![]() ![]() This is the character of Jenny LeClue in a nutshell smarter than all of her surrounding peers, extremely aware of it, and happy to explain why with as much sarcasm as she can muster. Once you’ve been introduced to Arthur, you’re finally ready to discover the picturesque and imaginatively-named town of Arthurton, home of Jenny LeClue, who in a shocking turn of events, is dead… or at least, playing the role of a recently-discovered corpse in suspicious circumstances for the purpose of a lecture delivered by her mother – Julie LeClue (former detective, teaches dumb students, terrible cook, great Mom) – which Jenny quickly derails in order to scoldingly correct the rookie mistakes made by the naïve pupils several years her senior. Co-created by fellow animator and director Ben Tillett, Jenny LeClue is so polished for their first attempt at a video game that it’s almost suspicious. With this kind of ambitious metanarrative commentary, I was immediately convinced that whoever had developed this title must have decades of experience in the industry, but was shocked to discover that this is the debut game from developer/publisher Mografi, a self-described tiny studio headed by animator, writer and illustrator Joe Russ, whose only previous related work is a twenty-minute animated sci-fi film named Fathoms that was funded on Kickstarter and made freely available online in 2014. Insulted by this executive meddling, Arthur vows that if it’s a serious murder-mystery they want, that’s what they’ll get, and it quickly becomes apparent that this was no idle threat. The 38 th book in the series ‘Jenny LeClue and the Missing Marmalade Sandwich’, has not been received positively, and Arthur’s publisher has issued him an ultimatum write a darker, more gripping story, involving an actual murder, or the series is over. Finklestein, struggling author of a series of kid-detective stories named ‘Jenny LeClue’ after the titular protagonist. Before you meet Jenny, you meet Arthur K. The storyline of Jenny LeClue is somewhat unique, in that the first thing you are told about the adventure you are embarking on is that it is a work of in-universe fiction. ![]() It would be awkward if after all that, it turned out that Jenny LeClue was actually rubbish, but luckily, it’s just as wonderfully charming as its name. But it doesn’t matter, because not since the release of the lesser-known Shigeru Miyamoto puzzle game Mole Mania for the Game Boy has it been so entertaining to simply say the name of a video game. “Detectivú” isn’t even a real word or a translation from another language, it’s just detective with an ‘ooh’ on the end, and a funny accent for no reason. I hope to one day be able to write comic books and voice my opinions about my favorite fields of entertainment.It’s hardly the most important feature to draw attention to, but any and all discussions on the relative merits of Jenny LeClue: Detectiv ú must begin thusly it is frankly ridiculous how fun it is to say the title of this game out loud. I'm working towards being a writing and host three blogs on WordPress about animation, comic books, and video games. I'm a college student and I work part-time in my home state of Connecticut. Check out the announcement trailer for the Switch version below. The game is also scheduled to come out for PS4, PC, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices. Not only will you be doing some sleuthing around the town of Arthurtown, but you will also be able to choose dialogue options for how you approach the various characters. You play as Jenny LeClue, a young detective that is thrown into an adventure that hits close to home when her mother is accused of murder. ![]() This game was Kickstarted a few years back and I’ve always enjoyed the charming visual style and colorful cast of characters. There were quite a few announcements and updates at the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, and one of the more exciting reveals was that Jenny LeClue: Detectivu is coming to Nintendo Switch. ![]()
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