Professor Layton DS

[Warudo Ecksu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profess...e_Eternal_Diva

Says it was released in Japan last December. Suppose to be out in Britain next month. US release hasn't been announced, but I'll prob just find the British version & watch that.

Edit: After reading further, the first movie takes place directly after Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute, which probably won't be released in the US for another year or two, so it'd be kind of pointless to try to watch the movie now

[Lebzile]

Holy shit, how far ahead is Japan in the Layton games?

[Kaisha]

About two years at this point thanks to them having taken fucking forever to localize #2.

They've had the fourth Layton (prequel to the first) released back in late November of 2009.


I just hope the 3DS release will just be a DS game with an enhanced mode for 3DS owners for those that want 3D in their............. 2D game.
(kinda like some DS games on the market that'll make use of the DSi cam if you just so happen to be playing on that instead of a Fat/Lite)

[Parshias]

Just finished the game, although I have a couple of the bonus challenge puzzles left.

After an ending like that, I honestly have no idea how the fourth game could possibly top it. Going from scenes that are totally awesome to ones that will make you cry little bitch tears. I lost it when Layton did what he did right before the credits rolled.

[Cheerios]

I lost it a little bit too at that part. Excellent game, though!

I'm not looking forward to waiting weeks for the weekly puzzles to release. I'll probably leave the game alone for a few months.

[Kaisha]

I want to strangle that fucking parrot and his minigame.......

[Tobi]

Get your first look at the 3DS version of Layton through this this
trailer Level-5 shared yesterday:

Miracle Mask, announced initially as a DS game but switched to 3DS
at E3, was playable at the Nintendo Conference 2010 press briefing
yesterday. 4gamer filed a report.

The event demo started off with a movie. This showed 2D
characters in a 3D world, making it look like the characters were
floating in the backgrounds. The 4gamer writer felt that for this
area of the game, it might be better to switch off the 3D volume.

After the movie, the game showed 3D models of Layton and Luke,
something that surprised the 4gamer writer. These were cell
shaded and resembled the models from DS's Ni no Kuni game.

Conversation sequences show various illustrations as well. These
scenes have depth too, making it look like the message window, 3D
character models and illustrations have been stacked up on one
another.

Separate from the 3D visual effects, the 4gamer writer noted
that the game has an improved control system. You now use the
bottom screen like the touch pad on a notebook computer. Rather
than directly pointing to things, you bring up a magnifying glass on
the top screen and drag this around by sliding the touch pen on the
bottom screen.

The 4gamer writer was able to sample one puzzle, although this
didn't really make full use of the 3D effect aside from being
viewable in 3D. Still, the writer got the impression that the final
version could make use of 3D for some effective puzzles.

Layton is one of the many 3DS games listed with a Spring time
frame, so we should get a full look at 3D gaming from Level-5 not
too long after the 3DS sees release.

During the press conference yesterday, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino
delivered a video message where he said of the new game: "The
Professor Layton characters will come out in 3D, and you'll feel like
you're there. The focus thus far has been on puzzles where you
read text, but this time we're making a new puzzle solving system.
Because the images come out of the screen, the focus will be on
play through the pictures, resulting in a more direct feel that will
allow for children to understand as well."

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/201..._mask_trailer/

[MoogleAura]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profess...e_Eternal_Diva

Says it was released in Japan last December. Suppose to be out in Britain next month. US release hasn't been announced, but I'll prob just find the British version & watch that.

Edit: After reading further, the first movie takes place directly after Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute, which probably won't be released in the US for another year or two, so it'd be kind of pointless to try to watch the movie now

You don't really need to play the 4th game before you watch the movie. Layton's assistant Remi, Det. Grotsky from Scotland Yard and villain Descarl (who all appeared in the 4th game) are in the movie but there's no reference to events of that game. I watched it while I was in Japan and then bought the DvD back in July just before I came home. :D

R4 AP protection...>_< Guess I'll wait for the EU retail release next month.

[Cheerios]

R4 AP protection...>_< Guess I'll wait for the EU retail release next month.

R4 AP protection regarding which game? The Japanese releases, or the American ones?

WoodR4 lets me play any game so far. You just need to run some games through a patcher. WoodR4 tutorials are out there if you want to download the software to upgrade your normal R4.