Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- 3DS
- Mode
- Single player
- Age rating
- PEGI 7
- Violence
- Mild
- Frights
- None
The story
Professor Layton's first adventure on the Nintendo 3DS system takes him to the colorful city of Monte d'Or, where he must stop a mysterious man from wreaking havoc with the powerful Mask of Chaos. Unravel new details about Professor Layton's past alongside Luke, assistant Emmy Altava, and a whole new cast of characters in this riveting story. Wrack your brain with hundreds of puzzles weaving their way throughout the story. In addition, download free daily puzzles for a year! With a robust hint system to help players of all experience levels, and an epic tale packed to the brim with all-new puzzles, Professor Layton makes his triumphant return-only for Nintendo 3DS.
- Mystery
- detective
- horse
- digital distribution
- protagonist's name in the title
- young protagonist
- stereoscopic 3d
- nintendo network
- downloadable content
- cross genre
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 80 / 100 · 44 players
- Critics
- 85 / 100 · 5 critics
- Developer
- LEVEL-5
- Publisher
- LEVEL-5, Nintendo
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
game · 2007Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
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