Nancy Drew for Wii

Nancy Drew. Isn't it amazing there are still Nancy Drew products coming out?

I was sent the new game for Wii Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek and I guess at first I was kind of surprised Nancy Drew is still on the scene.

My kids have heard of her and not from the recent movie offering. No, from hubby's mother who loved nothing more than she loved Nancy Drew when she was growing up.

At first I thought I'd play the game with my girls. But here was the problem. It's for ages 10 and up and for my 6YO daughter, that did apply. There is some reading involved that is more than her current reading level could handle.

So, I asked my almost 11YO son to try it out. I was playing for awhile myself but, in a total switch of personalities, I wasn't catching on as fast as my son was.

My kids, the boys specifically, have always been more excited about games with different levels and worlds and basically anything where you have to make progress of some kind. They've never really been into shooter games or sports games. So my son was quite adept at playing this Nancy Drew game where there is a set of things to accomplish and tasks to perform to keep moving along. Whereas I, am ashamed to admit, was losing patience somewhat at having to go along so diligently.

It's been crazy busy around here so they haven't gotten a chance to play it long enough to beat it and my son promised me that that snowball fight was "pretty tough", so it's good to have a game that actually challenges them. If your kids like those problem-solving type games, they'll like the mystery spin appeal of this game.

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