Retro the classic 1984 VN "Hokkaido Serial Murders" is getting a remake on Switch/PC (written by Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii)

[Krvavi Abadas]

buried in the Japanese version of the Direct, it's being developed by G-MODE.
they actually got Yuji back to write an "additional scenario" for this, surprisingly.

this is pretty much a spiritual successor to the historically significant title "The Portopia Serial Murder Case", with Yuji Horii also making a third detective game "軽井沢誘拐案内" in 1985. forming a sort of trilogy.

no word on an english localization yet. but it really should happen, especially considering how badly Square messed up the intended localization of Portopia.

 

[StretchNStripes]

This is neat! Would love to see this localized…

 

[Gabev]

Hey that's cool!

 

[TriGen]

Oh that‘s really neat. I’ve heard the story oh how Horii got started with a detective adventure game so many times. If this did end up getting localized as a lost relic reborn like Famicom Detective Club that would be amazing.

 

[Sin & Punishment]

This game was very influential.

Lots of Japanese game dev legends cite it as an inspiration.