[DS] Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village.

Trailer (YouTube)

A new adventure (maybe?) game for DS developed by Level 5. You know Level 5, they made some fairly unknown games like uuh, oh, Dark Cloud 1 and 2, Rogue Galaxy and they've also got that White Knight Story for PlayStation 3.

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Titled Layton Kyoujuu to Fushigi na Machi (Professor Layton and the Mysterious Town), players assume the role of Professor Layton and a boy named Ruke, voiced respectively by Yo Oizumi and Maki Horikita. The game begins when the two, in search of an inheritance left behind by the wealthy Alan Reinford, visit the mysterious town of the title. They're greeted with a series of mysteries that require puzzle solving on the part of the player.

The puzzles of Mysterious Town take on a variety of forms, including geometry, number and quiz games. In one example, you have to use three cups to measure out an exact amount of water. Another example shows you a picture of two barbers and asks you whom you'd rather have cut your hair. You can ask for a hint, assuming you've found the requisite hint medallions from around town.

Mysterious Town uses the stylus for most of its controls. When moving about through town, you select your next location by pointing and tapping a map, and investigate key spots by directly tapping. The stylus is also used when solving puzzles, allowing for a bit of trial and error when presented with a challenge.

Level 5 president Akihiro Hino is serving as producer and planner on this title which, like many puzzle-based DS games, is being supervised by an old Japanese guy. This time, best-selling author Akira Tago takes the honors. Tago wrote a series of mental training books called Atama no Taisou, which went on to sell over 12 million copies. As a child, Hino was a fan of the series, prompting the start of this project.

A Japanese release for Mysterious Town is set for February 15, 2007. A US release has yet to be announced.

Here's something to click on if you want.





Apparently it has FMV, too.











ADVENTURE (MAYBE?!) TASTY.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

First post updated with the trailer. Nice music and cartoony animey stuffy, but it shows very little of the game.

How ya doing, buddy?

Whoa this thread's ancient! Still very interested in playing this also, but there are too many other games now. Sorry Professor you are very late and grape escaaaape fuck that board game was awesome.

Maybe I'll chuck it in with mah Apollo Justice order ='(

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.