Game Name:

Emily the Strange: Strangerous

Video Game System:

Nintendo DS/3DS

Release Year:

2011

ESRB Rating:

None

Genre:

Action and Adventure

Publisher:

Tri Synergy

Developer:

Player Count:

1 player

UPC Number:

815315002119

SKU:

bb930d409139709c0311

Condition:

Very Good

Has Manual:

N/A

Condition Notes:

Game Description:

Before “Wednesday Addams core” took over Netflix, there was Emily the Strange: Strangerous on the Nintendo DS/3DS in 2011. Developed by Black Lantern Studios and published by THQ, this dark-yet-snarky adventure throws you into Emily’s monochrome world full of puzzles, sarcasm, and cats that look like they’re plotting your demise. Think goth kid Nancy Drew, but with more eyeliner and a way better soundtrack in your head.

Gameplay-wise, it’s all about brain-teasers, item collecting, and navigating levels with Emily’s squad of troublemaking cats. Each feline has different abilities, which you’ll need to solve puzzles and get past obstacles. It’s quirky, it’s weird, and it’s basically the perfect DS game for anyone who doodled skulls in the margins of their high school notebook.

Why should you buy retro games like this one?

1. It’s peak 2010s alternative culture bottled into a handheld cartridge.
2. You control cats that actually pull their weight for once—sorry, Garfield.
3. It’s rare, niche, and screams “collector’s oddball” in the best way possible.

If you’re into offbeat adventure games with personality, Emily the Strange: Strangerous is an underrated gem that deserves a spot in your DS/3DS lineup. Dark, sarcastic, and unapologetically weird—exactly how retro gaming should feel. And of course, buy retro games on Retro Games eXchange, because normal is boring anyway.