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The latest Professor Layton DS puzzle adventure game will hit shelves in the UK and Europe in time for Christmas. Nintendo says Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call – the fourth full game in its series – will feature new puzzles that will challenge and delight both seasoned Layton fans …
Read More »Cult DS football game shoots to UK
Japanese sales success Inazuma Eleven will hit UK shelves on August 26th, three years after its original release. It’s an RPG-style football game for DS with over-the-top moves and over 1,000 in-game players to choose from. It originally went on sale in Japan in August 2008 and entered the sales …
Read More »Layton social game on the cards
The popular Nintendo DS puzzle adventure series Professor Layton is making the leap to social game platforms. Developer Level-5 has struck a deal with Japanese casual gaming company DeNA to bring Professor Layton Royale to its Mobage mobile portal. The firms made the announcement during a joint press conference in …
Read More »JAPAN: 3DS sells 200k in first full week
The Nintendo 3DS shifted 209,623 units in its first full week on sale in Japan, outperforming every other format combat. The handheld was released on February 26th, so it was only available for just two of the day’s covered by the previous week’s charts, reports GamesIndustry.biz. Nevertheless, it managed to …
Read More »Layton dominates Japanese 3DS launch
Professor Layton’s latest adventure was the best-selling 3DS launch title, with over 117,500 copies sold during the handheld’s opening weekend. The newest entry in the Level 5’s popular puzzle series – Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle – sold nearly one copy for every three handhelds shifted, according to …
Read More »Professor Layton ships 11m
Developer Level-5 has announced that more than 11.4m Professor Layton games have been shipped worldwide. This figure is formed from shipments of the four current Layton puzzle games on DS including Curious Village and The Lost Future, reports Andriasang. The news comes ahead of the Japanese release of Professor Layton …
Read More »No Europe for Layton Vs Wright
Exciting 3DS crossover Professor Layton Vs Ace Attorney is currently only scheduled to be released in the Japanese market, co-developer Capcom has revealed. The game was announced by Japanese powerhouse Level-5 yesterday and will bring together the popular handheld IPs of Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. I’m both …
Read More »Layton meets Phoenix Wright in crossover project
Two portable powerhouse IPs come together in Level-5 developed title for new Nintendo handheld
Read More »3DS gets Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover
Developer (and in Japan, publisher) Level-5 has announced that it is working on a crossover game featuring both Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright that will be released on Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS handheld. Layton and Wright are two of the most popular handheld IPs and amongst the few IP that can …
Read More »Level-5 strikes Capcom â??co-developmentâ?? deal
New cohort for Professor Layton developer and longstanding Nintendo partner
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