Once you consider Nintendo, you most likely don’t consider horror. That’s why lots of people are just a little perturbed to see the Mario creator posting a brand new video that’s not solely mysterious, but it surely’s creeping folks out. And we don’t even know what it’s really in relation to.

Anybody who’s anybody is aware of the type of video games Nintendo is understood for, so it’s fairly the thriller to see this brief horror teaser that merely asks “who’s Emio?”. At solely 15-seconds lengthy, we don’t get a lot, however what we see is sufficient to get everybody speaking.

All we’re handled to is a darkish determine, clad in a easy trench coat. They stand towards a wall, with only a small mild highlighting their body. However that’s not what we’re drawn to. Probably the most unsettling factor about this clip is the paper bag on their head, full with a hand-drawn smiley face. Why is it smiling?! Luggage are for carrying groceries!

Far be it from me to throw interpretations your manner. I’m positive everybody has their very own concept. Right here’s a Reddit thread if you wish to know what lots of people are saying about this Emio character. The Nintendo web site itself definitely doesn’t assist fill in any clues.

Nevertheless, it won’t be past the realm of chance to conclude that it might be (maybe) associated to Bloober Staff. Hear me out. Mainly, this interview (translated by Google from Polish to English) with studio CEO Piotr Babieno does point out one thing a couple of new challenge that’s being labored on by the horror developer for “Nintendo platforms.”

Is it a brand new horror IP then from the Layers of Worry developer? Let me simply completely reassert that that is simply hypothesis on my half. Pure and easy. The timing, nonetheless, of each the interview and the Emio teaser is sort of attention-grabbing. However, bear in mind: hypothesis. Nothing extra.

Having stated that, it’s not 100% out of Nintendo’s wheelhouse to bounce with the horror demon as soon as in a blue moon. No, I’m not speaking about Luigi’s Mansion. Many will bear in mind the Recreation Dice unique Everlasting Darkness, a survival horror sport that just about invented the sanity mechanic that may be popularized in Amnesia: The Darkish Descent years later. Properly, Nintendo printed that, so it’s not as if the corporate is afraid of dipping its toes into the darkish and spooky.

At this stage, it’s a enjoyable little teaser that’s getting us all speaking about what’s probably on the horizon from the those that introduced us The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong. But in addition the enormous, snapping piano in Mario 64.