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Detective Club 64 JP release: 23rd October 1998 PAL release: N/A NA release: N/A Developer: Pandora Box Publisher: Imagineer Original Name: Kira to Kaiketsu! 64 Tanteidan N64 Magazine Score: 60% While the name may sound similar to Famicom Detective Club, this isn’t related to it in any way. This is a virtual board game from Imagineer, themed around kids solving a mystery in a spooky mansion. It came out shortly before Mario Party, however it has no minigames. There are three game types in Detective Club 64: Theft, Lost Item and Bomb Hunt. They all involve searching around a mansion, but are slightly different. In Theft, you have to find three items and get to the front door, bomb hunt you need to disable bombs and hand them in while lost item you need to find items and return them to the correct people. You take turns rolling the dice and moving. You can chose which direction to go in. The main space you’ll be looking for is the magnifying glass, which lets you pick objects in the room to search. These either contain cards to be used as abilities, or the special objects you need to win the game. Some special objects have duplicates, while one of them will only have one copy. Other spaces make you gain or lose health and money, buy items and some alter your stats. NPCs will also be walking around, some you can talk to for clues, while others will trigger a battle, as will landing on the same space as another player. The battle is a kind of “rock, paper, scissors” where certain abilities work against others. The loser is stunned and will miss the next turn. The system isn’t awful but, like with the rest of the game, is entirely down to blind luck. Other than slightly different modes, the game doesn’t have any variety. Even the different mansions are just made up of the same randomly-selected rooms. It’s a very bare-bones release and isn’t even fun in the first place. The deceit part is just window dressing, with the game being more like a very slow version of Neil Buchanan’s Finders Keepers. Remake or remaster? This game doesn’t need any special treatment.
Official ways to get the game. There is no official way to get Detective Club 64

Well, I clicked the thread on that sidebar thing, and it took about 10 seconds for me to get here, so there you go. EDIT: And just to make sure, loaded ResetEra, and it was practically instant. Something's up.

Yup; honestly, I assumed it was just my phone, so I'm glad you mentioned it 

Is the forum running sluggish for anyone else? It was happening yesterday evening as well. 

I think there was no need for them to be in it and their inclusion was probably because 1. They were in for representation purposes. 2. They were put in so they could do cameos for other characters. They didn't really bring anything to the story other than a couple of minutes about their history with Sinister.