Professor Layton and the New World of Steam was arguably the big announcement of Level-5's return when it was revealed during a Nintendo Direct last year. And while we still have to wait a bit for the game to launch, we have got a brand new trailer to tide us by.
Shown off during today's Level-5 Vision Showcase, we got a look at some of the 3D gameplay elements in the upcoming Professor Layton title. It looks to blend the old style of maps and side-on conversations with more open environments that you can pan around and examine items in. We also got a few more hints on what the story might entail.
During the showcase, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino stated that the game's development "is progressing smoothly", so we're hoping this isn't another Level-5 title that will suffer a delay.
Are you looking forward to Professor Layton's return next year. Get deducing in the comments.
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Hopefully the Switch 2 has stylus support, I can't imagine ever playing these games without a tiny pen in my right hand
As soon these brits land in the states they gettin the ghost blicky pulled on them.
Finally… welcome back Professor!!
One thing that stood out to me while watching is seeing the directional buttons being used to navigate between different parts of a single area, for the rest it seems like the usual Layton goodness only looking better than ever, so looking forward to it whenever it comes out (although as much as I don't mind delays as long as it means getting more ambitious and hopefully better games I'm still happy that for now its release date remains 2025)!
Wow, a Layton x Gabe Newell crossover? Didn't expect that.
My wife has been waiting YEARS for this! She is beyond excited as she has played through the others multiple times each. Still some of the crowns in our DS / 3DS collection.
Let’s gooo!! Been waiting for some new Layton for a while now. I’mma need a collection to drop soon too!
Nice I'll be awaiting for the release of this, it's been a long time waiting.
Super excited for this, love the series and they’ve been sorely missing on Switch.
Looks pretty nice, although I hoped you could move free through the city. From the looks of it its still screen by screen progression.
Also: Wasn't Luke supposed to be grown up in this iteration? He seems like a kid again.
You got to hand it to Level-5, they do great looking cel shading!
Looks like they've captured the look and style perfectly in 3D.
Excited for a new Professor adventure!
Where did he come from and where did he go?? Where did he go, that Gunman King Joe?!
I’m excited for this game, have been for a long while, and I’ll continue to wait patiently!
This looks like a day 1 purchase for me, hopefully they will bring the older games to switch also.
@Henmii Hes definitely a bit older but nope hes always been around 14 or so in this one! Takes place one year after Lost Future
Trailer looks really good, actually. Still tho, where's the release date? This whole presentation was filled with just release windows. What's making it like this? Switch 2, trying to do too much, actual care and development? Making people wait until 2026 for a new IP (Decapolice) sounds like too much.
Thankfully, I can wait for Layton. I got other things.
Could we please have a Layton Collection for Switch, PLEASE?
This game looks positively gorgeous! I just wish that the other games were available on the switch so I could actually get into the series without resorting to emulation...
@VHSGREMLIN Agreed! The two trilogies feel like no-brainers, and with all of the Ace Attorney games now on Switch, the crossover between the games would be the cherry on top for those of us who missed out the first time around.
I love the steampunk setting, animations, cel shading, traversal, and of course...more puzzles! The best part is this game hasn't suffered any more delays outside of 2025...yet.
@gregmce completely agree.
Hopefully with this release and the Ace Attorney Investigations collection coming out recently, we finally get the remaster crossover on consoles.
@konicstar it's definately not related to Switch 2
In March 2023 Level-5 announced a comeback to global market with five new titles. Decapolice, Fantasy Life, Inazuma Eleven and Megaton Musashi were expected to release in 2023, and Layton in 2023-2024.
1,5 years later they've released only one of them – Megaton Musashi, which is actually just a third repackaging of the same game.
Obviously, they just don't really know how much time the development of a certain title will take. At this point I'll be surprised if none of their 2025-scheduled titles moves back to 2026.
@Zeldinion ,
Makes sense then.
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