To Japan!! - Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge [1]

[@snailsoren]

"there you have it. depression."

[@lindze8075]

@Stanley Koda why would you hack your gfs Instagram?!?! Just respect her privacy!

[@AlbikerkyIsNotReal]

I oddly found that funny. Sooo would this be considered a paradox?

[@chilaou]

25:34 for those wondering ;3 Okay, so there's a song I really like by Maki Yano, called "Mahou" (Magic) 魔法The kanji for "ma" is the same one used for devil, or "akuma" 悪魔. It's kind of complicated, so I taught myself it. Then a couple days later in my second year class, one of the TAs was trying to remember how to write "akuma" and I whipped that out to tremendous surprise, and I felt very special for the rest of the day. THE END. And today I learned the word and kanji for depression 😂

[@feathertouchasmr]

Imagine the look on the old lady's face when the girl who struggled to write ナンシードルー perfectly writes 憂鬱

[@harleyjune]

I know this is just me being picky but the front desk is open from 7am till 1am and Miwako is the only one staffing it so she's doing 18hr shifts every single day, that's insane 😂

[@rachellarson8851]

I think the grandma runs the front desk during the day

[@KuyaaaRenz]

7:34 "If we see anything fishy..." *while looking at a pond* 👏

[@k_tubbs]

Ghost: [breaks mirror and is super creepy] Gab: awe man, that's gonna be so expensive

[@Jack-nb1zx]

“That doesn’t look right, try again.” “Excuse me!?” *breaks computer*

[@BoopsNstuff]

My grandma got me hooked on these games when I was a kid, I have most of the dvd games. So much nostalgia.

[@bookworm598]

My grandma also introduced me to these games!! We used to play them together when I was a kid

[@Seiarra7]

Same here!!! First game of Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake

[@seanandrewl]

I used to play them with my mum for several years, so I really love the fact that Gab has played a couple! So much nostalgia, like you said. The first game we completed was The Secret of Shadow Ranch!

[@tako9969]

Same but my mom got me hooked instead of my grandmom 😅

[@kendradupree1094]

i saw this at the store and my dad love HOGs so i told him it was good so he got it , but it dosen't work on his computer

[@gregputnam7243]

I love when Gabs plays Japanese inspired games because she has so much background knowledge and creates a new level of immersion for the games

[@shhmaya]

I love watching Gabs play games about Japan, her stories and knowledge is so fun and it adds so much to the experience!

[@Tina_95]

Right? I'm really glad this is one of the older Nancy Drew games she started with!

[@annalepper457]

Haha, this playthrough did not disappoint. This game came out in 2010, and it has SUCH a mid-2000s Japanese pop culture vibes to it.

[@fanfictiondreamer7836]

Fun fact: The woman who did Nancy Drew in these sets of games also did Rouge the Bat in the Sonic Adventures game. I also read on Wikipedia that she did more than dozens of voices, so these aren't her only works.

[@current9300]

She's also Ivy from Soul Calibur and Sindel from Mortal Kombat. And Bubsy from Bubsy 3D.

[@glowstickblood]

so that's why i like her voice so much

[@kayeighvevo]

Also skyrim, she's the default dark elf woman voice

[@aspenm2576]

@@kayeighvevo also nocturnal and the night mother!

[@Jodariel.]

Nancy: i need a dictionary to translate that. Gab: Oh, do you? DAAAAMN THE SASSY COMMENTS. OH YOU CAN'T READ JAPANESE? PFFFT. AMATURE. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kelseyirwin3711]

yes is okay cool

[@kelseyirwin3711]

you to watch you soul much

[@GabeTheGrump]

It got obnoxious quick I had a feeling she would act like that during this, we get it you know japanese get over yourself Gab

[@Jodariel.]

@@GabeTheGrump yeah, and then we all died.

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

@@GabeTheGrump she knows far more than you. She knows japanese and she plays a japanese game what did you think was gonna happen? Dumbass

[@Tina_95]

I am so excited that you're playing some of the OG Nancy Drew games! My entire childhood and young adulthood! They're way better than Midnight in Salem was! Edit: I definitely suggest playing Message in a Haunted Mansion, Ghost dogs of Moon Lake, Curse of Blackmoor Manor, or Ghost of Thorton Hall if you like the spookier supernatural type mystery games!

[@kelseyirwin3711]

me too yes right Adulthood you right they're that is true Tina hay My entire childhood and young adulthood! They're way better than Midnight in Salem was! your right salem i m really sorry mark youTina

[@cambriadaW]

MID was a joke lol

[@leeann1530]

I remember getting a lecture from a friend's mom when we were playing Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake and a jump scare made us both scream out loud lol. Honestly, I loved the Nancy Drew games, but they really scared me as a little kid.

[@lixak6307]

Secrets of Shadow Ranch! Best one

[@The.Pocket.Hobbit]

Hardest thing for me is buying them and them not working on my pc. I’ve bought several but a few aren’t playable on my pc even though it’s supposed to be right kind of pc.

[@NAfiqah99]

I never knew. The list of superstitions read at 1:55:02 are mostly asian superstitions, not just Japanese. I'm Malaysian and more than half of those superstitions also apply to where I live. How interesting 🧐

[@bhscheerleader2010]

The best part of this is Gab getting distracted about the baths and calling Savannah all while I'm waiting for the best scare of the Nancy Drew series

[@UnluckySuperstition]

The old lady just sees all of the random japanese words that you wrote in her personal calligraphy paper stash. 💚

[@richellejohnson5593]

She just gets confused finding 'depression' written when Nancy struggles to write her own name

[@charliegreen7988]

“There you have it: Depression” Me: you’re right, I do have depression

[@Fabio-dn3fx]

It's stronger than me: I see Gab in a fully Japanese environment? I click like haha. Seriously tho, I've said this already but everytime I see you being oh-so-cool about Japanese culture, it increases drastically my will to keep studying. Can't wait university to start again!❤️

[@riahtrinity1168]

Me, my older sister and my younger sister would all get together and play these games! My older sister would be the player, I would be the note taker and my little sister would make sure we all had snacks lol. Such good memories, so happy you are playing these! :)

[@yokhawanha]

I'm half Japanese, and this game almost 100% accurate, the thing is I'm not good at reading kanji, its amaze me how good you are with it, I'm half balinese as well, and I'm really bad at reading the traditional letter (hanacaraka) as well lol, this games brings back a lot of memory

[@xDianaMoonx]

I love that Gab rage quitted at the katakana writing~! And the look she had when she was first dinged wrong. This will be a fun one to watch.

[@mariahramsey9211]

The music does build up a creepy atmosphere. I remember being so on edge the entire time when I played it.

[@DMThisIsPam]

I've played this game a million times, and it is like experiencing it with fresh eyes for the first time in 10 years since it first came out watching you play it now. I love what you bring to the game play.

[@lindze8075]

I’m so glad to see bigger creators playing these games!!! I’ve been playing them since I was little and LOVE themmmmm!!!

[@beaccdccdedc1838]

i grew up playing these games and i’ve never met anyone irl that even knew about these games

[@lgerstmoon6870]

Ok I binged this entire series on Evelin's twitch channel and in the middle I binged the salem one what I am saying here is that I crave more Gab and nancy drew stat. Im an addict. Help.

[@cambriadaW]

Psssst if you need content come check out the Clue Crew on tumblr, thank you have a nice day friend✌️

[@kateschmid2889]

Brutalmoose has played a few as well!

[@LittleMothdarling]

OMG. The nostalgia. The Nancy Drew games were my favorite growing up. I remember playing this one for the first time when it was released. It's awesome being able to revisit it while you play!

[@recycledMilk]

its so obvious the dev team had a ton of much fun working on this and writing the characters 😭♥

[@Shatterspeed]

This Nancy sounds like a 40 year old. 😂😂 I can't get over it. Edit: the voice actor was 60 playing an 18 year old. Omggg

[@lilcrabbybabby]

She's played her for over 20 years! Her getting fired for the new game was pretty shocking and most die-hard fans hated it. Its just not Nancy

[@tomboyhns2643]

@@lilcrabbybabby Woah she was fired??? I thought she retired!!!

[@user-xq6cn3xx3e]

@@tomboyhns2643 yeah, the VA said that she did not leave on her own record. "...The older Nancy was on purpose. Keeping her nicey-nice and bland was the rule. It was never anything about money, availability, no conflicts etc. Their execs decided since sales were down, they'd opt for someone in Seattle and try to get a new audience. The older voice choice was because most fans had aged. It's all water under the bridge now and I send you all my very best and hope the future is bright for everyone"

[@tomboyhns2643]

@@user-xq6cn3xx3e Well…I’m glad she’s not bitter. But still, boo!

[@katjosephperez8772]

I recently heard that Mattel tried to change “the” Barbie VA for a more recent movie, and the fans started a petition with soooo many signatures to get Kelly (the VA) back. It sounded like she’s done all of the other Barbie movies since the beginning with The Nutcracker. They did hire Kelly back. I remember bc I made a joke that Mattel tried to get rid of “another Kelly.” (The Kelly doll/character got renamed to Chelsea. Japan already has a trademarked doll named Kelly, and Mattel wanted a global name for her.)

[@nunpho]

Ooh I have a cat named Suki, she's not robotic though 😆

[@bubblygamer3522]

Ahhh I can’t believe it was 2hrs I didn’t even notice tbh! This was super fun to watch! I’ve always wanted to play them, but I wasn’t sure if they need to be played in order or just any random game is fine! Can’t wait to watch more!

[@Tina_95]

Honestly any random game is fine. It's way more fun the more you play though because they'll have names of other characters and other things that come up from previous games (i.e some of the candy in Nancy's luggage was from another game, at least one of the "guests" has a last name similar to an older character etc.)!

[@saoliath5000]

i literally laughed out loud when you tried figuring out the puzzle in photoshop

[@caramellopippop7190]

I am so so glad you got to play a GOOD Nancy Drew game!

[@mjoberg6695]

starting off with Salem was tough to watch!

[@Aster_Risk]

@@mjoberg6695 The only one that isn't good.

[@NeonPrawn]

one of my favorite kinds of vid on KZbin are japanese speaking/culture, and I love Nancy drew! I've been playing Nancy drew games for 15+ years and I'm so happy to have found your channel today. You're a great game-streamer

[@andeborg]

44:58 I love how excited Rentaro got when talking about numbers! 🤣🥰

[@Nimyra11]

Oh my gosh I’ve been so excited for this VOD and it has been a delight, thank you!! Between this and catching up on Tsushima we really enjoy your insight. We thought your commentary about reading the alphabet was so interesting, neither of us had been taught to read it that way. We’ll be looking forward to the next one!! 😊

[@jessicaphillips5344]

I find it funny how yumi starts off seeming pretty english like almost no accent at all and then later on the more you speak to her they tried to get her to sound more japanese lol

[@carlythunberg6781]

I just finished this one last week! I love these games and highly recommend Sea of Darkness next- it's set in Iceland.

[@MelodyMaeee]

My cat was on my desk when you played the different meows for the cat and she was looking at my computer like, "What the fuck? Where is the cat??" lol

[@kaylynxup]

"Imagine not knowing who you are, or where you come from. It would be very lonely i think." Ok Obaa-san, you didn't have to call me out like that

[@PadawanKestis]

The figure that we saw might be a Kage-onna (Shadow women) which appear in abandoned buildings, run-down homes, and haunted houses in Japanese mythology. Kage onna make no sound, nor do they interact with the house or its inhabitants, other than projecting an eerie atmosphere. Although they are not known to cause any harm to the residents of the house, the image of a person where there should be none is enough to startle the bravest person. If the door or window is opened to see who or what created the shadow, there is nothing to be seen. However, tradition says that a house where a kage onna is seen is likely haunted, or will soon be haunted, by other yokai as well. This is all I know so far

[@flowrighttwins]

I’ve been playing these games for well over a decade now. It’s so nice to see them get the attention they deserve!

[@abnorm_ally]

Yes, all for you playing more of Nancy Drew ~

[@rain1676]

Konichiwa

[@seanclark994]

AAAAAHHHH YEEESSS!!!! I'm SO excited and happy you're doing more Nancy Drew!!!! ESPECIALLY THIS ONE!!!!!

[@1breakerbox844]

For anyone interested, the Renogram puzzle is called the Hidato Puzzle in the "real world"~ Nonograms are the same name, but are also called Hanjie Puzzle~

[@3mily2.0]

Don’t remember his name, but the maintenance guy with all the puzzles is really cool! I love his attitude and how he’s like “oh? You finished this puzzle? Here’s another book of them!” 3:05 it’s really subtle but amazing voice acting, you can hear how her voice kind of cracks during this sentence. You can tell she’s upset. 34:52 snorkeling is from creature of kapu cave (the latest ND video I’ve watched), Kyler Mallory is from castle Malloy (forgot the real title, Sean was fun in that one), farmhouse front is from trail of the twister (another one with Sean!), Dave is from (I think) shadow ranch and that’s all the ones I know of. 53:01 a renogram is what you struggle with in trail of the twister, trying to fix the camera.

[@Ckowpoke]

I just found your channel because I grew up playing Nancy Drew and over quarantine, I’ve gotten my husband hooked on playing them with me 😂 You are great and I’m so glad I found your content, thanks for the nostalgia while I worked today ❤️

[@creativelaughter]

I started replaying this last year and just did all the puzzles. XD I love seeing my favorite YTers play these games!! Underrated!

[@eliramon420]

I’m really happy to watch you play this! I got hooked playing these with my mom starting all the way back when Secrets Can Kill came out when I was a little kid and even played these on my own

[@Serenaar]

I am due to head to Japan for the first time ever soon. Somehow going through these old playlists have surfaced and now I’m like “OH I can read that!!! Love you Gab. I shall report back when I return from my trip. ❤

[@Aster_Risk]

Yes! I've been playing these games since 2000. I absolutely love them. You're one of the only streamers I watch regularly, so it's cool to see you play these.

[@mariacatinas3879]

Really enjoyed hearing your stories on your experience in Japan and how you learned Japanese

[@kaylaleiann]

Everyone who had played this before was sitting there listening to you innocently talk about Japanese bath houses, knowing the jump scare was literally one click away xD This was never my favorite ND game, but I am enjoying the nostalgia and your commentary makes it 10x better! Love hearing your stories about Japan.

[@MF-R]

1:24:55 I love ancient origin stories sometimes... Servant: How you holding up Emperor? Emperor: I'm pretty broke up that my hot concubine died... Servant: Oh, sorry to hear that. Wait one sec, I know how to cheer you up! *Servant makes Shadow-puppets* Emperor: Y'know what; I do feel better now.

[@0mNomNinja]

I loved these games when I was a little girl! I'm so happy to see you play this one!

[@sara.the.muggle]

I freaking love Nancy Drew games. I used to play them all the time when I was a teenager. I'm 31 now. Feels like a thousand years ago haha I'd still play them now.

[@Palitato]

Wow they really DID do their research!! That 404 number for the ghost expert Savannah is actually the area code for part of the greater metro Atlanta area!

[@dubiousdeliquite6641]

Mhm, nancy drew team pays real good attention to detail

[@rachelshirlaw6421]

Her photoshop editing the bento boxes is hysterical. I hated the puzzle when I first played. Once I figured it out I loved it tho 1:32:43

[@dubiousdeliquite6641]

Yup, the team always does a ton of research and puts a lot of effort into making their games accurate, though they arent quite big enough to always get the most accurate voice actors and such sadly

[@preciousonejewel]

been playing these games for years but its sooo cool hearing all your knowledge! made this particular game even better

[@lloydallenborlado2936]

Finally i can catch up on this. Everytime ive caught this live i only my connection says no. Usually to watch streams i need at least 25mbps but nope i get 13 on a good day and 0.7 on a bad day eversince quarantine. So glad im gonna be able to watch this now on yt

[@keriselcock8723]

I remember my Japanese teacher had us do this but count each strokes as we go along. I'm very rusty now with my Japanese but will pick it up someday again for now I'm working on my German language since the hubby, kids and I will be stationed there for 5 years.

[@Gemmagems577]

That's cool! I live in Germany. What part will you be staying at?

[@sarahrossiter8537]

Having a depression day, rewatching these streams in 2023. Nothing like getting cozy under blankets with a snack and a gab stream to watch. ❤

[@TheTeeFizzle]

i haven't played a nancy drew game in so long, i grew up on them as a kid. ive actually been wanting to purchase all of the games again, specifically Shadow At The Water's Edge, they were all such great games and really developed my live for puzzles amd mind games. When I saw this i HAD TO CLICK!!!

[@17caria]

This is my first time watching this all the way through, and I've loved these games for years!

[@Epic_Gamer_9000]

This is such a well done game. I really didn’t expect it to have this quality to it. I appreciate watching you play games that I myself might not be good at but that have good story/quality so it’s still fun to watch!

[@nocturnalizzie]

I've played this game a bunch of times but I'm still having a lot of fun watching you play, especially with all the cool knowledge you're sharing! In the beta version of this, they called the renogram puzzle "hidato" instead. Rentaro's mouth doesn't quite match up with what he says there. And I don't think the developers visited Japan to make this. The company who made these games was a small group of people in Seattle, Washington. The games were never super profitable so they were mostly kept afloat because of investors. They used to publish two of these games every year! It was honestly quite impressive. They were a cool little team. :)

[@SamAth21]

"She doesn't do much, mainly sits"... so a very realistic cat robot, I see!

[@sorreltyree]

"And that's always a treat, because they're totally not obnoxious." Omg lol

[@kaitie-m-edits]

I'm obsessed with Nancy Drew games! 😅 Sooooooo excited to see you playing them on the channel 💜✨

[@BullyPop]

These games were the SHIT growing up, my sister and I would play these all the time. I love your commentary on this one, learning about your personal experiences in Japan is so cool! I never had the opportunity to play this particular one, but I love that the writers did their research instead of weirdly appropriate! So far it seems super respectful and not at all contrived; only 31:40 minutes in tho, so here’s hoping that continues 🤣

[@BullyPop]

Also, can I just say, the voice acting in this game? Literally amazing. Sure, it’s a little campy and a number of the accents so far have been painfully hit or miss, but the delivery and emotion isn’t missed whatsoever.

[@christinaalexandria8591]

I have so much respect for people who learn how to speak Japanese, as it seems so impossible to me. It's such a beautiful language and culture, and I would love to learn how to speak it. Unfortunately, I am simply too dumb lol. Even with Gab explaining the Japanese alphabet (not sure if they refer to it as an alphabet) it still makes absolutely no sense to me. Shoutout to all the people who took the time to learn another language, I admire you all so much!

[@Jinxofthedesert]

So much nostalgia!! Makes me wanna dig out the Nancy Drew game I have, which is . . . somewhere. Thanks for doing this one! I can't wait to see more.

[@cottoncandypeanut]

I also loved doing the puzzles Gabby, especially the Renograms and Nonograms :)

[@JS-ot9zp]

As soon as she clicked senior detective I was like oh no.😂 Everything is so much harder in senior.

[@Tomato.toothpaste]

1:46:47 "that's a nice way of saying--" "CHEESE AND PEPPERONI PIZZA" thank you, little Caesars

[@lixak6307]

I freaking LOVED these games as a kid and going back and playing them as an adult, some of them were really really hard! The worst is when you would get stuck trying to trigger a cut scene so you had to wander around aimlessly until you figured it out

[@BoopsNstuff]

Also as a half Japanese girl, I got yelled at only once for the rice thing as a young kid. Fearful of myself or others doing it ever since 😂

[@AtomicWhiskers]

@B K Wait, why were you yelled at? I dont remember what happened in the stream about rice lol

[@BoopsNstuff]

AtomicWhiskers for sticking chopsticks directly vertical into a bowl of rice. You only do that for funerals, and is considered bad luck in my culture.

[@AtomicWhiskers]

@@BoopsNstuff ohh interesting! Thanks for your reply.

[@ravendelacrux]

“Senior detective, I am 32 on Friday so..” hahahahah si we have t be 32 to be considered a senior detective? My favourite quote of the video.

[@aperson9847]

i loved reading nancy drew as a kid but i've never played one of these games before. tbh i just turned on this video to have something to watch, but it turns out i'm really enjoying it :) the dialogue is actually super entertaining

[@jellythehusky69]

Imagine going to Japan and going to order a Bento, and you see Nancy Drew working behind the counter 🤣

[@wrixie]

This is one of my FAVORITE Nancy Drew games !! So excited to see you play and solve the mystery!

[@fathleen3441]

I think this is my favorite game that I've watched you play so far! It's so fun and the Japanese culture is super interesting! I also love learning more about the language through your knowledge! :)

[@cadie_S02]

I haven't seen this game since I was a kid. I'm so glad to see it again! Thank you so much!

[@josiebethy]

Time for my annual autumn re-watch 🍂👻 This was my first Gab video - enjoyed many cozy hours of entertainment since! Thank you! ✨

[@cottoncandypeanut]

I agree, the character writing in this game is adorable!

[@maggiem6209]

It's insane to come back to this game now that I have been learning Japanese. I just look at words now and I'm like "Oh, that's cool, there's x" and Nancy is like "I need a dictionary to read that." XD I remember playing this game when I could only speak in fragments of Japanese and written Japanese was completely alien to me. Now it's like looking through the matrix.

[@KarinaSokulski]

I'm so excited you've gotten into this series

[@Little1Cave]

“Alright let’s start there...” *cuts to later intensely using Photoshop to uncover the solution*

[@porksteakss]

This is probably the scariest Nancy Drew game I’ve played.

[@Tina_95]

This one and Ghost of Thorton Hall are some of the spookiest honestly. Ghost Dogs scarred me for life tho when I was younger! Ahaha

[@Catt_Head]

Blackmoor Manor creeped me out as well!

[@porksteakss]

It was the ending that got me when I was younger haha. Gave me nightmares for weeks! Haven’t played Ghost of Thorton Hall, but the setting for that one is definitely spookier.

[@sydneymarshall3204]

1:54:39 That superstition about the number 4 is the same in South Korea. On the 4th floor, instead of '4TH', there is sometimes an 'F' (for Fourth) instead. Because the word for 4 in Sino-Korean '사' (pronounced 'sah') sounds too much like the Korean word for 'death'. The floor number 4 and room number 4 are skipped in hospitals, funeral homes, some public buildings, etc. It's something I learned when I first started learning Korean. 흥미로워요.

[@itsjusteddie7384]

1:32:30 the hard cut to photoshop is so GOOD

[@CapriciousCobra]

1:57:55 there are benevolent ghost like this one who shows up in the back seat of people's car when they get close. She tells them to slow down so they don't careen off the curve like she did. Another would be a ghost who comforts lost children and helps them find their way home.

[@michelleparadise1784]

I love this game!!! When I was younger I got it for my birthday. I loved the easter eggs you can find. Saddest day ever was when I went to replay and I lost disk 2......

[@curlygirly1926]

It makes me so happy to watch you play Nancy Drew games. Growing up, I used to play Nancy Drew games with my sisters during the summer, so watching you play is bringing back a lot of happy memories. It’s also so fun to see you struggle in the exact same places i did, like with the calligraphy and the bento boxes. If you’re looking for more Nancy Drew games to play, I’d recommend White Wolf of Icicle Creek, the Curse of Blackmoor Manor, the Captive Curse, or the Haunting of Castle Malloy!

[@ashleywilliams2063]

I love Nancy Drew and I especially love playing the games. You are the first gamer I've ever seen play one of the games and I'm happy to see you play it and have fun with it.

[@LM-zz8yk]

I am so excited to see you playing these games. They hold such a dear place in my heart because I played them growing up with my brother and our friends. I almost couldn't believe it when I say you have playthroughs

[@YoshiNick]

Seeing this game's looks REALLY reminds me of Myst. Kinda wanna go replay it afterwards... Looking forward to the rest of the gameplay!

[@animatrix1490]

Yeah, Nancy Drew games are basically Baby's First Myst :P

[@Schooblz]

The people in the pictures with Yumi are Bess and George! The blonde one is Bess and the short haired one is George. They're cousins, and have been Nancy's friends forever!

[@princxly]

I've been waiting for this since you tweeted about it! Absolutely love Nancy Drew games ❣️