Gorilla Systems will be making Nancy Drew: Deadly Secret of Olde World Park for the Nintendo DS, coming out in the last quarter of this year as announced by Majesco.
In the game, Olde World is a new multimillion-dollar theme park created by billionaire Thaddeus Belmont and is designed to bring jobs and tourist dollars to the sleepy, small town of River Heights. However, on the night before the park is due to open, Belmont has disappeared, and Nancy is called in to investigate.
The story is told over 15 chapters and tasks will become more and more difficult as the game continues. Minigames include a task designed to build conversational rapport with witnesses to get them to reveal information by choosing how to question them, with options ranging from lighthearted to accusatory. Others include a lock-picking game and sneaking using shadows to access new areas.
Now, I’ve not read a Nancy Drew book, but I’ve heard a lot of good about it, and it’s good to see these adventure type games coming to the DS. The DS is getting such a variety of games that I don’t find myself getting as bored with new releases as much as I used to. Now if only I had more money!
