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Talking Point Would You Like To See A Professor Layton Collection On Switch?

A true gentleman never gives up on a dream

Somehow, it has been 15 years since Professor Layton and the Lost Future (or 'the Unwound Future', depending on your region) made its debut in Japan. As with every entry in the mainline series to date, it took another couple of years until the third entry received a Western release, but when it finally did,...

• Mon 27th Nov 2023
• Talking Point
• Features
• Polls
• Nintendo
• Anniversary

Poll Box Art Brawl: Professor Layton And The Unwound Future

What would a true gentleman do?

We are back for yet another edition of Box Art Brawl, are you ready to rank some covers? Before we introduce this week's challengers, let's take a look at what went down last time. We pitted two cover variants for the SNES classic ActRaiser against each other and the results were very close indeed though the...

• Sun 15th Oct 2023
• Poll
• Box Art Brawl
• DS
• Professor Layton

Soapbox Professor Layton And The Psychology Of Puzzle Solving

Warning: Spoilers contained within!

Like many others, the Nintendo DS has a special place in my heart. Preoccupying me for hours over several years, that little plastic plaything accompanied me here, there and everywhere and with it, my strange assortment of games. As a kid, often what was advertised to me were games featuring brands like Pokémon...

• Sun 10th Nov 2019
• Features
• Professor Layton
• Soapbox

Poll Vote For Your Favourite Professor Layton Game

Professor Layton and the Public Vote

With Level-5's celebrated Professor Layton puzzle series due to arrive on Switch imminently with Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy - Deluxe Edition, a port of the 2017 3DS original, what better time to look back at the Layton clan's back catalogue? With two trilogies of games...

• Tue 5th Nov 2019
• Poll
• Professor Layton
• Level-5

News Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright Art Books Coming West from UDON Entertainment

Top-notch finger-pointing for your coffee table

Art direction fanatics who can read this are in for a treat now that UDON Entertainment will be bringing two new art books to English-speaking territories; one for Phoenix Wright's latest "I can't shout OBJECTION! on the bus" screen-tapping epic Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies and another...

• Thu 31st Jul 2014
• 3DS
• Japan
• Capcom
• Level 5
• Phoenix Wright

News Level-5's President Discusses Professor Layton's Origins and Plans for More "Unique" Games in the Series

"We wanted to offer two intelligent characters"

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy has now arrived in stores around the world, bringing a close to the prequel trilogy and, it seems, the adventures of the iconic Professor Hershel Layton. It was a fantastic finale that was also tinged with sadness, as it closed the door on the top hat wearing...

• Sun 16th Mar 2014
• 3DS
• DS
• Layton
• Level-5

Feature 12 Days of Christmas - The Azran Legacy Solves The Professor's Last Puzzle

We hope the franchise will find a solution

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is already out in Europe and arrives in North America on 28th February; for some the end is still to come while others have already closed their 3DS lid — or hit a button on the 2DS — with a regretful sigh. Level-5 may have kept the door open for the series to...

• Thu 19th Dec 2013
• Features
• 12 Days
• Nintendo Christmas
• Professor Layton
• 3DS

Interview Meet Christopher Robin Miller - Voice Actor For Professor Layton

An interview with a gentleman

We were first introduced to Professor Layton back in February 2007 with his debut title, Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Since then, the 'Sherlock Holmes' inspired character has gone from strength to strength with an original trilogy, a prequel trilogy, a movie, and an upcoming crossover with defense attorney...

• Sat 13th Apr 2013
• Interviews
• Features
• DS
• 3DS

News Level-5 May Consider Wii U Professor Layton Ports

Staff members talk Wii U

This week's issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu features a section where game developers and producers talk about Nintendo's next home console the Wii U, and among those that took part were Level-5 president and CEO Akihiro Hino and Jiro Ishii, who's working on the upcoming 3DS title Time Travelers. As reported by...

• Wed 27th Jul 2011
• Wii U
• Level-5
• Professor Layton
• Famitsu

News Super Mario Galaxy 2 Collects 4 BAFTA Nominations

Whereas DS games dominate the Handheld category

We recently brought you word that Super Mario Galaxy 2 was nominated for the GAME Award of 2010 at this year's British Academy Video Game Awards. As the only category voted by the public, our readers showed a lot of support for the rotund plumber which should hopefully help him snag the recognition. If...

• Thu 17th Feb 2011
• Wii
• DS
• BAFTA
• Awards
• Announcements