You know when Level 5 is involved you're going to get some high quality animation, but this animated trailer for the upcoming Professor Layton & Phoenix Wright crossover for 3DS is possibly the studio's best work yet. Why? Because it features more top hats, finger-pointing and Objection!-shouting than anything we've ever seen.
Although it's all in Japanese, one blog has provided a translation. Bear in mind this is a fan translation, not an official one, so obviously details are subject to change.
Layton: “The culprit behind the witchcraft that put the city in chaos…You are the very one!”
Girl: “You’re wrong. I am not a witch.”
Layton: “Then how did you know the contents of the book you could not have possibly read?”
Phoenix: “OBJECTION! Professor, there is a glaring contradiction in your testimony.”
Luke: “What’s written in the book becomes reality.”
Maya: “What? That’s impossible!”
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Girl: “I will probably be killed soon, it’s been written in the book.”
Phoenix: “We won’t let that happen.”
Layton: “Mr. Wright, I believe we both have made a grave error…”
Layton: “Now Luke, what a guardian of the law says is not necessarily the truth.”
Phoenix: “To be honest, I don’t like that sir Silk Hat much at all…”
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oh man that looks awesome. love that scene with her looking out at the burning town, hell yes~
This will be awesome. And, I really need to get a Layton and a Phoenix game at some point. I'm interested in both, just yet to pick up either xD
And that translation makes just as much sense as me watching the trailer in Japanese. Hoo boy.
Well whatever as long as I get my courtroom drama this should be amazing~
Are you guys sure this is real or just some hoax?
Courtroom drama is back!
Investigations can be Laytons thing.
I wanna get my OBJECTION!! on.
holy... crap
great animation
this looks way too professional to be a hoax imo.
/me still needs to play the DS PW and PL games, though D:
Couldn't they have tried translating the captions as well - that would have gone further to helping us understand the trailer.
I wonder what form the game will take - I doubt it'd be solely Layton or Phoenix Wright, but maybe it might be a welcome revolution for both games!
3DS = Amazingly awesome. This is proof.
HOLY SSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH. you'll wake the neighbors.
Mmm. Tasty.
I wonder how the game will actually play though, it hasn't shown anything about that. :/
Its a really odd team up, and it looks really cool.
but I never play any of Professor Layton or Phoenix Wright games.
I guess, this is as Close as it gets for a Nintendo Vs Capcom game.
Match made in heaven
And this is a good opportunity to try phoenix wright too!
Phoenix: “To be honest, I don’t like that sir Silk Hat much at all…”
Oh snap.
Goodbye Social Life, Hello Phoenix and Layton. I simply cannot wait for this to come out, Ace Attorney and Professor Layton are two of my favourite DS Games.
So its finally gonna happen, huh?
A Truely Awesome Anime Game ! I Love TheAnimation And Im Not Bad At Solving Mysteries :3 Im Thinking About Getting A Professor Layton Game
Awesome, hopefully the 3DS Layton titles don't have a big black boarder around the cutscenes and take up the entire screen.
Looks great, but I wonder about how the gameplay will end...
Wow. I honestly have nothing to say other than I am very impressed.
The game looks amazing. I hope they have a mix of gameplay like half of the game is ace attorney and the other half is professor layton. Also a mix of gameplay would be nice to.
As an old WWF/E tag team used to say, this "reaks of awesomeness!" I'm serious, this is, like, death by awesomeness. But now I'm torn... who do I root for? I know they're both going to be on the same side in the end, but dang... hmmm... I'll root for Mia Fey. Mmmmm... Mia...
Also, it's awesome to see Phoenix Wright back doing what he does best.
This is the first game I'm actually excited for on the 3DS!
This is a combination that is surefire going to work.
Good to see P.Wright back.
Insert drooll, followed by my money.
This is the closest we'll get to a PWAA anime it seems, and I'm okay with that.
Epic. I'm more interested in seeing what the gameplay's going to be like though. D:
Aaaaaahhhhh, I'm going to die a bit each day until this game is released. D:
All the people who want this will have to get a 3DS Nintendo is smart.
this looks fantastic, and i'm pumped for it, even after not having yet played a single Layton or Phoenix title. still, the one thing i see that doesn't quite work is the proportions. it looks like they're being faithful to lift characters from both series exactly as they are... but Phoenix characters are longer in stature and Layton ones are a bit more squat and of typical cartoon dis-proportionality. together they just look a little awkward. other than that, incredible idea and beautiful execution, and this just moved towards the top of my 3DS must-buy list.
also, that music is beautiful. BEAUTIFUL.
Aha, so Professor Layton was a prosecutor all along
This will be better than when the Jetsons met the Flintstones.
Excuse me, my mind has just been blown all over the pavement. I must collect the pieces....
I wonder what their explanation for a book that makes everything come true would be...a huge conspiracy involving all of the townsfolk?
Too good to be true...mind you, I said that about the 3DS.
Awesomeawesomeawesomeawesomeawesome gets slapped upside the head. OW! Okay, I needed that. 'Cause it's so AWESOME!
The real culprit is blatantly Sir Silk Hat.
If you go to Official nintendo magazine's website, they have an annotated trailer of it and this game looks awesome!!
I <3 Phoenix!
I don't get the idea or how it could work out but this looks amazingly amitious.
This looks awesome on many levels. Love the scene with Phoenix and Mia. Phoenix is all like, "I don't trust this guy," and Mia's like, "DANG this is a good sandwich."
Crap, does this mean I gotta catch up on BOTH the Pheonix Wright and Layton games? =O I'm so far behind....!
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OMG, that intro sold me... I give up, I give up, don't twist my arm anymore, lol! Once I saw my boy Phoenix pat the paper, slam the desk, and object, I'm an officially SOLD... it's just... too... hard... to... resist... I don't know how the final gameplay will pan out, but it looks like Me AND Phoenix are going to have to both get used to Professor Layton.
@mjc0961: i absolutely refuse to believe they won't bring this to the West. there's no way they could possible be jerking us around like this, that they would have Investigations 2 in the works for a 'niche' market like PW and yet not bother to factor in the popularity of the Layton series as well as we fans of AA for this title. they can't possibly be that stupid.
This game will be a flipping masterpiece.
Very fitting, was listening to "PW: JFA Cornered: Variation" just now.
I hope they put in some awesome PW music!!!
OMG!!!! This might not make it out of Japan!!!!!! That can't happen! I'm off to email Capcom and Level 5 and I suggest everyone else does the same. I'll seriously lose it if this never comes to America!!
I have a few questions though what is with Lukes clothes? Also the time is not in the same century so Phoenix Wright just probably came to the past because, he knows that he could easily win the case. Then again that was the first time I have seen Layton falsely accuse a person if Phoenix is right. Wow rap that around your head.
These game looks very great, Im having trouble finding PL and the UF, anyways these looks great, but I have never played a phoenix wright game.
=D
Everyone reading this post everyone reading this send your comments here (after going through a really long a boring registering process) but this game needs to come out around the world and not just be kept in Japan.
I give it a yes/10
OH =O
Another must buy
And the trailer is awesome -
ps: the translation is not 100% correct from what i've hear in the speachs but enough to understand
a version with subtitles in it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6HjKH5YarA
wow this game actually looks pretty epic
Bad News Guys, from what I hear, this game will currently be JAPAN-ONLY!!! someone.....please....hold me....
O.O...
Cool animation, is awesome .
I'd rather this to be a 3DS movie than a game .
@PaperLucario: Yeah, well, they said that about Tatsunoko vs. Capcom too.
Even though i haven't played the Phoenix Wright or Professor Layton games, I'm supa excited about this here game.
...I really should play PW and PL....* sobbing * but its just expensive to play/buy them all. =[
...Rent Is 2 Damn High!
...And my head explodes...FROM AWESOMENESS!
I love Ace Attorney, but don't really like Layton, so hopefully this'll play more like the former. The trailer makes me think, how good would a Phoenix Wright animé be?!
That trailer is awesome, and my mother was came out and saw that playing on my monitor though it was a movie trailer.
Thanks for the links to the blog post asking us to comment to support a Western release, guys! My post is in, and I have officially promised to reserve this game the instant it's availble for reservation in America (or, y'know, the soonest possible time after it's made available). They've got quite a lot of posts on that blog post's comments for such a niche title, so I think it'll come over.
Y'know, the fact that it has the name Layton in it automatically makes it so far from niche that it's scary, almost makes the game casual, even, at least here in Europe. Also, Capcom knows the Layton name will make sure it sells millions, and last I checked they, like everyone else, want money.
That guy is just pulling our legs.
@Axoloth: Yeah, he probably just wanted to see how many fans would speak up and demand the game for his own personal amusement...people do that kind of thing sometimes.
It's funny, though...when the first Professor Layton released in America, it didn't sell well at launch. Wasn't until the big ad campaign started in the Summer that it really took off. Sadly, this only confirms to me the true power of Nintendo's marketing muscle. If this crossover game is being published by Capcom and not Nintendo, they'll almost definitely have a much harder time informing people about it. I suppose that could be a legitimate concern...
Meh, Professor Layton seems too cartoony compared to the graphics of Phoenix Wright. This doesn't seem like it'll go all too well as far as the graphics and storylines go.
I love the idea and storyline. I'm getting it. Maybe.
Epic!!! Gotta get this game when the 3ds come out!
Wow. How much is this 3ds gonna cost again ha
holy ! this looks to be EPIC
I love the animation!
Is this the sequel to Unwound Future?
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