GameShark writes: "The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft came out last year on PC in hopes of bringing the popular Hardy adventures into the interactive arena. Sad to say, the results were uneven. Now a year later game publisher Dreamcatcher, a company apparently full of eternal optimists, has released a Wii version of the same title. A year having passed since the PC release, I hoped XPEC might have cleaned up some of the problems that plagued the PC version. No such luck. For good or ill (mostly ill) the game looks and plays exactly as the PC version did."
WorthPlaying writes: "In The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft, the vault of the Spencer Mansion is robbed, and the Bayport Police call on the Hardy Boys to help tie up some loose ends, but they soon find themselves in the middle of a major criminal investigation that takes them on an adventure all over Bayport, and even into New York City. But the pieces don?t add up, and Frank and Joe find themselves embroiled in a drama of sinister proportions. Is the recent theft linked to something from the past? Can Frank and Joe find and decipher the clues in time to prevent another crime from happening?"
GameZone writes: "It has been a year since the debut of the Hardy Boys in their own adventure on the PC. Previously, they have had to share the action with Nancy Drew on a few of her many adventures from Her Interactive, but last year they went solo on the PC in The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft from The Adventure Company. Now, a year later, they have been ported to the Wii."
Game Vortex writes: "The Hardy Boys license hasn't seen enough action in the gaming world, for our money. The books have also faded in years past, read by Gen-X'ers more because of their parents' fond memories than genuine interest and relevance. We had Magnum P.I. on the tube, for goodness sakes! We'll admit to reading a few Hardy Boys mysteries back in the day, but the boys have a tough time standing out in a crowded room of teenage detective characters like Encyclopedia Brown and Spider Kane, or their female counterpart Nancy Drew."
