Third Professor Layton dated for Europe

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 11 August, 2010

Reveals the Professor's mysterious past.

Professor Layton and the Lost Future will be released in Europe on 22nd October 2010, Nintendo has announced.

It's got 165 new brain teasers, riddles and logic puzzles.

And, as fans of Level-5's enchanting puzzle series will know, it's got a story.

The Lost Future begins when the Professor receives a mysterious letter written by his sidekick Luke.... "But sent from 10 years in the future!"

Future Luke warns of a terrible calamity that has befallen London and he needs the Professor's help.

The British Prime Minster disappeared (if only) after taking part in a special test on a time machine, which resulted in an explosion. "Could this incident be related?"

Luke and the Professor jump into the time machine to find out.

You can go on the London Underground and visit Chinatown.

There are more narrative and animated movie scenes than in the previous two games.

"Players will be able to discover more about the Professor's mysterious past through flashbacks, as the story is revealed with full-motion animation sequences that will explain the secrets behind Professor Layton's lost lover and how he obtained his well-renowned hat," says the press release.

His lost lover? What?

The jovial academic's got the 'Laytonmobile', which you can direct, and a new pet parrot to interact with.

For those who are truly stuck, there's a new Super Hint feature that offers an "extremely telling clue".

The US version of the game is called Professor Layton And The Unwound Future. We don't know why Nintendo changed it for Europe, either.

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About Wesley Yin-Poole

Wesley is Eurogamer's news editor. He likes news, interviews, and more news. He also likes Street Fighter more than anyone can get him to shut up about it.

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  • ZeroAX #1 2 years ago

    cause Layton and Pandora's Box was better a better name than the Diabolical box. even if it wasn't called either of those in the game. Likewise the lost future sounds better imo, even though both are crap names for a game
    Edited by 1 at 11/08/10 @ 15:18

  • andywilkie35 #2 2 years ago

    22nd of October, I will officially be doing no work and sitting at my desk playing this all day

  • Der_tolle_Emil #3 2 years ago

    Day one purchase. The series so far as been terrific. Needless to say I can't wait for the 3ds versions either, should make for some very nice puzzles.

  • FreakyZoid #4 2 years ago

    A box that kills anyone who opens it is a pretty diabolical box. It isn't Pandora's box.

  • Crazyreyn #5 2 years ago

    One of the few reasons to keep hold of a DS. Day one for me.

  • lennon #6 2 years ago

    Is there still an rpg buried in this?

  • Der_tolle_Emil #7 2 years ago

    There was never anything resembling a RPG in the Layton games.

  • souvlaki #8 2 years ago


    @lennon

    It's the fourth one that has teh RPG, "Professor Layton's London Life" :

    Professor Layton's London Life (レイトン教授の 2525;ンドンライフ;) is a 100 hour RPG developed by Brownie Brown. The game features many of the Professor Layton Series characters, from all four games released as of 2009. The game allows the player to create his/her own avatar that they can have live in London. Specific londoners will ask them to do certain tasks, unlocking more places in London to visit. The game has been described to have graphics very similar to Mother 3, and it has been said that London Life is a sneak peek for a new Level-5 game, Fantasy Life. (from Wikipedia)

  • lennon #9 2 years ago

    Ah ok cheers.

    Just googled and realised I had misread the original article and assumed the next one coming out was the fourth one.

    http://ww w.joystiq.com/2009/08/25/profes...
    Edited by 1 at 11/08/10 @ 16:53

  • Old_Books #10 2 years ago

    Amazon have the RRP listed as £39.99! WTF! Robbin' bastards.

  • FenderMaster #11 2 years ago

    love the series, such character! Pandora's Box at some very poorly worded puzzles though... and MCQ puzzles for which more than one answer should have been correct...

    regardless, who doesn't love Layton? They really take their time between releases though...

  • bionutz #12 2 years ago

    wasn't there a reference to his lover in the pandora's box?

  • firefly #13 2 years ago

    @FenderMaster

    Really? As far as I can tell they seem to be going for one a year for the localised versions, which is pretty regular.

    By the way. If anybody else is interested the Layton movie, released in Japanese cinemas earlier this year, is also out on DVD and Blu-Ray in October.

  • IneptPercy #14 2 years ago

    Only just got on the second one, played the first then played all the phoenix wright games back to back, feels odd now.

    Either way the first was great and the second is so far so this should be great too.

  • Toothball #15 2 years ago

    Good news, it's been a while since I got done with the last one. Been tempted to check in on Puzzle Agent to fill the gap.