Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring (Wii)

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Description

Sherlock Holmes and his loyal sidekick Dr. Watson have been invited to a reception in Sherringford Hall. The wealthy industrial Sir Bromsby wants to commemorate the return of his daughter to England. As the host climbs the stage and starts to deliver his welcome speech, he is shot. Suspicion is immediately drawn towards his daughter, but Holmes decides to thoroughly investigate the case.

Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring is a third-person point-and-click adventure set in 19th century England. Players control both Holmes and Watson, interrogating witnesses and suspects, and searching for material clues and evidence. Basic inventory equipment are a test tube, a tape measure and a magnifying glass, all of which can be used to examine the environment and other objects found. A few times in the game the player is taken to Holmes' lab desk, to analyze some substances or tissues.

Notes of all findings and conversations are automatically written down in a diary for future reference. At the end of each of the five days the game is divided in, a quiz has to be filled in correctly to progress.

Screenshots

There are no Wii screenshots for this game.

There are 28 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "银耳环疑案" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Шерлок Холмс: Загадка серебряной сережки" -- Russian spelling
• "Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring" -- Wii title
• "Sherlock Holmes: Případ stříbrné naušnice" -- Czech title
• "Sherlock Holmes: L’Orecchino d’Argento" -- Italian title
• "Sherlock Holmes i tajemnica srebrnego kolczyka" -- Polish title
• "Sherlock Holmes: El Pendiente de Plata" -- Spanish title
• "Sherlock Holmes: Case of Sherringford Hall" -- Working title
• "Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes : la Boucle d'Argent" -- French title
• "Das Geheimnis des silbernen Ohrrings" -- German title
• "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring" -- UK title

Part of the Following Groups

• Fictional character: Sherlock Holmes
• Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes series
• Inspiration: Literature
• Setting: Belle Époque
• Setting: Indian

User Reviews

There are no reviews for the Wii release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.

The Press Says

4Players.de	Dec 09, 2011	76 out of 100	76
GamingXP	Jan 03, 2012	70 out of 100	70
GamezGeneration	Dec 07, 2011	6.5 out of 10	65
Spazio Games	Dec 09, 2011	6.5 out of 10	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Dec 05, 2011	9 out of 20	45

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Trivia

Novel

The end credits note that the game was based on a novel by Jalil Amr. This doesn't refer to a published novel, but to something along the lines of fanfiction. Emailing Frogwares for more information about it, would result in a reply from the company's CEO Waël Amr stating: "The author wishes the novel not to be public and anyway it’s in French!"

References

Much of the game takes place at Sherringford Hall. Sherringford Hope (or Holmes) and Ormond Sacker were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original name choices for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John (or James) Watson.

Related Web Sites

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Silver Earring" (Frogwares' official game page)
• Case of the Silver Earring (Official web site)
• Hints for Silver Earring (If you're having trouble with the puzzles or situations in this game, this file might help you solve them. It gives you subtle hints before final solutions are revealed in a question and answer format.)
• MaGtRo's Walkthrough (hosted on Gameboomers.com)