The Hardy Boys vs. The Hardy Boys

The Hardy Boys vs. The Hardy Boys, also known as Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon vs. The Creature of Kapu Cave, the only two HeRinteractive Nancy Drew games to have the Hardy Boys appear in person.


Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, home of Frank and Joe 1.0:

The Hardys are at their prime, helping Nance solve the mystery and still managing to crack some good lines. The whole mystery revolves around Jake Hurley's train and long lost mine. You even get to investigate a might be kidnapping. In the process, you get to explore said train and an old mining town, including a taffy store.


In The Creature of Kapu Cave, the Hardys get a major make-over:

You get to switched back and forth between the Hardys and Nancy a lot, while there's not much contact between the trio of detectives. It's starts out with two mysteries, the Hardys case and Nancy case, but they end up entwined.

Personally, I've always liked Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon better, the Hardys seems more realistic and the mystery is more involved. The Creature of Kapu Cave doesn't have the same level of graphics, character development, or mystery. And you spent to much time making necklaces.

What are your feelings on the two games and their portrayal of Frank and Joe? Do you have a distinct favorite?

Cou

Hardy Boys Games

DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. produced two Hardy Boys PC games: The Hidden Theft in 2008 and The Perfect Crime in 2009. Personally, I never got to play them but I never really heard anything good about them.


The Hidden Theft is a adventure game, but from the reviews on Amazon and what I've heard on the HeR message boards, there's a lot of bugs and the game isn't up to par with the Nancy Drew games. The main complaint seems to be the plot: super lame.


The second is a hidden object game, and a really bad one apparently. Courtesy of the Amazon reviews, I found out that the Hardys spend most of the time cleaning up their room or the Chief's office just to find one item.  Sounds like basically the same thing they did with the Agatha Christie hidden object games.


Apparently another company acquired the rights to the Hardy Boys games, but no plans for another game have been made public. Hopefully, if they decide to make one, they'll improve upon the older games.


Of course, there's also the Hardy Boys DS game, Treasure on the Tracks, produced by HeR. I've never played it because I don't have access to a computer, but what I've heard is good. And then there's always the part where Samantha Quick shows up. I watched over half of Arglefumph's video walkthrough, and with the exception that it seems like a Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon/Romanov crossover, I'd have to say it looks awesome.


Overall, they're have been mixed results on the Hardy Boys games front. The PC games have been a bit of a failure, but the DS game has met with pretty good reception, though nothing about a sequel has been said.


Your thoughts?


Cou

The Hardys Need to Invite Nancy into ATAC

Anyone who's read the new Hardy Boys series: Undercover Brothers, or played Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, knows about the top secret American Teens Against Crime (ATAC). And that Nancy has long since found out about the Hardys involvement in the agency.


This naturally begs the question: why haven't Frank and Joe invited Nancy into the group? Is it because, technically, Nancy isn't suppose to know? Or because Nancy has never been known to be involved in an agency like ATAC?


Most likely it's because, with the exception of the cases in the super mysteries, games, and the tv show, they've never fused major parts of Nancy Drew and Frank and Joe's world together. But, who says that couldn't change?


What if Nancy got a trial run as a ATAC agent at the beginning of one of the new super mysteries, got her first case, but ended up wrapped up in the same case as the Hardys. But at the end didn't actually join ATAC because it didn't work for her? Okay, so maybe that's a bit complicated, but you get the idea. 


Anyone else for Nancy to join ATAC?


Cou