GDC: Next Layton in Europe within months
Level-5 wants to bring entire series across.
Developer Level-5 is busy localising the second Professor Layton DS adventure for North America and Europe, and boss Akihiro Hino hopes to release within six months.
He also told a GDC audience he wants every other Professor Layton game to head West, according to MTV Multiplayer).
That will include all three Japan-released instalments - The Curious Village, The Diabolical Box, The Final Time Journey - plus the upcoming fourth game, The Devil's Flute.
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (aka the Devil's Box, Pandora's Box, the Demon's Box - we're checking the official title) rejoins the titular professor and young apprentice Luke as they journey to see Layton's mentor about a mysterious box.
Japan has been playing this second instalment since November 2007, and the game has proven to be every bit as special as the Curious Village.
Head over to our Professor Layton and the Curious Village review for our joyous thoughts.
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Layton - "Now, now Luke. There's really no need for such harsh language. Calm and logic will always win through in the end. Just need to be patient dear boy."
Luke - "I'm sorry Professor. It's just so frustrating - these games have been around in Japan since 2007. Please, forgive my outburst."
Layton - "2007?! What a fucking liberty. Come on you little blonde prick, we're off to Level 5 HQ and solve this mystery with my old mates Mr. Sawnoff and Stanley Knife."
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The GF is going to be overjoyed.
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Yet completely understandable from a commercial perspective. The first instalment is currently 3rd in the all-formats chart, having finally become widely available after serious supply issues. A November release in time for Christmas would seem to be the logical option considering a new release soon could hinder sales of the first game.
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Wife also loved the game!!
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(Looking forward to Professor Layton and the Wizard's Sleeve, when the prof. gets off his tits and goes on a coke-fuelled porn and booze bender through some seedy North European city. Er... with puzzles)
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It was certainly an odd situation as it was still largely unavailable during fairly quiet times, then all of a sudden jumped right up into the top of the all-formats chart.
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As for the supply issues over Xmas, I heard it was due to stock being caught up in Entertainment UK's warehouses (as they did a lot of distribution) while Woolies went down the pan, and then was freed up when the situation resolved itself post Xmas.