Professor Layton and the Unlocked Content [update]

by JC Fletcher { Mar 21st 2008 at 2:15PM }

Stop all the downloadin'! It turns out that Nintendo had those "downloadable" Professor Layton puzzles on the cartridge all along! When you download a puzzle, all you're downloading is an unlock code. Which isn't a big deal -- it's not like you're paying for the extra content or anything.

One user figured out how to find that content in the game data, and has compiled all 162(!) ~~bonus~~ puzzles, with screenshots, on a single web page. The solutions are also provided, but hidden behind links so you can actually play these puzzles if you want. Or you can spoil a friend's good time every week as you wait patiently for him or her to complete the download and then blurt out the solution.

[Update: this is actually all the puzzles!]

[Via GayGamer]

Tags: adventure, layton, level-5, puzzle

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Roto13 @ Mar 21st 2008 3:16PM

As long as nobody is paying for it. xP

eeking @ Mar 21st 2008 4:30PM

Not all of the 162 on that page appear to be the "bonus" puzzles. Some of them I quite clearly recognize from the main storyline of the game.

GordLacey @ Mar 22nd 2008 2:25PM

Yup, most of them are from the story. The puzzles we haven't seen yet are:

Puzzle 14 : Juice Pitchers
Puzzle 61 : Soccer Ball
Puzzle 75 : The Lazy Student
Puzzle 76 : Image Equation
Puzzle 97 : Cut the Cake
Puzzle 100 : What's Hidden?
Puzzle 104 : Jersey Numbers
Puzzle 110 : Find the Volume
Puzzle 114 : A Smaller E
Puzzle 127 : The Knight's Escape
Puzzle 128 : Layton's Hatbox
Puzzle 132 : The Vanishing Tower
Puzzle 138 : Chicks and Hens
Puzzle 139 : Bright Idea
Puzzle 146 : The Clock's Chime
Puzzle 147 : Lion vs. Cheetah
Puzzle 148 : Shoe Box Scramble
Puzzle 149 : The Lost Hat
Puzzle 150 : Morning Greetings
Puzzle 153 : Silence Is Golden
Puzzle 156 : A Fearsome Foe
Puzzle 157 : Special Order
Puzzle 162 : The Egg-nigma

That's just 23 weeks of puzzles left.

xeleion @ Mar 21st 2008 9:47PM

GI Joe reference for the win.

"Who wants a body massage? Body massage machine GO!"

JC, you just made my week, man.

James @ Mar 22nd 2008 8:56AM

So can we actually *play* all the puzzles now, or do we have to wait?

Ahrel @ Mar 22nd 2008 5:03PM

Eh, I could have told you that they were already on the cart. Where do you think it was storing this information? The game would cost a whole lot more if it could actually write megs of info to itself.

Namssorg @ Mar 22nd 2008 6:18PM

Yeah I agree-- I kind of like timed unlockables. It's like the daily stuff in brain training, or the daily quests in WoW. It's when they ship a game (Katamari on 360) WITH all of the content locked and make you pay for it that is a problem.

joetron2030 @ Mar 28th 2008 4:49PM

On thing I noticed with what's on that page. The "5 boxes to 4" match puzzle shows 3 hints. When I "downloaded" that puzzle, I'm only offered one hint. Believe me, I wanted more hints, I was completely stumped by that puzzle (my poor frazzled brain), gave up, and looked at the solution.