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Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's EdgeShadow at the Water's Edge is the twenty-third game in the Nancy Drew Adventure series and the third game to release in 2010.
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Game Description
Confront Terrifying Secrets in a Haunted Japanese Inn!
Traditional Japanese family ryokans (inns) are charming places, but a vengeful ghost is terrifying you and other unsuspecting guests. Is there a shadowy specter haunting the placid inn or is something far more sinister driving away business?
Traditional Japanese family ryokans (inns) are charming places, but a vengeful ghost is terrifying you and other unsuspecting guests. Is there a shadowy specter haunting the placid inn or is something far more sinister driving away business?
Game InformationAvailable on: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. OS X 10.5.8 Leopard/10.6.6 Snow Leopard/10.7 Lion/10.8 Mountain Lion or higher but will not run on Mojave or Catalina.
ESRB: E10+ for Everyone 10+ PC/Mac Release Date: October 19, 2010 Release MSRP: $19.99 USD Current MSRP: $19.99 USD Number of Discs: 2 Game Abbreviation: SAW Game Color Code: EF3F42 Inspired by/Based on: Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Supermystery #12: Tour of Danger |
Game SpecsPC System Requirements:
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Fun Facts:
- This is considered by many to be the scariest Nancy Drew game to date.
- If you pre-ordered this game from HeR Interactive starting September 20th, 2010, you would receive the Special Edition of the game which featured the same sticker on the case as was used for Trail of the Twister.
- When you try and take Nancy's picture in this game, the camera malfunctions taking a blurry picture of Nancy.
- HeR Interactive wrote a mini-blog for Yumi as a promotion leading up to the game's release. Check out the blog here: http://yumi-shimizu.blogspot.com/
- HeR hints at the next game in the series (The Captive Curse) by having the first guest that checks out of the ryokan be German.
- If you replace the last four numbers of Savannah's phone number with letters, it spells out 555-GHST which stands for ghost. Since she's a ghost hunter, it's very fitting.
- The guest logs on Miwako's computer feature multiple characters from past and future games who stayed as guests at the Ryokan Hiei. Some of the guests are [Sonny] Joon, [John] Grey, [Chief] McGinnis, [Simone] Mueller, [Elliot] Chen, [Hal] Tanaka, [Maya] Nguyen, and [Helena] Berg.
- Yumi has a doll on her shelf that is similar to the one in the general store from Secret of the Old Clock.
- This was the final game to use two discs.
- This was the first game to include phone charms.
- Savannah foreshadows The Captive Curse when Nancy asks her what the scariest place was that she did ghost hunting at. According to Savannah, the scariest place for her was at an old German castle.
- Whenever you purchase this game digitally from HeR Interactive's online store, you will get the Bonus Edition of the game.
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Characters
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Miwako Shimizu
Miwako takes the ryokan very seriously and helps out by running the front desk and virtually everything else. But as the youngest daughter, she, according to tradition, can’t inherit the inn. Is the ghost just a ploy she’s using to help subvert an ancestral custom?
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Yumi Shimizu
As the first daughter, Yumi is the rightful heir to the ryokan. She’s chosen to forego this responsibility for a fast-paced city life, much to the disapproval of her family. Are the hauntings merely a scheme to close down the ryokan and prevent her from having to leave her urban lifestyle?
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Rentaro Aihara
As a loveable goofball, Rentaro spends most of his time in his shed building or tinkering with the latest technology. That is, when he’s not doting on his girlfriend, Miwako. He dreams of moving with Miwako to the city. A few staged scares could help convince her, but would this quirky technophile destroy a family and their business in the name of love?
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Takae Nagai
Having grown up and lived in the ryokan her whole life, Takae has seen many things happen there, including the accidental death of her daughter. Still, she insists on following tradition, even if it’s against both of her granddaughter’s wishes. As an expert on Japanese culture, is she using the Yurei legend to help get her way?
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Walkthrough
You can watch the full video walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge on YouTube!
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Episode 1 - Miwako, Rentaro, and Room 24
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Episode 2 - Rentaro and the Nonogram
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Episode 3 - The First Guest, Katakana, and Sudoku
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Episode 4 - Rentaro, Portrait Puzzle, Miwako
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Episode 5 - The Ghost and Origami
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Episode 6 - Trains, Yumi, and Bento
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Episode 7 - Yumi's Apartment and Bento
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Episode 8 - Talking, Renograms, and Nonograms
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Episode 9 - Suki is a Savage!
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Episode 10 - Tea Ceremony, the Ghost, and Savannah Woodham
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Episode 11 - Pachinko Parlor and Very Scary Stuff
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Episode 12 - The Last Guest and Talking
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Episode 13 - Master Doku, Yumi's Computer, Savage Kitty
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Episode 14 - Puzzle Box and Spying
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Episode 15 - Talking, Savannah's Book
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Episode 16 - Talking, Pachinko, and EVP
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Episode 17 - The Video Where I do a Lot of Stuff
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Episode 18 - Puzzles Galore
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Episode 19 - The Second Bath, Numbers, and Talking
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Episode 20 - Yumi's Puzzle
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Episode 21 - The Yurei and Confessions
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Episode 22 - The End
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Soundtrack
Awards
Parents’ Choice 2011 Gold Award, Best Software, ages 10 & Up
Credits
Ghost Hunter Microsite
As a promo for the game, HeR Interactive created a microsite that acted as an advertisement website for John Grey's Paranormal Tours. You can read up about ghost hunting, ghosts and superstitions, get a tour of the Ryokan Hiei, read an interview of Savannah Woodham as interviewed by John Grey, read about John Grey, and earn a ghost hunter certification. Nancy Drew fan GirlDetective.org has faithfully remade the microsite as a public website that can be viewed again just as it was originally released.
Check out the site here: https://saw.girldetective.org/index.html
Check out the site here: https://saw.girldetective.org/index.html