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November 19th, 2009 at 02:50pm
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Gamers certainly aren’t strangers to memorabilia, doubly so for figurines, but this Professor Layton statue from NCSX has one thing going for it those others don’t: you can actually afford it. We’re used to seeing those high-dollar Samus statues and Capcom’s ridiculously-priced (and ridiculously nice!) Street Fighter series, so when we caught wind of this $30 Professor Layton companion, we knew we had to post it up. So … yeah, that’s what this is.
What? You were expecting more? OK, here’s a riddle: What’s 120 words, loves you and thinks you’re the sexiest person on the planet? Head past the break for the answer!
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August 24th, 2009 at 08:00pm
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After more than a year, Nintendo has deigned to grant the second Professor Layton game to a DS audience clamoring for gentlemanly puzzle adventure. Is Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box worth the wait? Unless, for some reason, you were expecting a dramatic reinvention of the gameplay, yes.
To be clear, this is not the Zelda II of the Professor Layton franchise. It features the same combination of woodgrained old-world feel and Osamu Tezuka-style character designs, a similarly puzzle-minded citizenry, and a storyline intriguing enough that, somehow, the player manages to be drawn into a world that ostensibly exists only as a puzzle delivery system. There was absolutely no reason to change the formula after the magical Curious Village, and developer Level-5 knew it.
The Layton series is proof that almost any activity can be grafted into a video game to make an engaging experience. These games do for brain teasers what RPGs have done for menus.
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Review: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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August 24th, 2009 at 08:00pm
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After more than a year, Nintendo has deigned to grant the second Professor Layton game to a DS audience clamoring for gentlemanly puzzle adventure. Is Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box worth the wait? Unless, for some reason, you were expecting a dramatic reinvention of the gameplay, yes.
To be clear, this is not the Zelda II of the Professor Layton franchise. It features the same combination of woodgrained old-world feel and Osamu Tezuka-style character designs, a similarly puzzle-minded citizenry, and a storyline intriguing enough that, somehow, the player manages to be drawn into a world that ostensibly exists only as a puzzle delivery system. There was absolutely no reason to change the formula after the magical Curious Village, and developer Level-5 knew it.
The Layton series is proof that almost any activity can be grafted into a video game to make an engaging experience. These games do for brain teasers what RPGs have done for menus.
Continue reading Review: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Review: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 15th, 2009 at 11:45am
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Europeans had a long wait for Professor Layton’s first adventure — just under 9 months, to be exact — but for the second installment of the series, the wait will be much shorter. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, which is set aboard a cross-country steam train, will be available in Europe on September 25, just one month after its US release. We understand that two pieces of data do not make a trend, but if this continues, Europeans may get their hands on the third game only days after their American counterparts.
Professor Layton arrives in Europe on September 25 originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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