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Nancy Drew 23: Shadow at the Water's Edge Hints

Awards

  • 1 of 12: Here are the awards you can get and how to get them.
  • 2 of 12: Cat Whisperer -- For taming the wild beast. After George tells you the command to calm Suki down, ask the question about other commands. The next time you see the cat, use all of the other commands before you use the one to calm her down. Booru wa!
  • 3 of 12: Easter Egg -- Confidential. Get at least one of the four Easter eggs in the game.
  • 4 of 12: Mystery Seeker -- For watching eerie footage. Find and watch the unlabeled DVD in Yumi's apartment.
  • 5 of 12: Password Pilferer -- For returning "borrowed" goods to their rightful home. After you open the sealed envelope from inside the puzzle box on the reception desk, open the puzzle box again and return the envelope. (Weirdly, the game won't let you return anything else you "borrowed," like the teapot or the star card.)
  • 6 of 12: Puzzler Pro -- For solving all of Rentaro's puzzles. Solve all eight puzzles of all three types -- nonogram, sudoku, renogram -- given to you by Rentaro.
  • 7 of 12: Recording Artist -- For listening to the world around you. Find all of the places where the EVP recorder picks up sounds and play them.
  • 8 of 12: Sous Chef -- For mastering the art of bento. Make bento correctly for YEARS. Well, no, it just seems like it.
  • 9 of 12: Souvenir Searcher -- For getting all of the prizes. Play pachinko until you've bought all of the items sold in the souvenir machine. I haven't been able to do this one; pachinko gets boring loooong before you accumulate the necessary winnings to get all that garbage.
  • 10 of 12: Squeaky Clean -- For enjoying the baths. Take a dip in the baths every chance you get.
  • 11 of 12: Teacher's Pet -- For making sure your job wasn't forgotten. Grade the papers in your teacher's box.
  • 12 of 12: Trivia Tamer -- For correctly answering the trivia question.