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Fifth Professor Layton game announced News
DS News by Oli Welsh
Level-5 has announced the fifth game in its wildly successful series of Professor Layton puzzle adventures. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask will slot into Japanese DS consoles in autumn next year.
The announcement was made at a launch event for fourth game Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute, according to Andriasang. Europe and North America have yet to receive the third instlament, The Last Time Travel, but initial sequelPandora's Box came out earlier this year.
Miracle Mask is set in a magical town called Casino City which was created by the wish-granting Mask of the title. Level-5 showed artwork depicting a night-time circus parade with a giant inflatable clown. According to Famitsu, there will be significant changes to the game's systems.
If there was any doubt about Layton's popularity in Japan - a spin-off animated movie is due in December - Level-5 also hinted at a second movie and announced a promotion with McDonald's which would see exclusive puzzles available for download in the fast-food chain.
The series has sold almost eight million copies worldwide.
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designerheadache
26/11/09 @ 11:23
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i assume it will follow the rather excellent "layton" film due out next yeat too?
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designerheadache
26/11/09 @ 11:25
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@Epilogue My Answer is this: you appear to be confusing american dross CSI with an awesome puzzle game
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designerheadache
26/11/09 @ 11:28
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@Razz unfortunately we are very far behind Japan in the layton series, they are 3 games and an imminenet feature film ahead of us
If you speak japanese you could always jump ahead |
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designerheadache
26/11/09 @ 12:29
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@Epilogue lol yeah tbh perhaps something revolving around solving a more lateral thinking puzzle to unlock more puzzles in the traditional style would actually be a good diversion from the current format.
for example a treasure chest stuck on a ledge, solve the problem of "how" to get it down and then solve a more traditional puzzle to open the chest.
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designerheadache
26/11/09 @ 13:28
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@Caimbeul yes thats correct, we are nearly 3 games behind the japanese, due to it all needing to be translated
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The fifth game is the final one, right? Or is there potential for more?
Also, I love how EG constantly make a point of how far behind Europe and the US are in the series, every time there's a bit of news about Professor Layton! It is annoying, but it's a reasonably text heavy game and the translations are very good. Although some of the puzzles suffer in the clarity department, they certainly don't bodge the translation. |
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