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| Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase | 
 enlarge | From: THQ
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $16.98
You Save: $3.01 (15%)
Buy New/Used from $15.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1016
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 36175
Model: 36175
UPC: 785138361758
EAN: 0785138361758
ASIN: B0019R2QQY
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Family heirlooms are disappearing all over Twin Elms. The residents are counting on Nancy Drew to solve the mystery before its too late! | | • | Interview people and gather clues using the stylus to uncover the location of the hidden staircase | | • | Explore the large and mysterious Twin Elms house and examine anything that is out of place. | | • | Earn the top rank of Master Detective and find the stolen items |
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Product Description
Join the plucky Nancy Drew for another exciting adventure in The Hidden Staircase. She has quite a reputation around River Heights for being the go-to person when it comes to solving a mystery. So when strange happenings start to occur in her friend's family estate, the eerie Twin Elms, naturally Nancy gets the call. Put on your detective hat and help Nancy get to the bottom of the mystery before the creepy nightly noises and disappearing heirlooms finally drive Nancy's friend's family from their home forever. Things that go bump in the night and a series of mysterious thefts are no match for Nancy's know-how and your incredible deductive powers. Help Nancy interview people and explore the rambling Twin Elms in search of clues. Somewhere in the house lies a mysterious hidden staircase that may be the key to the entire mystery. Will you be able to find it and the stolen heirlooms in time?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Stick to the Nancy Drew PC Games October 28, 2008
Having played and enjoyed the Nancy Drew games released for the PC, I was happy and excited to try one on the DS.
Unfortunately, this game is nothing like the engaging and clever PC games. The game consists of exactly 3 'puzzles': a simple hunt and click (which requires no skill, just an ability to move the stylus around the screen), a random go up the stairs game (again, no skill required), and a press the bricks game which is again very simple.
The mystery is laughable and none of the characters are developed -- how could they be? The game can be beat in about 30 minutes. There is no plot, no skill required, and very little at all to do. This game is a complete waste of money.
 appropriate for younger gamers October 26, 2008
I was disappointed that it was (again) not anything like the Nancy Drew computer games. The graphics are excellent. My two young nephews (6 and 4) who enjoyed the Nancy Drew movie will like the game a lot. They both love I Spy and wanted to play a Nancy Drew video game. This one is easy enough for the 6 year old to navigate and for both of them to find objects. For this reason, I am giving the game a rating of 4. It is one of the first games that I've bought for my DS that we could all play.
Not a good option for your daughter! October 21, 2008
Although this game is promising in being based on a classic Nancy Drew mystery, the game play is boring, the story is completely linear, and your daughter will finish it before you exit city limits on your next family vacation.
The navigation controls are confusing as you search the house at Twin Elms and the grounds around it because you have limited viewpoints and it is easy to miss areas unless you concentrate on the map. This was how Myst played - in 1993, which is like the Dark Ages in videogame history!
Worse, the game offers no challenge, is criminally short, and the idea of replayability is pathetic (do it faster!). You must find randomly generated items from lists 6 characters give you, then play 3 brief and non-challenging mini games to beat the game. If this takes you more than an hour, you're not trying.
Too bad Nintendo and THQ are trying to profit on such shoddy product these days.
This game is plain awful October 17, 2008
This game is terrible! Playing the first few minutes of the game sets you up to think that it will be a nice, medium length game. In fact, this has to be the shortest game I've *ever* played. I completed it in less than half an hour. And it's not even that the game is super easy, it's just a really short, boring game. The whole idea is that Nancy solves the mystery by finding lost items. That's all you do, wander around, click things, and if you find an item YAY! The end did have one puzzle, although it was very fast and boring too.
The end was also very fast. Nancy didn't even solve the case herself. She and a Police offer go up to the attic and find the bad guy. he gives a lame excuse and the game starts over.
The whole game is extraordinarily fast, boring, and a complete disappointment.
Too Short... October 7, 2008
This game had so much potential. I liked searching for clues, but its over before it starts. The play is original, better and less redundant than the other Nancy Drew DS games, but its gameplay to way to short.
And the rankings??? Curious as to how they based this. I can complete the entire game in 20 - 30 minutes and I still my rank is mid-level and I can't get my rank to the highest level.
It solves itself at the end and I originally thought I accidentally shut my DS off by mistake when I saw my screen back at the beginning.
There are easy ways to miss entire play segments because you can find things before they are requested, thus completing a task without knowing it.
Sad. The whole thing is sad.
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