The Nancy Drew franchise has been adapted into other forms of media with varied success. Illustrations of the character evolved over time to reflect contemporary styles. In 2012, the Girl Detective series ended, and a new series, Nancy Drew Diaries, was launched in 2013. Launched in 2004, the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series features Nancy driving a hybrid electric vehicle and using a cell phone. In the 1980s, an older and more professional Nancy emerged in a new series, The Nancy Drew Files, that included romantic subplots for the sleuth. In the revision process, the heroine's original character was changed to be less unruly and violent.

Beginning in 1959, the books were extensively revised and shortened, partly to lower the printing costs, with arguable success. Over the decades the character has evolved in response to changes in American culture and tastes. Created by the publisher Edward Stratemeyer as the female counterpart to his Hardy Boys series, the character first appeared in 1930 in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, which lasted until 2003 and consisted of 175 novels.

The books are ghostwritten by a number of authors and published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The game makes effective use of a new setting and the Japanese horror elements provide a freshness to the long-standing detective series.Nancy Drew is a fictional character appearing in several mystery book series, movies, video games, and a TV show as a teenage amateur sleuth. Shadow at the Water's Edge includes two separate difficulty levels - junior and senior - with the junior difficulty offering easier puzzles and more hints. Guests in the ryokan are being scared away and Nancy Drew must uncover the mystery.

The plot centers on Nancy Drew investigating strange happenings in a traditional Japanese family ryokan, or inn, located in Kyoto. Gameplay is primarily based on puzzle solving, although there are exploration and interrogation elements as well. Players take control of the title character, Nancy Drew an amateur detective who has traveled to Japan. Nancy Drew - Shadow at the Water's Edge is a point-and-click adventure and puzzle game, developed by Her Interactive, and loosely based on the novels 'The Thirteenth Pearl' and 'Tour of Danger'. Softonic review Point-and-Click Detective Game Based on Nancy Drew Novels

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