.
” No other information has been revealed by Nintendo. This has sent fans into a puzzled state, speculating that it could be the company’s first horror game – a rarity because Nintendo is not known for dabbling with the dark arts which appeal to dreadheads. Nintendo is more renowned for the likes of , or – even if games developed by third parties and published by Nintendo like Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s .
