DS Daily: Whither Professor Layton?

by Alisha Karabinus { Sep 5th 2008 at 9:01AM }

So, uh ... we all bought Professor Layton and the Curious Village, right? If not, trust -- you are really missing out. But that's not the point of today's morning chitchat. No, instead we'd like to ask a burning question: where the hell are the other two Layton games? We hoped to see them announced at E3, but it didn't happen. Think the second one will be announced before the end of the year?

Tags: professor-layton, professor-layton-2, release, sequel

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Wandering Weezard @ Sep 5th 2008 9:20AM

I just started playing the original and was surprised at how good it was. I think Nintendo would be smart to localize the second game. But, looking at the way the first game was localized, it took an entire year for it reach the states?

Nigeria @ Sep 5th 2008 9:20AM

I've been wondering about that as well. Though, I do have a stack of those weekly puzzles built up. Maybe I should tackle some of those before asking for localisation of the sequel.

I really miss Luke's 19th Century English accent - actually, I don't. His voice was pretty much a piss take.

Jacksons @ Sep 5th 2008 9:25AM

No Pandora's Box for you! Seriously though, I'm surprised nothing has been said yet.

Rock @ Sep 5th 2008 9:28AM

If the second is released on the same schedule as the first we could see the Second one in stores for Christmas (that is my hope). But I have a feeling they will announce it in December for another February release.

supa_s @ Sep 5th 2008 10:23AM

^That.

Almadi @ Sep 5th 2008 9:48AM

Well, your question is no match for the great Proffesor Layton!!! Hurrahh!!!

Oh, and there is a secret coin up Lukes nose in the picture.

Trinian @ Sep 5th 2008 10:31AM

Oh good, then I'm not the only one who immediately started clicking on every insignificant feature in that picture.

Matt G. @ Sep 5th 2008 1:01PM

Yeah, I've been kinda wondering about this, too. Granted, it's not the end of the year, exactly, but it's been long enough since the first game's release. I'd think at least a basic announcement stating that it will be coming to the States in the near future would be good enough.

How hard is it to change all of a game's text anyway?

mikelhend @ Sep 5th 2008 2:33PM

They said the time in translation for the first game wasn't just translating/recording dialog, but also rewriting some of the puzzles that didn't make sense in the USA (puzzles that relied on Japanese cultural references and such).

Time for someone to do a hacky homebrew translation of game 2... ;-)

Zealot @ Sep 5th 2008 1:32PM

As we all know, there's somewhat of an inverse relationship between a game's quality and its odds of making it out of Japan. Considering that the Big N itself had somewhat of a hand in Layton and is obsessed with churning out million-sellers, I wouldn't be surprised if Layton's performance was labeled disappointing, even when it didn't sell particularly poorly.

And yes, I'm one of those horrible people who hasn't bought Layton yet. My personal rule is to never pay more than $20 for a puzzle game, so I'm still waiting for it to drop from $35.