Professor Layton series

By JC Fletcher It would appear that Nintendo made the right decision in finally getting around to releasing Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box worldwide, as the company was able to trade that box for one filled with cash money. The company released a supplement to its earnings report, listing the m...

By Richard Mitchell Everything is improved with waggle. It's a fact. Scientifically proven. And yet, Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino has still seen fit to crush everyone's hopes of a waggle-infused Professor Layton. Hino told Official Nintendo Magazine that the upcoming Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel wil...

By Alexander Sliwinski Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (the Diabolical Box in the States) held onto the number two spot from the week prior, while Halo 3: ODST sales dropped 75 percent to the third spot, after holding last week's crown. Source -- All formats chart (Chart Track)FIFA 10 debuts with record UK sal...

By Alexander Sliwinski It appears that Professor Layton is in Boston today, working the streets to promote his latest adventure, The Diabolical Box. Those who track down the professor will receive a "fun Nintendo gift," as well as entry into a draw for five Nintendo DSi systems. Check out the official rules for al...

By Justin McElroy Warner Bros. says it's counting on Scribblenauts to start a new puzzle franchise, getting a taste of the same success that a certain top-hatted DS puzzler has enjoyed. "What Scribblenauts offers is something akin to Nintendo's Professor Layton - an addictive and challenging game that ha...

By David Hinkle Despite being absent from the August NPD figures, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box managed to be somewhat of a success in the US. Gamasutra obtained some data from NPD that shows the game sold 65,700 copies in the month of August, which isn't all that bad considering the game went on s...

By Shaun Hatton But hey, that’s just my opinion. Professor Layton and the Curious Village was my favorite videogame of last year, and poor box art design decisions are in no way getting between me and owning this upcoming title. In fact, I’m willing to kick babies and push over grandmas just for another chan...

By JC Fletcher At Level-5's panel, director Akihiro Hino showed a list of current projects, including Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, an English translation of the name of the second Layton game. Later, during the Q&A, someone asked Hino if the sequel was being localized for North Americ...

By rss@youtube.com (FreakRayquaza) Hello everybody!!! This one is not the best but also not the worst AMV that i made... (the quality should be better but my movie maker version is old as it can be...) Oban star racers is the second best anime in the world!!!( The first one is of course Professor Layton! XD) It's about a teenager called...

 UK - Rejuvenated stock levels of the previously hard-to-find Professor Layton and the Curious Village also see another new entry in the top ten, with Nintendo’s ...

By Alisha Karabinus Filed under: DS DailyToday, over on Wii Fanboy, we thought we'd discuss the worst games of the year. Here? We want to hear about some of the best, but with a twist: we want to know what games you recommended most often. Did you tell all your friends that the paddle controller made Space Invaders...

By Michael McWhertor 04. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) - 94,000 / 342,000 05. Penguin no Mondai (DS) - 59,000 / NEW 06. Professor Layton and The Final Time Journey (DS) - 58,000 / 492,000 07. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 58,000 / 2,066,000 08. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 45,000 / 1,289,000

By Michael McWhertor Level 5's third puzzle-filled Professor Layton adventure for the Nintendo DS tops the Media Create charts this week, fending off a strong PlayStation 3 newcomer with almost 350,000 copies sold to Japanese gamers. For the best selling software in Japan, from Nov. 24 to 30, read on, you craz...

By Greg Howson Following on from Keith's handy blog about games for kids comes news that Lego Batman was the winner of the Best Videogame at the, erm, 2008 Children's BAFTA's. Congratulations and all that but is Lego Batman really the best kids game of the year? Sure, Batman is fun enough – though the "Lego...

By Chris Greenhough Then again, the Professor Layton series has the potential to be a very fine movie. Level 5 thinks so, anyway, because it plans to release Professor Layton The First Movie. For now, only a Japanese version is planned, with January 2010 being mooted as a possible release window. This makes perf...

By Alisha Karabinus Filed under: NewsThis week, Japan gets what we desperately want -- another dose of Professor Layton -- but the pain of that is mitigated somewhat by Chrono Trigger and the rest of the North American lineup. Not a bad holiday week all in all! As ever, we're curious what you might be picking up n...

By Matthew Madeiro Skipping freely through the game's myriad puzzles is hardly ideal, of course, but what can you do? Some of Layton's 135 brain-destroyers can make even a grown puzzle-solver cry, so it's a testament to the solid game design that you can still feel the satisfaction of completing the game ev...

 CA - Nov 7, 2008 At the behest of one Lady Dahlia, puzzle expert Professor Layton and squawk-voiced assistant Luke (eminently punch-able thanks to his rather novel approach ...

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Professor Layton and the Curious Village - review. A portion of an ONM review… The surprise smash hit of the winter? We hope so, as this puzzler is one of the console’s very best games. + Gorgeous art style + Satisfying puzzles ...

By RawmeatCowboy Satisfying puzzles +Plenty of content +Dazzling story -Some aimless wandering. You’ll have to wait until Friday to check out the full review. It appears in the latest issue of ONM, which doesn’t hit shelves until the end of the week. ...

By Candyland =^.^= Rating: PG Word Count: 1704 Genre: Drama Disclaimer: I don't own Professor Layton. Or his top-hat of awesome. Part III of Day by Day. (Layton's new role is growing on him as Luke just grows, and Luke makes a very unpleasant discovery. ...

By 山崎さん Pairings: Professor Layton x OC, speculated Professor Layton x Luke Warnings: Homosexuality (of course) and a little angst Summary: Hershel Layton narrates his life as an University student and how his passion for puzzles began. ...

By Chris Greenhough A quick poll of the DS Fanboy team revealed quite diverse expectations. I'm banking on Professor Layton dates for not-Japan, JC reckons there'll be a bunch of stuff about Cooking Guide, while Dave thinks there could be an iPhone-style apps store for downloading titles directly to the han...

By JC Fletcher Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel puts Layton and Luke in a fanciful clockwork interpretation of the future, guided by an adult Luke who looks exactly like a slightly lankier version of Luke. As the title suggests, an experimental time machine breaks when it sends the duo on their j...

By ink'n'imp Characters: Professor Layton, Luke, Flora, Don Paolo…and their genderbended counterparts *dies!* Summary: Things always appear different in the morning's light… Author Notes: The original idea for this was in 3 parts…and it's grown so ...

By Alisha Karabinus Akira Tago's Brain Exercise Vol. 1: Travel Around the World Solving Puzzles and Sloane and McHale's Mysterious Story were both listed in the same issue of Famitsu in which the other games were announced, though these two were buried in the schedule for 2009. We don't know much about Sloane a...

By Chris Greenhough Gallery: Pixelninja's cosplay Want moar cosplay? We've seen creative folks dressing up to pay tribute to all sorts of DS games, including Nintendogs, Zelda, Professor Layton, Advance Wars, The World Ends With You, and even, um, Brain Training.

By Candyland Fandom: Professor Layton Rating: PG Word Count: 831 Genre: Humor Disclaimer: I don't own Professor Layton. Or his top-hat of awesome. Teaser: Luke has a question. About girls. Luke stood in the doorway of Layton’s office for several ...

By noreply@blogger.com (jvm) Professor Layton and his ward, Luke, set out to find The Golden Apple, a treasure hidden in the village of St. Mystere. Each resident of the town plies the famous professor for solutions to various brain teasers, many of which make good use of the stylus for sketching out solutions as well as a...

By Alisha Karabinus So, uh ... we all bought Professor Layton and the Curious Village, right? If not, trust -- you are really missing out. But that's not the point of today's morning chitchat. No, instead we'd like to ask a burning question: where the hell are the other two Layton games? We hoped to see them announced...

By Chris Greenhough The concerns we voiced about Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir after playing it at E3 have not been assuaged by the latest videos for the game. While we were hoping for a puzzle-based adventure in the vein of Level 5's brilliant Professor Layton and the Curious Village, MillionHeir won't be...

By Raychophile Fandom: Professor Layton and the Curious Village Rating: G Genre: Angst, one-shot Word Count: 567 Summary: Layton Fanworks Meme. Request: Show me deathfic. Yes, deathfic. The angstier the better. Death can be either Layton's or Young ...

By Alisha Karabinus But not everyone is so lucky. Recent adopters, or those who had a DS, but only discovered the handheld's depth of late, are faced with shelves and shelves of games from which to choose. Some things are easy picks: Link and Mario rarely make bad choices for the Nintendo fan. But there's so much el...

By Alisha Karabinus Filed under: Nintendo Wi-Fi, DS DailyWhile there are lots of DS games that support online multiplayer over the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection, there are also many titles that use the service for some other online content. Level sharing is becoming a more common feature, and even downloadabl...

By Chris Greenhough What was your defining "Is ... that it?" game on the DS? For this blogger, there can be only one: Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Ten hours of glorious puzzling, a charming, twisty storyline, and barely any replay value to speak of (apart from the weekly downloadable puzzles, though...

By maskalade Disclaimer: I don’t own Professor Layton. Can you imagine what havoc I’d wreak with that series? Summary: A prompt by [info] ariante. Layton is dead; Luke refuses to accept it, and takes desperate measures to prevent it. ...

By Michael McWhertor 13. Boura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 14. Luminous Arc 2: Will (DS) 16. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 17. Ochaken no Heya DS 3 (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 23. Haze (PS3) 26. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 27. SimCity DS 2: Kodaikara Mirai e Tsudzukumachi (DS) 29. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

By Michael McWhertor 11. Pokémon Ranger Batonage! (DS) 15. Mario Kart DS (DS) 16. Boura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 21. SimCity DS 2: Kodaikara Mirai e Tsudzukumachi (DS) 24. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 25. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Fate of Heat (DS) 28. Emblem of Gundam (DS) 29. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

By Candace Savino Filed under: Reviews Puzzle games usually offer more bang for their buck than most other types of software. Since many in the genre are relatively easy to design, they're often budget titles, too. But whether or not they come cheaply, you can expect to invest a lot of time in any good puzzler. G...

By N Rumas In March I was carving out time to play video games for the first time in months. What game was making this happen? Professor Layton. The game is amazing. The art direction is just absolutely fantastic and the characters are great. Combine that with a far more mature storyline than I was expecti...

By Michael McWhertor 15. Mario Kart DS (DS) 18. Professor Layton and The Devil's Box (DS) 20. Final Fantasy IV (DS) 21. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 22. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 23. Dragon Quest IV (DS) 27. Houkago Shounen (DS) 28. Nep League DS (DS) 30. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)

By Michael McWhertor 02. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 90,000 / NEW 03. Mario Party DS (DS) - 33,000 / 1,560,000 06. Professor Layton and the Devil's Box (DS) - 22,000 / 730,000 07. Final Fantasy IV (DS) - 22,000 / 559,000 08. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) - 19,000 / 488,000

The game will introduce you to Professor Layton, a puzzle expert and archaeologist, and his apprentice Luke who are hired to find a treasure hidden in the village of St. Mystere. Prepare to be faced with over 130 puzzles including mazes, riddles, logic and sliding puzzles. In addition playe...

By Michael McWhertor 15. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (DS) 16. Mario Kart DS (DS) 17. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 18. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (DS) 23. Tales of Innocence (DS) 29. Nep League DS (DS) 30. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

By Michael McWhertor Last week, Professor Layton and his mystery solving skills stole Wii Fit's thunder, forcing it to settle for a number two debut. This week, however, Wii Fit reigns supreme atop its bloody Japanese throne, gazing down upon Professor Layton and the Devil's Box, Lost Odyssey and a trio of Mar...

By Michael McWhertor 01. Professor Layton and the Devil's Box (DS) - 294,000 / NEW 04. Dragon Quest IV (DS) - 135,000 / 732,000 06. Mario Party DS (DS) - 80,000 / 539,000 09. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) - 41,000 / 103,000 10. Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008 (DS) - 35,000 / NEW

12. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) 13. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS) 14. More English Training (DS) 16. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (DS) 21. Panel de Pon DS (DS) 24. English Training (DS) 26. Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan DS (DS) 29. Pokémon Diamond (DS)

By Michael McWhertor The world was turned upside down as Level 5's RPG Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village rose to the top of the Japanese sales charts. Amazing sales of a DS game? In Japan? What's next, bread sold in pre-cut slices? Look at those non-DS games hang on for dear life. It's so thrilling!