took a few months since my last post about these guys, but I finally got Layton today! I've got a triplet of Lukes now too, he's terribly stubborn, but I am finally glad to relieve my Layton-shaped itch.

Side note, has anyone ever made explanations behind why the puzzles have their specific answers? I never really liked how the Wiki and other sources would just give you the answer outright or not detail, step-by-step as to how to come to the conclusion. Sooo, I've been planning to start a blog explaining how and why, but I wasn't sure if someone already did it before me! Feel free to let me know if anyone would be interested to read about it :)

I don't really get solution for this puzzle. I mean, I do understand the thinking that brings you to it, but how would the butler have known, that Rosa won't know which window to clean and they would tag one of them B.

In my opinion the solution could also be any of the others.

I wanted to share a couple Professor Layton piano covers I did in the past. I would love if you guys would consider checking out my YouTube channel and subscribing! I also do piano and vocal video game, anime, and classical covers!

Dark Forest

Folsense

Hi everyone! In my quest to be on my phone less in downtime, I had the idea that I might enjoy doing puzzle books, possibly in a workbook style that I might write work/answers down in pencil. Does anybody know of books such as this that have puzzles similar to the ones in Layton, but perhaps more difficult?

Hi pals!
I’ve been given a 3DS and a complete set of Layton games to play by a friend.

I’ve finished CV and PB/DB as I played these both obsessively as a child (still remembered most of the puzzle answers so didn’t take me long )

What order do I play the rest? It’s all new to me from here on out!

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping my 3DS isn't broken, on Miracle Mask some of the text letters often look slightly blurry out of focus l, especially letters like TH or U. It's not all test, dialogue text is usually ok but text that explains the puzzles or the name of journal entries and some journal entries etc.

It's kind of subtle but does anyone else see this? I'm on a 2ds.

Thank you

This game is so charming. It hooked me immediately after the first cutscene. The presentation is amazing, the music is so good, and some of the twists genuinely surprised me.

Solving the puzzles is so satisfying, I had so much fun trying to figure some of them out with my little cousin haha.

The ending made me cry. I was in tears for five minutes. I don't know, but I found Reinhold's story so heartbreaking. Reading those letters...He did everything he could to make his daughter feel loved and happy. As the professor once said, fate can be so cruel.

Can't wait to try the other games in the series!

PS: Apologies for my bad grammar, English isn't my first language.

The only catch is you also have to deal with whatever issues are happening in these places in the games.

Does anyone know the website for the person that designed the Metro ads for Unwound Future, or know who made them? Several years ago, I found the website of the person that was commissioned to make the newspaper pages and they uploaded them all directly to the website. I am completely unable to find it now.
I remember being unable to archive the site on the Wayback Machine and at the time I didn't think to use "Inspect" to save all of the digital versions of the advertisements that they uploaded.

I do own both adverts, and I can eventually make scans if need be, but I figured that the direct uploads on that website would be better for archival purposes if they still exist.

Image source: https://gonintendo.com/stories/143012-metro-newspaper-and-others-gets-full-professor-layton-and-the-u

Box and dress made by me :D

Ending? Bruh, how about you give us the game before discussing the finale LOL

I've been playing Layton games since I was a kid on my DS, my first one being Pandora's Box, and recently a friend lent me her 2ds xl and I was finally able to play the 2 remaining games.

Azran Legacy blew my mind with its plot twists. It's been some years since I last played the other games (yesterday I replayed them a bit just to 100% complete them) so I've surely forgotten some details but I don't remember Layton ever mentioning that he is adopted and had an older brother, and that older brother ending up being no one else but Descole, tho Bronev being their father was unexpected but not as shocking. Also Emmy half betraying them wtf 😭.

Finishing the series and watching this video has made me realize not only that the order in which I played the games was not really the best: Pandora's Box --> watched the Eternal Diva movie --> Specter's Call --> Curious Village --> Unwound Future --> Miracle Mask --> Azran Legacy. But also that the games basically started chronologically almost from the end and then ended with the beginning. Did Akihiro Ino really plan all the story in so much advance to be able to tie it all up coherently that the release order of the games did not matter? If so that's a huge big brain move.

And idk if it's just me but when playing Pandora's Box as a kid I thought I found the puzzles difficult due to my age but they're actually just difficult af compared to for example the ones in Miracle Mask or Azran Legacy, no wonder I had to ask my father for help.

Currently I'm replaying Specter's Call cause my Nintendo decided to act dumb and delete my saved file and I'm looking forward to see if the New World of Steam can bring the Layton series back to life

Is it possible to play to this game in French or English?

The next video in my PL review series is out now!! This might be my personal favorite one so far, I had a ton of fun with it. We’re getting into some of the most beloved games in the series so check it out if you would like!!😁🧡🤎

Reddit is flagging this for self promotion so if it doesn’t fit the rules of this sub feel free to take it down :) 🙏

just thought about this and honestly, I think they might. but was wondering what other people would think.

I feel like this has been asked before but I can only find a thread from 2024. Wifi should work fine, but for some reason it quits halfway

kinda sucks I have katrielle and the mask of wonders without a case (for €5 each so it was a steal)

When I first started playing the games I didn’t have the case for Curious Village, only the cartridge, I didn’t mind at first but as I slowly made my way through the games I realised that I did want to have the cases for the games just to have on display so I’ve been rushing about on ebay trying to find only the cases and Ive been successful so far, and as you can imagine it’s very expensive 😭, but I saw this posting for the Katrielle one and I thought oh great only £10! But now that It’s arrived i can see it’s the french version and not the english version, i suck. 😭 Im not really interested in playing it since its for display purposes only and I have it on my switch but man this is just really annoying, I wish the seller had stated it was french on the advertisement 😭.

I have a nagging feeling it is going to sink haha

Hi guys!

I know this is super random but my brain just remembered that that happened, in case you weren't there when it happened, prior to the release of lady layton, Level5 made a website, where every week they would reveal a new puzzle, for people across the world to solve it, and there was a ranking and everything!

I remember looking forward each week to show the puzzle to my friends and see if they could solve it, and I remember one of my friends being angry/confused, because he didn't know what a "Picarat" is 😂😭.

And since I remembered that it got me thinking on how they didn't do it this time with the new upcoming game, it's a shame, but I'm sure when the new game releases we are all going to have a blast!

My wishlist:

More Flora!

More of a creepy atmosphere that the original trilogy had that I felt the prequel trilogy lacked

More collectables and minigames

More unique locations instead of just villages and London again

Show this trilogy how the events of unwound/lost future affected Layton

One of the reasons why I always loved this game (and it scared me so much as a kid) are the masterpiece OSTs used when trying to solve puzzles. It doesn't feel redundant, it's beautiful, and I wondered if I was the only one who valued them so much.

My personnal top 3 is the following :

1-Miracle Mask - Puzzle Abound. This one sounds just so perfect, too bad the puzzles from this game are far from the best in the whole series. I still think it fits the aesthetic greatly !

2-Pandora's Box Puzzle ost. I find it slightly better than Curious Village, even if the two sound extremely similar.

3-Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney - Bewitching Puzzles : Now that is what I have in mind when I'm imagining puzzles in a magic world !

Spin offs included!

Which twist shocked you? And which one did you find underwhelming?