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Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shoujo

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Adventure visual novel about two linked murder investigations

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About this game

In Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shoujo, a 15-year-old boy who has run away from his orphanage meets private detective Shunsuke Utsugi and becomes his assistant.

The investigation focuses on two cases: the murder of a schoolgirl researching her school's ghost story and an older murder approaching its legal expiration. Players choose commands from menus to question characters, examine the environment and clues, and review known facts, with the results presented through text.

Developed by TOSE and published by Nintendo, the game was released in 1998 for Super Famicom and is also available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS.