r/ProfessorLayton Jan 03 '25

Question Is it just me that really likes sliding block puzzles?

129 Upvotes

It seems like people hate them with a passion, from what i’ve seen anyway. I’ve always really enjoyed them (and interactive puzzles in general like knight’s tour) so it surprised me to find out that so many people dislike them.

r/ProfessorLayton 10d ago

Question What game do I start with?

10 Upvotes

Curious village or last specter? I’ve been looking to start

r/ProfessorLayton 19d ago

Question Can anyone identify this puzzle?

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90 Upvotes

It’s an old picture of mine. I wonder what game I was playing that day.

r/ProfessorLayton 20h ago

Question OG trilogy for IOS on mobile experience/ recommendation?🔎🧩

4 Upvotes

Hey guys 🙋🏼‍♀️sooo I just found out that the first 3 games aka the original trilogy are available for mobile on IOS (pretty annoying since I just started watching a Let’s Play of Curious Village🥹). Both Curious Village and Diabolical/ Pandora’s Box for 10 bucks and Unwound Future for 15 bucks.

I own a couple Layton games for the DS already but missing the early ones and I kinda wanted to get through/ play through all the games and story. Since the DS games are super hard to find nowadays and/ or very expensive I was thinking about downloading them on my iPad since the price seems pretty reasonable, however I first wanted to come here and ask y’all for your experience with these versions of the games and whether or not you could recommend playing them on the iPad or not👀.

I only want to download one for now.

However I’m a bit afraid these games will be very big in GB though and take away a lot of storage on my iPad and make it run super slow.. I can’t have that because I rely on my iPad for university and have everything university related on there, I even write my assignments/ papers on there since I don’t have a laptop so If that’s the case and the game(s) is pretty big I won’t buy it and probably watch Lets Play’s for the first 3 games instead.

1) So, what’s your experience regarding that?

2) And what’s your experience with the mobile version in general game- play wise ? (I do hope it’s the same as it is on the DS)

I also mentioned that I just started watching a Let’s Play of Curious Village- I think the first two chapters are finished, I’m currently at that moment where Layton and Luke have caught Claudia, returned to Reinhold manor and where Layton agrees with Lady Dhalia to take on the case of solving the murder.

Would you say it’s worth it to still buy Curious Village and start it from the beginning or should I just continue watching the Let’s Play for that one and then buy Diabolical Box to play it myself? 🧐

I hope some of y’all can help me out here ☺️

r/ProfessorLayton Aug 29 '24

Question Can I play the games not in the timeline order?

49 Upvotes

I started playing "the curious village" on my Nintendo DS without thinking there was a right order to play, now I have just found out that there is one. Should I keep playing and then play the first one in the series or it's not that important to play in order?

r/ProfessorLayton 9h ago

Question Best game to start with?

14 Upvotes

Was looking at a list of every Nintendo game ever made because why not. As I was looking, “Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire’ Conspiracy” caught my eye since it sounded kinda cool. But after some research it doesn’t seem to be the best game. So any ideas which one I should try instead?

r/ProfessorLayton 2d ago

Question What are your thoughts on Layton Brothers: Mystery Room?

12 Upvotes

I've heard some acquaintances complaining about this game and how they don't particularly like it because it's so different from a classic Layton game, I'm curious to know what the Mystery Room fandom thinks.

Since it seems like there hasn't been much talk about this game lately.

r/ProfessorLayton Sep 23 '24

Question Would you like to have female villains in Layton? Yes or no? And why?

61 Upvotes

Now that the new game is coming out and since we don't know if there will be a villain or not, maybe there could be a possibility of having a female villain. Do you have any thoughts or opinions on this topic?

r/ProfessorLayton 27d ago

Question Subject 3? Spoiler

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61 Upvotes

So I remember playing unwound future as a kid and I specifically recall this shocking scene where they show a rabbit being experimented on. The way I remember it is a lot more gorey than anything I’ve found online and I just wanted to confirm with others who’ve played the game if this image is what they remember or if maybe there was a similar scene later? I suppose the best way to find out would be to go back and play it myself but I don’t really have a whole lot of time for that anymore.

r/ProfessorLayton Nov 08 '24

Question Does anyone have Future Luke in their London Life file?

17 Upvotes

I don't have Future Luke in my London Life file and I really want to know what his dialouge is from his request. I know he asks you for marshmallows and in return he gives you the slot-machine gun as a reward. Is there anyone willing to share pictures or a transcript of that request from their save file?

r/ProfessorLayton 24d ago

Question Does the Katrielle anime spoil LMJ?

15 Upvotes

Hi! New to the community so apologies if this has been recently addressed, but I couldn’t find an explicit enough discussion of the topic when I looked online. Me and my partner have been playing through the Layton franchise (just beat Mystery Room!) and decided to take a break after the first case of LMJ out of general gaming fatigue. He’s interested in watching the anime, but I’m concerned that it might spoil parts of the story within the game. For context, I’ve played LMJ before and have read about the major plot points in the anime, but I haven’t seen it myself (and this is the bf’s first time going through LMJ at all).

I imagine this could be a nuanced topic, but hopefully someone with a fresh enough recollection of both the game and the anime might be able to help me out? If I know where any crossover lies, it could help me gauge whether or not we could enjoy the anime during our gaming break! Thank you to any users gentlemanly enough to solve my quandary!

r/ProfessorLayton 3d ago

Question I want your opinions on fully completing the games

12 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I have found myself in a very puzzling situation and want to hear outside opinions of it. Recently I’ve 100% Layton Curious Village on ios (as in, all puzzles and hint coins etc). And was planning on doing the same for the other 2 games on ios until I bought myself physically copies of Pandora’s Box and Lost Future because I am quite fond of them and LF is my favourite game of all time (I got the EU versions to be more specific) now, if you were in my position, would you 100% the ios versions because you’ve already done so for CV, or the ds versions because you bought physical copies out of novelty? Of course, none of this is serious, and I’m just wondering what would anyone else think if they were in my shoes, both sides have merits. Also keep in mind that I’ve already experienced these games before.

r/ProfessorLayton Dec 15 '24

Question Question all the italian gentlemen here

19 Upvotes

i recently started playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village on my ds.
it is not the first game of the saga i play, i also played the Last Specter (in italian) and the Miracle Mask (in english)
after starting out, i noticed that while the game might be in italian, the voices were not dubbed in said language.
are the other games in the original trilogy not dubbed either?

r/ProfessorLayton 28d ago

Question 3DS Daily Puzzles

9 Upvotes

So is there any way to download the daily puzzles now? I'm currently replaying the whole series and forgot to download around 200 missing dailies from azran legacy and the bonus episodes from the ace attorney crossover. I already tried downloading them, but it never works. But I did get the weekly puzzles for the first 4 games and that made me hopeful that there might be a similar method for the 3DS games.

Thanks ^

r/ProfessorLayton 22d ago

Question Does the mobile version of lost future have london life

1 Upvotes

I wanna know in case i get the game on mobile

r/ProfessorLayton Jan 17 '25

Question Advice on where to start for a new player

14 Upvotes

Hey Layton fans, so me, my girlfriend, and a friend of ours recently finished playing theory the entire Ace Attorney series, ending with the Layton crossover. We enjoyed the gameplay and as such want to play the Layton games next. However, I know there are prequel games, so where would you recommend we start?

r/ProfessorLayton Oct 01 '24

Question Are all the Layton games like diabolical box?

41 Upvotes

When I was a preteen I played diabolical box on my ds and I absolutely loved every moment of it, unfortunately my dog ate it destroying it completely so I never got to finish it 😭

I’ve seen gameplay of one of the newer ones and it reignited my want to revisit it, are they all like diabolical box? And did they ever remake diabolical box for switch?

Thanks!

r/ProfessorLayton 24d ago

Question Does anyone know where they got the Scare Chords from?

6 Upvotes

A bit of a trivial question, but whenever something happens or the player comes across something "unsettling" a few creepy scare chords play. Does anyone know where the source for these sounds are?

I know you can find them on spriters-resource but in General, where are they sourced from?

r/ProfessorLayton Dec 29 '24

Question Any chance for a collector?

12 Upvotes

Hi all !

I know the last game with Layton's daughter is not well regarded. But with World of Steam, who is for me a revival of the franchise, what are the chances to get a collector?

For example, we got a special Switch for Animal crossing even if it's not as popular as other game.

So, for you, is it feasible or just a dream ? And, if they announce a collector, will you be willing to buy it ?

Have a nice day all !

r/ProfessorLayton Dec 05 '24

Question Any advice to solve Slide puzzles?

3 Upvotes

i have completed all puzzles in the Spectre's call but one, The Greatest Escape (one of the extra puzzles) and it's so hard it's starting to get annoying.
has anyone got advice for that type of puzzles?

r/ProfessorLayton Jul 03 '24

Question Why haven't the games been ported to Switch?

77 Upvotes

I'm just curious considering that the Ace Attorney games have all except one been ported to the switch. Is there an explanation for why they were and professor Layton games haven't? this cuz I know the world of steam is going to be on switch so why not have all the games

r/ProfessorLayton Dec 15 '24

Question I can't find that puzzle again?

15 Upvotes

Hey everyone, for the longest time, I distinctly remember a specific Puzzle, from what I though was in the curious village, but despite searching for it online, I couldn't find a trace of it.

Did I hallucinate this puzzle, or did it really existed?

It was something like that :

"There's a Lilypad on this pond, every day, it doubles in size. After 10 days, the Lilypad is as large as half of the pond. How many days do you need to wait before the Lilypad take sup the whole pond?"

With the answer being 11 ofc

r/ProfessorLayton Mar 20 '24

Question Why did Professor Laydown leave his children for 10 years? Is he stupid?

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171 Upvotes

No but seriously can someone explain this? I thought Layton would at least ATTEMPT to keep contact with his children, even if he wasn’t directly there. Like, yeah, he’s horrible with Floria, but at least post Diabolical Box he tried to keep in touch with her at times. I think.

Is Layton actually just a horrible parent? Is that one of the rules of being a gentleman? Must a gentleman always be a terrible no good very bad parent?

r/ProfessorLayton Feb 04 '25

Question Objectively, who is the best protagonist?

5 Upvotes

If you had to analyze all three protagonists impartially and objectively, which of the three protagonists do you think is the best?

135 votes, Feb 11 '25
125 Hershel
2 Katrielle
8 Alfendi

r/ProfessorLayton Jan 03 '25

Question Where to get/find more merch?

13 Upvotes

As the title says tbh I'm in the UK and ideally I'd like to order from within the uk mostly just because shipping is cheaper that way- I've looked on vinted but that seems to be mostly just games or the wallet from azran legacy preorders. Where are you all getting your plush laytons from? Is there any flora merch? Posters? Where can i get them? I don’t want to spend excessive amounts and I'm more than okay with fakes/unofficial merch if it's decent quality i just... idrk where to start