I don't expect much after the disaster that was MID and since we didn't actually get new information about when to expect a release date announcement, but, honestly, I'm just glad the first announcement wasn't a cruel April Fools prank (I think) 💀
My theory - The church spire clue in the newsletter looks like Barcelona Cathedral. There is also an area of Barcelona called La Salut. Lots of properties in Spain have tiled floors and they host a hacking convention in the city. I'm excited for a new game, but at the same time I wouldn't be too bothered if it didn't happen as I resigned myself to the fact there wouldn't be another years and years ago. Hope you feel better soon WK!
Thank you! Feeling much better today! Also, that is a really impressive theory that ties together so many of the clues! That is definitely a possibility!
I'm excited about the new game. But I totally agree with you. I can't tell if these announcments are helping or hurting. If they'd just give us something substantial we might be able to be happy about it. Give us a trailer. Give us a date...something! Cautiously optimistic is the way to be I think.
I think these kinds of thoughts are necessary. Both the excited and the skeptical fans need each other to balance our passionate emotions out. As long as we are mature and supportive about it, differences in emotion is important and justified. ❤️
Hi Caitlyn. I see so many people losing their minds over this, and I can't join them. "We're getting a new game. THIS MONTH! We are getting TWO games, this YEAR!" Uh, slow down, buddy. They haven't confirmed so much as a NAME, never mind a timetable! I asked Huw (who went above and beyond for us all) if he thought it would take four and a half years to get a new game after this announcement. I AM OPEN TO BEING WRONG. It's possible they have a new game ready to go, and figured it would be best to announce it's existence AFTER it was finished, but I am highly doubtful. I simply don't trust HER anymore. I hope I am wrong. But, we all deserve so much better. great video.
I agree with you! They have definitely been treating these teases like big announcements, but it's so important to remember that we still have nothing concrete. Maybe we will by the end of April, but I'll believe it when I see it!
I am very torn and trying to be cautiously optimistic. On one hand, using Nancy's letter head, having her desk in the background, and the hidden texts clues hint to a return to the early games (which I felt they have been really trying to distance themselves from the late Modern Era through MID), however I do not put it past HER Interactive to have the only marketing be nostalgia bait that will amount to nothing.
I definitely agree about the nostalgia bait fears! It's not like they're going back to an old engine or anything and they still are only outsourcing, so I have a hard time trusting that things are going to be that much different than MID.
I'm trying not to get too excited for it but man am I excited anyways! I'm just hoping it won't be like MID and maybe they're taking some of the feedback from the community to better the game. I want to believe with all of my heart that this is going to be the comeback after such a disaster (MID). When I saw this on Instagram though I about lost my mind! I'm so ready for a new mystery. Let us keep our fingers crossed!!
I'm skeptical as well; my best hope is that we get a game that's a moderate improvement over MID. With that said, the way HeR has been teasing a new game has been very creative and it's been great seeing the community piece together all the hints and clues.
One thing that I noticed was that they responded to a comment on Instagram that said “I would hope you’ve been working on it this whole time” with 😈😈😈.
Im not too excited, but I just can't help being a little excited because maybe they have taken these years since MID reflecting on what they can do better in the next one. Nancy drew games have given me 32 really good and nostalgic games to only one truly bad one. Is it too much to hope MID was a fluke?
One backdrop to this that really frustrates me is every other game had a teaser trailer at the end. So you would always know the name of the next game and some general idea of the plot immediately after a game was released. There was no trailer after MID and we already snooped the trademark-couldn’t they have at least dropped the name of 34 by now?
What do you guys think of the scrambled word puzzle that they posted a few days ago? I honestly love that they gave us fans a puzzle to work out a clue. I liked it.
They announced nothing at all. Nothing new, at least. They've been saying since MID that there was going to be another game some day, and the "announcement" just reiterates that. There's nothing new here, no title, no trailer, no release date, no concept art, no plot description, just a vague claim that there will be another game some day. They told us that back in 2019. It looks like what happened is that they got bad fallout from the April Fool Joke, and had to at least give the appearance of announcing something, to placate their fans. With nothing new to announce, they announced something old, and tried to make it sound like something new. I re-watched the end of your Midnight in Salem review last night to refresh my memory on the various times HER acted in bad faith over that game. I would submit that we have THREE new things to be angry with them about that we didn't have last week: 1) Making an anouncement of any sort on April Fool's Day (and labeling it hashtag April Fool!), knowing the angst it would cause. If there was anything legitimate to the story, it should have been delayed to April 2. 2) Following it up with a non-announcement announcement that actually ended up telling us nothing new (Didn't we have enough of that with MID)? 3) The claim that HER is working on a new game is certainly factually untrue. HER produces nothing any more, they are merely an outsourcer for other people's merchandise and other people's games. Game 34 is being made by the same company that produced MID, we already know that. This last may be splitting hairs (they didn't mean THEY were working on it, they just meant that somebody was.), but if the bad faith from Game 33 is continuing already, then I want to split hairs.
100 % agreement. There is NOTHING good about releasing anything on April 1st. I feel bad for the fans losing their minds and having their emotions played with. It's fun to watch TH-camrs combing over the videos for clues, but i want a title. and a release date. Is it a new game? A remaster? a 3rd Dossier game? Codes and Clues 2? The lack of information we have been given is maddening!
I wrote the last before watching the video. I see now that I'm only re-hashing most of the points you already made. But FWIW, I had arrived at those same points independently.
I’m feeling more pessimistic than anything. My computer couldn’t even play MIS and I’ve been an avid player since stay tuned for danger. I have little hope for her interactive
@@WizardKittenYT Agreed. I enjoyed the point and click setup for the puzzles and I think most of the fan base also play the games on their basic laptops
hello!! thank you so much for this amazing video. i have an off-topic question though, that soundtrack that plays in the background in the intro, where is it from? it seems so familiar to me but i can't remember,,
Now, here's an ironic thought. From the fan's point of view it's actually BETTER if this was an April Fool's joke gone wrong, than if it's a serious announcement. Here's why: Given the total lack of any detail, if this is a genuine announcement, it's much more likely to mean that Mi'pu'mi is just now *starting* to make the game, rather than to mean that they're nearing completion. While that's nice, it's a bit upsetting if they've done nothing up to this point. On the other hand, if this was just an April Fool's joke gone wrong, and the "announcement" actually means nothing, then it's possible they're much further along than that.
Of course The Elephant in the Living Room is still that no matter how far along they are, Mi'pu'mi still has no track record for making *good* Nancy Drew games.
I'm probably way off but the cathedral, indications of a european location, and the hacking bits make me think it's going to be sort of a sequel to The Silent Spy. Whatever the story, I hope it's worth the wait.
Yes, I mentioned that in the video too. I do have serious doubts though that it means we will be getting two games a year. There's been a four year gap between each of the previous games! It would be nice though!
If you look at the letter from Nancy you can't see that some of the letters are a very dark red. It spells out "You've been hacked." Its either a April's fool's joke or the game is going to have to do with hacking.
I am definitely not really even that excited, I mean think about it, it’s been 8 years since the last “actually good” game. They are not going to be able to pick up the mast after SEA. If there’s a new game (that will probably be released in 2026 or somewhere around there) then I’ll probably wait to download it somewhere for free and then see what it is, there’s no way I’m paying for it again to be so disappointed🙈
There are so many amazing games!! My recommendations are usually different depending on people's preferences, but some highly ranked games are Warnings at Waverly Academy, Secret of Shadow Ranch, Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, Treasure in the Royal Tower, and Phantom of Venice.
Lol! I was thinking about why delays for other games don't bother me nearly as much and I think it's just the trust. Like the Legend of Zelda sequel got delayed, but I had no doubt it would be out soon and would be incredible quality.
i don't want to get excited and get my hopes up. no ash, stop it now. don't get excited. don't get your hopes up. especially considering the day they dropped this info... kinda hard to trust..
I don't care how good the game is. I mean just go back to icicle creek design and go with that! I just want the games more frequently put out. Is that too much to ask?
this is my theory I wonder if Marie Antionette and her family is involved she is the youngest granddaughter to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor her mother Empress Maria Theresa was the Ruler of Austria so I'm wondering if the Mystery has to do with Marie's life and family before she became Queen of France and it takes 7 keys to solve the mystery
Wow everybody is so pessimistic. Have fun with that, but I'm not about it. I'm excited a new game is coming, and I think people are looking at some of the things HeR has said and applying the worst possible interpretation. For example: people saying this isn't really an announcement: it is. It's the first actual post (2 within a week) that they've announced the game and not just mentioned in social media comments. That's a change, which signals to me that there is significant progress on it. Also, I believe it is implied there will be more information given this month. It's only the beginning of "Fan Month". Not reason to assume they are done. As far as the "stringing along" I can see that as criticism for MID, but between MID and ND34 there was a global pandemic. That was hard on even big companies, which HeR is not. I can see them intending to have this out sooner but being delayed due to Covid. I just can't get behind all this negativity. Give people a break and I'll continue to put positivity into the world and second chances.
I totally 100% agree with you. I like looking at things optimistically and am excited there's a new game. (if for whatever reason there isn't... then that changes nothing as currently we all have to be satisfied with 33 games anyway....so these announcements are exciting!)
I don't expect much after the disaster that was MID and since we didn't actually get new information about when to expect a release date announcement, but, honestly, I'm just glad the first announcement wasn't a cruel April Fools prank (I think) 💀
I definitely agree, I still feel really skeptical!
My theory - The church spire clue in the newsletter looks like Barcelona Cathedral. There is also an area of Barcelona called La Salut. Lots of properties in Spain have tiled floors and they host a hacking convention in the city. I'm excited for a new game, but at the same time I wouldn't be too bothered if it didn't happen as I resigned myself to the fact there wouldn't be another years and years ago. Hope you feel better soon WK!
Thank you! Feeling much better today! Also, that is a really impressive theory that ties together so many of the clues! That is definitely a possibility!
I'm excited about the new game. But I totally agree with you. I can't tell if these announcments are helping or hurting. If they'd just give us something substantial we might be able to be happy about it. Give us a trailer. Give us a date...something!
Cautiously optimistic is the way to be I think.
Agreed!!
If HER really wants to be successful, they should hire creators like yourself to help with game development. At least part time, I mean come on! 😊
I mean, I would do that in a heartbeat!! 😁
This is common for AAA games. Sean Plott is a consultant as well as a full-time streamer. I think this would be a great idea.l for HeR.
I think these kinds of thoughts are necessary. Both the excited and the skeptical fans need each other to balance our passionate emotions out. As long as we are mature and supportive about it, differences in emotion is important and justified. ❤️
So well said, I 100% agree!
I loved the ND game series up until #32: Sea Of Darkness. I hope number 34 is not as bad as MIS! Midnight In Salem was...okay.
Hi Caitlyn. I see so many people losing their minds over this, and I can't join them. "We're getting a new game. THIS MONTH! We are getting TWO games, this YEAR!" Uh, slow down, buddy. They haven't confirmed so much as a NAME, never mind a timetable! I asked Huw (who went above and beyond for us all) if he thought it would take four and a half years to get a new game after this announcement. I AM OPEN TO BEING WRONG. It's possible they have a new game ready to go, and figured it would be best to announce it's existence AFTER it was finished, but I am highly doubtful. I simply don't trust HER anymore. I hope I am wrong. But, we all deserve so much better. great video.
I agree with you! They have definitely been treating these teases like big announcements, but it's so important to remember that we still have nothing concrete. Maybe we will by the end of April, but I'll believe it when I see it!
I am very torn and trying to be cautiously optimistic. On one hand, using Nancy's letter head, having her desk in the background, and the hidden texts clues hint to a return to the early games (which I felt they have been really trying to distance themselves from the late Modern Era through MID), however I do not put it past HER Interactive to have the only marketing be nostalgia bait that will amount to nothing.
I definitely agree about the nostalgia bait fears! It's not like they're going back to an old engine or anything and they still are only outsourcing, so I have a hard time trusting that things are going to be that much different than MID.
I'm trying not to get too excited for it but man am I excited anyways! I'm just hoping it won't be like MID and maybe they're taking some of the feedback from the community to better the game. I want to believe with all of my heart that this is going to be the comeback after such a disaster (MID). When I saw this on Instagram though I about lost my mind! I'm so ready for a new mystery. Let us keep our fingers crossed!!
Fingers crossed for sure!!
I'm skeptical as well; my best hope is that we get a game that's a moderate improvement over MID. With that said, the way HeR has been teasing a new game has been very creative and it's been great seeing the community piece together all the hints and clues.
Those are my hopes as well, agreed!!
One thing that I noticed was that they responded to a comment on Instagram that said “I would hope you’ve been working on it this whole time” with 😈😈😈.
Hmm... which is a little odd? Is that just an attempt to be fun and cheeky?
@@WizardKittenYT could be but I looked through all the comments and it’s the only one they responded to.
I still cant believe this is happening!!!! like omg I'm freaking out I'm speechless. i am so hopeful for this
It's only real if you believe hard enough. Are you believing hard enough?
It would be SO nice to get a new, well-made game!
I’ve been excited to hear your take! Thanks for the insight 💜
Yay! I hope you enjoyed it!
Im not too excited, but I just can't help being a little excited because maybe they have taken these years since MID reflecting on what they can do better in the next one. Nancy drew games have given me 32 really good and nostalgic games to only one truly bad one. Is it too much to hope MID was a fluke?
I feel very similar! Like, I can't help but be at least a little excited as a big time ND fan, but the skepticism remains!
One backdrop to this that really frustrates me is every other game had a teaser trailer at the end. So you would always know the name of the next game and some general idea of the plot immediately after a game was released. There was no trailer after MID and we already snooped the trademark-couldn’t they have at least dropped the name of 34 by now?
You would think!! I definitely agree with you, the lack of concrete information is really frustrating.
What do you guys think of the scrambled word puzzle that they posted a few days ago? I honestly love that they gave us fans a puzzle to work out a clue. I liked it.
Yeah, that was a good move! It was still super vague, but it was fun and high quality!
@@WizardKittenYT for me it tells me that they are paying attention to the fans this time. Definitely gives me hope.
They announced nothing at all. Nothing new, at least. They've been saying since MID that there was going to be another game some day, and the "announcement" just reiterates that. There's nothing new here, no title, no trailer, no release date, no concept art, no plot description, just a vague claim that there will be another game some day. They told us that back in 2019. It looks like what happened is that they got bad fallout from the April Fool Joke, and had to at least give the appearance of announcing something, to placate their fans. With nothing new to announce, they announced something old, and tried to make it sound like something new.
I re-watched the end of your Midnight in Salem review last night to refresh my memory on the various times HER acted in bad faith over that game. I would submit that we have THREE new things to be angry with them about that we didn't have last week:
1) Making an anouncement of any sort on April Fool's Day (and labeling it hashtag April Fool!), knowing the angst it would cause. If there was anything legitimate to the story, it should have been delayed to April 2.
2) Following it up with a non-announcement announcement that actually ended up telling us nothing new (Didn't we have enough of that with MID)?
3) The claim that HER is working on a new game is certainly factually untrue. HER produces nothing any more, they are merely an outsourcer for other people's merchandise and other people's games. Game 34 is being made by the same company that produced MID, we already know that. This last may be splitting hairs (they didn't mean THEY were working on it, they just meant that somebody was.), but if the bad faith from Game 33 is continuing already, then I want to split hairs.
I definitely agree that it's not an "announcement" at all. It's sort of manufactured hype and they need to be really careful about how they proceed!
100 % agreement. There is NOTHING good about releasing anything on April 1st. I feel bad for the fans losing their minds and having their emotions played with. It's fun to watch TH-camrs combing over the videos for clues, but i want a title. and a release date. Is it a new game? A remaster? a 3rd Dossier game? Codes and Clues 2? The lack of information we have been given is maddening!
I wrote the last before watching the video. I see now that I'm only re-hashing most of the points you already made. But FWIW, I had arrived at those same points independently.
I’m feeling more pessimistic than anything. My computer couldn’t even play MIS and I’ve been an avid player since stay tuned for danger. I have little hope for her interactive
Completely valid! The fact that MID needed a high-end gaming computer to function at all is an absolute travesty and I fear more of the same.
@@WizardKittenYT Agreed. I enjoyed the point and click setup for the puzzles and I think most of the fan base also play the games on their basic laptops
hello!! thank you so much for this amazing video. i have an off-topic question though, that soundtrack that plays in the background in the intro, where is it from? it seems so familiar to me but i can't remember,,
It's from Stay Tuned for Danger
@@sophinda6292 thank you so so much!!
@sophinda6292 is correct! It's the theme that plays in Mattie Jensen's house during the day :) so glad you liked the video!
Now, here's an ironic thought. From the fan's point of view it's actually BETTER if this was an April Fool's joke gone wrong, than if it's a serious announcement. Here's why:
Given the total lack of any detail, if this is a genuine announcement, it's much more likely to mean that Mi'pu'mi is just now *starting* to make the game, rather than to mean that they're nearing completion. While that's nice, it's a bit upsetting if they've done nothing up to this point.
On the other hand, if this was just an April Fool's joke gone wrong, and the "announcement" actually means nothing, then it's possible they're much further along than that.
Of course The Elephant in the Living Room is still that no matter how far along they are, Mi'pu'mi still has no track record for making *good* Nancy Drew games.
I so badly want to be skeptical but it's so hard not to be excited and hopeful
I know what you mean, I feel so torn too!
I'm probably way off but the cathedral, indications of a european location, and the hacking bits make me think it's going to be sort of a sequel to The Silent Spy. Whatever the story, I hope it's worth the wait.
Hm, that would be interesting! They definitely left us hanging on Revenant stuff!
3.5 years…
The way they used to release the games, we would have gotten 7 games by now.
Right?!
Yep it's coming! Looks like we are also getting a 2nd game this year (the officially name/trademark news was released a day or two ago).
Very excited.
Yes, I mentioned that in the video too. I do have serious doubts though that it means we will be getting two games a year. There's been a four year gap between each of the previous games! It would be nice though!
@@WizardKittenYT Fingers crossed things pan out well :) can't wait for you to stream the game(s)!
I forgot how bad MID looked until I seen this video and it reminded me.
Right?! 😅
@@WizardKittenYT I could excuse most of MID if they kept the same program because it would have looked AMAZING!
If you look at the letter from Nancy you can't see that some of the letters are a very dark red. It spells out "You've been hacked." Its either a April's fool's joke or the game is going to have to do with hacking.
Yes, I mention that in the video 👍
It came out a year later!!!! To bad its not on Steam yet :(
I am definitely not really even that excited, I mean think about it, it’s been 8 years since the last “actually good” game. They are not going to be able to pick up the mast after SEA. If there’s a new game (that will probably be released in 2026 or somewhere around there) then I’ll probably wait to download it somewhere for free and then see what it is, there’s no way I’m paying for it again to be so disappointed🙈
I absolutely hear you! That perspective of realizing it's been EIGHT YEARS even just blows my mind.
So excited
Did Nancy's letter spell out "you've been hacked" in red letters?
I just commented that too!
Yes, I mention that in the video
I so hope this is all true! And I hope it's nothing like MID!
Agreed!!
Hello, how are you? Im new to the series, what is your top Nancy Drew games should I try as a newcomer?
There are so many amazing games!! My recommendations are usually different depending on people's preferences, but some highly ranked games are Warnings at Waverly Academy, Secret of Shadow Ranch, Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, Treasure in the Royal Tower, and Phantom of Venice.
Salút is also hello in German
Also I love your channel wizard kitten!!!
Thank you!!
As an elder scrolls fan, I'm unfortunately not all that bothered by these delays 😖
Lol! I was thinking about why delays for other games don't bother me nearly as much and I think it's just the trust. Like the Legend of Zelda sequel got delayed, but I had no doubt it would be out soon and would be incredible quality.
are you going to pre-order?
I will, but only because of TH-cam!
you know after so long without a game and midnight in salem was kind of a disaster i don't know if im intrestes
I hear ya!!
i don't want to get excited and get my hopes up. no ash, stop it now. don't get excited. don't get your hopes up. especially considering the day they dropped this info... kinda hard to trust..
I 100% understand that feeling!!
I really am excited but I honestly hope it is better than Midnight At Salem. It wasn't the worst game but could have been so much better
For sure!! I'm hoping for a dramatic improvement in quality!!
I don't care how good the game is. I mean just go back to icicle creek design and go with that! I just want the games more frequently put out. Is that too much to ask?
I wish we had similar quality as the old games too! They really did have it figured out!
this is my theory I wonder if Marie Antionette and her family is involved she is the youngest granddaughter to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor her mother Empress Maria Theresa was the Ruler of Austria so I'm wondering if the Mystery has to do with Marie's life and family before she became Queen of France and it takes 7 keys to solve the mystery
Ooh, that could be! That would explain the French and Austria connections!
Wow everybody is so pessimistic. Have fun with that, but I'm not about it. I'm excited a new game is coming, and I think people are looking at some of the things HeR has said and applying the worst possible interpretation. For example: people saying this isn't really an announcement: it is. It's the first actual post (2 within a week) that they've announced the game and not just mentioned in social media comments. That's a change, which signals to me that there is significant progress on it. Also, I believe it is implied there will be more information given this month. It's only the beginning of "Fan Month". Not reason to assume they are done.
As far as the "stringing along" I can see that as criticism for MID, but between MID and ND34 there was a global pandemic. That was hard on even big companies, which HeR is not. I can see them intending to have this out sooner but being delayed due to Covid.
I just can't get behind all this negativity. Give people a break and I'll continue to put positivity into the world and second chances.
Totally fair! Like I said in the video, this is just my opinion and others are perfectly valid in feeling optimistic and excited. Makes perfect sense.
I totally 100% agree with you. I like looking at things optimistically and am excited there's a new game. (if for whatever reason there isn't... then that changes nothing as currently we all have to be satisfied with 33 games anyway....so these announcements are exciting!)
Is it just an April fools joke
Thankfully, no. It was confirmed to be legitimate!