Kit Mystery Challenge is a video game based on Kit's series, developed by Webfoot Technologies and released by THQ in 2008 for the Nintendo DS.
Gameplay[]
Kit Mystery Challenge uses the same engine and third-person viewpoint as Julie Finds a Way. Like in the previous game, Kit Mystery Challenge loosely follows the events of the Central Series, and in a similar vein to L.A. Noire and the Nancy Drew video games, it is presented as an interactive mystery, with five main mysteries and a sixth mission in the form of minigames comprising of riddles and puzzle challenges, though unlike Nancy Drew the game is played from a third-person perspective, with the Nintendo DS touch screen used to show gameplay; the top screen is instead relegated to display dialogue and other essential information.
The player may freely roam its interactive open world on foot and visit any place at their own leisure, though the game's linear presentation limits this ability–only the Abbott Place map can be explored in the first case. Solving the latter unlocks three more cases, allowing the player to visit different areas, such as the hobo village, Downtown Cincinnati, and the local school. While solving mysteries, the player has to look for clues to be used as evidence, gather information from non-player characters, and analyze all the evidence and facts in order to solve the case.
Players can also engage in a number of side-missions, such as selling eggs to neighbors and other people around the city, or running errands for cash, which can be spent on various items, like buying food supplies or paying part of the house's mortgage. In addition, several outfits from Kit's Collection are also available for the player character to change into.
Plot[]
In 1930s Cincinnati, Kit Kittredge and her family are facing a difficult life after Kit's father lost his business due to the Great Depression, forcing them to convert their residence into a boarding house in order to make ends meet. Along the way, mysterious things occur in and around the household–the door to the Kittredges' chicken coop was left unlocked, a strand of pearls belonging to Kit's mother went missing, and one of the borders left early under suspicious circumstances.
In the sixth mystery, Kit takes on a number of riddles and challenges from her family and friends which she would later submit to the local newspaper.
Characters[]
- Kit Kittredge
- Margaret Kittredge
- Jack Kittredge
- Charles Kittredge
- Uncle Hendrick
- Stirling Howard
- Ruthie Smithens
- Louise Howard
- Roger
- Aunt Millie
- Will Shepherd
Reception[]
Like Julie Finds A Way it was released to generally negative reception, citing camera issues, a cumbersome control scheme,repetitive gameplay and perceived lack of player agency.[1][2]
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