wraggster
August 28th, 2013, 00:08
Professor Layton developer and publisher Level-5 has announced a seventh game in its favoured franchise, only this time it will be an RPG/puzzle game that may or may not feature the titular professor.http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles/1/6/1/0/9/7/7/137764409596.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/91Layton 7.
Revealed by Level-5 at a press conference and in Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201308/26038971.html) (via NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=78352817&postcount=1)), the curio is being developed for 3DS, iOS and Android. It's described as a "role-playing puzzle game," where you play as various characters in a small 3D town.This wouldn't be the first Layton game where you don't play as the good professor, as the Phoenix Wright-esque Layton Brothers Mystery Room (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-27-layton-brothers-mystery-room-available-now-available-on-ios) came out for iOS in June. He'll also share the stage with Wright in his Ace Attorney spin-off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNnQ2dETRAo.Elsewhere, Level-5 has revealed at its latest press conference (via Siliconera (http://www.siliconera.com/2013/08/26/level-5-sales-professor-layton-series-sells-15-million-units-ni-no-kuni-1-4-million/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Silicone ra%29)) that the Professor Layton series has sold a total of 15 million copies worldwide, making it the publisher's best-selling franchise. We know over one million of these emanated from Layton Brothers Mystery Room (http://level5ia.com/news/layton-brothers-mystery-room%C2%AE-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-exceeds-1-million-downloads-worldwide/), suggesting Level-5 is keen to mix up the formula again.Comparatively, Level-5's Studio Ghibli RPG collaboration Ni No Kuni has sold 1.4 million across the globe between the PS3 game and its Japan-only 3DS version.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-27-layton-7-will-be-an-rpg-puzzle-game
Revealed by Level-5 at a press conference and in Famitsu (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201308/26038971.html) (via NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=78352817&postcount=1)), the curio is being developed for 3DS, iOS and Android. It's described as a "role-playing puzzle game," where you play as various characters in a small 3D town.This wouldn't be the first Layton game where you don't play as the good professor, as the Phoenix Wright-esque Layton Brothers Mystery Room (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-27-layton-brothers-mystery-room-available-now-available-on-ios) came out for iOS in June. He'll also share the stage with Wright in his Ace Attorney spin-off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNnQ2dETRAo.Elsewhere, Level-5 has revealed at its latest press conference (via Siliconera (http://www.siliconera.com/2013/08/26/level-5-sales-professor-layton-series-sells-15-million-units-ni-no-kuni-1-4-million/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+siliconera%2FMkOc+%28Silicone ra%29)) that the Professor Layton series has sold a total of 15 million copies worldwide, making it the publisher's best-selling franchise. We know over one million of these emanated from Layton Brothers Mystery Room (http://level5ia.com/news/layton-brothers-mystery-room%C2%AE-for-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch-exceeds-1-million-downloads-worldwide/), suggesting Level-5 is keen to mix up the formula again.Comparatively, Level-5's Studio Ghibli RPG collaboration Ni No Kuni has sold 1.4 million across the globe between the PS3 game and its Japan-only 3DS version.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-27-layton-7-will-be-an-rpg-puzzle-game