Nancy Drew goes Japan!

After what happened yesterday, I thought that I'd make a happy post.

Game Play

This may be sort of late, seeing as the game came out last year, but I loved this game! It's called "Nancy Drew: Shadow at the water's edge". It was almost like an immersion language learning Japanese program. For those of you who don't know what the Nancy Drew games are, they are an interactive mystery. You solve the mystery from Nancy Drew's perspective, a first person look. These games aren't low quality, either, they are 3D and have really good animation.

This game opens up when Nancy drew walks into the Ryokan (a traditional Japanese Inn). She walks over to the front desk and meets Miwako. As they are talking, a picture falls from the wall. Yes, this game is a 'haunted house' story, perfect for Japan (I think). As the mystery unfolds you will find that the game will remind you of "The Ring" (originally a Japanese film), and "The Grudge" (again, orginally a Japanese film). This game also has it's good, funny moments (like all horror should lol) (was that a cheesy joke?).

How this game can help your Japanese Language learning and understanding of culture
This game takes place in Kyoto, Japan (and an extra plus plus for me because that's where I really want to go when I visit Japan) There is Japanese writing EVERYWHERE! (notice the emphasis, it is very important). The signs, the books, everything! If you can read Japanese well, you may find yourself having an "over advantage" in the game because somethings require you to look up Japanese Hiragana characters, and if you know them, you'll get done faster.Every sign is in Japanese (and a lot in Hiragana and Katakana, so not a lot of Kanji required to read them) There is even a part where Miwako is speaking Japanese! (again, over advantages).
There is a part whre every day, if you go over to the Grandmother's room, she will give you a culture lesson! You can have up to three lessons: Katakana (write Nancy's name in Katakana), Origami, and a traditional tea ceremony.
This game combines everything that you will come across in Japan, if they made an actual Japanese language-culture game like this, it would be the most perfect thing ever (not kidding). it has horror, it has 　かわいい！！！！(kawaii - cute), it has language spoken and written. It is perfect!

It's rated E10+ so it's nothing bad
Here's a link to where you can get a copy:
http://www.amazon.com/Nancy-Drew-Shadow-Waters-Edge-Mac/dp/B0041CASX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1299974295&sr=1-1


If you've read this far in the post, here's a secret most people don't notice:
This game is a 'horror' story.
This game has parts about the Grudge
This game had parts from the Ring
The OFFICAL abbriviation is SAW
Comment if you notice something a little off, or ODD about this...