Professor Layton (Franchise) Reviews

This is a review of Professor Layton 6. The game is currently available for the Nintendo 3DS in Japanese.
If you hadn't noticed from my reviews of the previous Layton games, I am a big fan of the franchise. This game was a Day 1 purchase and I had big expectations for it based on all the trailers Level-5 published. Part of me is sad that I've come to the end of Layton's story, but Level-5 handled it well and brought closure to all the major elements introduced in the second trilogy. The ending was deeper (and a bit darker) than I expected, considering the franchise's track record of overly complicated endings based on someone pulling cheap tricks.

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NOTE: This is a review of the 3DS game, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney. The game is currently available in Japanese.
Layton vs Wright is pretty much exactly what I expected from mixing together the two game franchises. Sometimes you walk around a city and solve puzzles for people. Sometimes you go to a trial and try to point out all the inconsistencies of the witnesses. Sometimes you yell "Puzzle solved!" and sometimes you yell "Objection!" All in all it is a fun game for people who have played and enjoyed both franchises.

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Mask of Miracles is the first of the Professor Layton series to be offered on the Nintendo 3DS. The better specs of the system have lead to numerous improvements not just in the game’s art and sound, but in the way some puzzles are presented. The added variety to the game help relieve it of being “just another Layton game” and bring new tricks to the Professor’s repertoire.
While exploration in the DS games were all about tapping the bottom screen to find hint coins, puzzles, or talk to people, Mask of Miracles uses a very different approach to take advantage of the 3D screen on the top. At any given location, you tap a zoom icon to explore the scene, which is presented on the top screen.

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For people who like Layton games, Professor Layton and the Last Specter won’t disappoint. After 3 games of puzzle hunting, you would think it would get old (“I haff tvelve metchsteek”), but the Layton series manages to inject just enough newness and whimsy to keep fans interested and asking for more. Specter reigns in many of the wackier ideas that went into Last Time Travel, and the game is better for it. The fresh story arc looks exciting so far, and should keep fans hooked, especially as the new trilogy includes feature-length movies.
For people who haven’t yet gotten into the Layton franchise but are interested, Specter is not a bad place to start.

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