Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy for Nintendo DS

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Release Date 7/22/2009
Publisher Dreamcatcher
Platform DS
Genre Action Adventure

Number of Players 1

Game Description

Elementary, my dear Stylus! Sherlock Holmes trades his magnifying glass for a DS Stylus in this mystery starring the famous detective. Inspired by the writings and characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy sends you searching for a missing archaeologist and a missing mummy. Explore a gigantic Victorian manor, looking for clues in the house's many rooms. Find and collect objects to use in your investigation. Solve puzzles, decipher riddles, and move deeper into the mystery. What starts out as a simple missing person case soon spirals into something far more sinister.

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Frogwares has created several Sherlock Holmes adventure games on the PC, and its fifth installment is on the way. The first game of the series, Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy, is currently being remade specifically for the Nintendo DS in hopes of drawing in a new audience, the ...more

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Average Member Rating: 4.5 out of 10

Challenging but not harsh.. (8 out of 10)

posted by tiloho (IRON RIVER, MI) on Nov 2, 2009
Member since Jun 2005
2 out of 2 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

I like the in game helps and clues. When I get completely stuck I just look in my notebook and folders and can usually figure it out. The game is realistic to the character, too. Sherlock Holmes is all about the little(seemingly insignificant) details and so is the game. You have to look and exp...more

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