Cate West: The Vanishing Files

The vision is somewhat connected to a crime committed in Arcadia city, and that's when the police seeks Cate to help them solve a series of crimes dubbed The Vanishing Files.

What Cate doesn't know yet is that those crimes are connected to her father's murder, which happened 17 years ago, and also to the Biblical legend of the 3 Magi.

Cate West: The Vanishing Files is an adventure game heavily focused on puzzle solving.

The gameplay consists in five steps:1.

Finding Clues: from a list of objects, the player has to find a certain number of them for each case in the crime scenes available.

Finding Evidence: each evidence is broken into several pieces and scattered in a crime scene.

A pictorial guide will help the player finding each part of the evidence at the crime scenes, while avoiding wrong clicks.

Confirming Hideout: to confirm a criminal's hideout, the player has to find differences between a photography and Cate's vision, clicking either the left or right picture to spot them.

Picking the Criminal: the player has to pick the criminal among the suspects.

To do so, he has to search the evidences for more clues which will point characteristics of the criminal.

With that data and the hideout, the player can exclude unlikely criminals and point the right one.

Matching the Crime Scene: once in the trial, the player has to match the courtroom testimony with the memory of the crime scene.

A collection of objects will be given to the player and he has to place them on either one of the images so they can match.

The player can use hints clicking on a hint button.

When the hint is used, a blue ring will show where the clue is hidden or needs to be placed.

The more hints used, the less bonus points are received.

Bonus points are also given for speed, i.e., finding objects in a quick sequen

Cate West: The Vanishing Files for Nintendo DS is currently worth €8.52 loose, €4.98 complete in box, and €9.62 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Cate West: The Vanishing Files has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Cate West: The Vanishing Files, loose is €8.52 and CIB is €4.98 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of Cate West: The Vanishing Files is currently worth €8.52 loose, versus €7.29 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.