Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village

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Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village
Developer(s) Level-5
Publisher(s) Level-5
Release date(s) Flag of Japan February 15, 2007
Flag of Canada Flag of United States TBA 2007
Flag of European Union TBA 2007
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single Player
Rating(s) Flag of Japan CERO: A
Flag of Canada Flag of United States ESRB: TBD
Flag of European Union PEGI: TBD
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Media 64MB + 64KB EEPROM
Input Stylus

Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village is an adventure game developed and published by Level-5 for the Nintendo DS, and is the first installment of the Professor Layton trilogy. It combines a traditional narrative with puzzle focused gameplay similar to that of Nintendo's extremely popular Brain Training series.

A sequel titled Professor Layton and Pandora's Box is in development for the Nintendo DS as well as the third game in the trilogy.[1]

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[edit] Gameplay

A playable demo of Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village is available on their official web site.[1] The game is essentially a collection of puzzles with adventure style exploration between minigames.

[edit] Development

Chiba University Professor Akira Tago is supervising direction on the game's development, with Level-5 President and CEO Akihiro Hino serving as producer. The title is scheduled to release in Japan on February 15th, 2007.

Layton's creation was a direct result of Hino's childhood love of Tago's popular Head Gymnastics series of puzzle books, which have sold more than 12 million copies to date in Japan. The game will make use of over 2,000 puzzles from Tago's books, all of which have been modified to support the DS stylus and touchscreen. Tago will also contribute 30 brand new puzzles to the game, developed specifically with the unique capabilities of the Nintendo DS in mind.[2][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gantayat, Anoop. "Professor Layton Returns", IGN DS, IGN, 2007-02-14. Retrieved on 2007-02-16.
  2. ^ Lumb, Jonathan (Oct. 11, 2006). Professor Layton Preview. 1UP.
  3. ^ Cochran, David (Oct. 18, 2006). Level-5 Interview with Akihiro Hino. Games Are Fun.

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