Previews Nintendo Nintendo 3DS Previews Wii Professor Layton And The Miracle Mask
Professor LaytonAndThe MiracleMask
Layton takes 3DS on a trip down a puzzle-strewn memory lane n true Professor Layton fashion, here’s a puzzle worth 10 picarats: “What whisks you back to the past, while taking a bold step into the future?” It’s a tricky one all right. You might want to throw a hint coin at it (you’ll find that there’s one hidden in Chandra’s face on page three...). Still struggling? Oh, okay then: you’re reading about it. Professor Layton’s 3DS debut is a game with a foot in the past and an eye on the future. For starters, it’s a sequel to a prequel, the second part of an origins trilogy that charts Layton’s rise to fame and the forging of his partnership with boy assistant, Luke. Think of these prequel adventures as Star Wars Episodes I – III, only Layton’s ‘young apprentice’ doesn’t end up turning into a galaxy-crushing robo-loon at the end. And there’s no Jar Jar bloody Binks to ruin everything. Where 2011’s Professor Layton And The Spectre’s Call revealed the duo’s humble beginnings (and thereby dispelling our long-held belief that Layton had somehow kidnapped Luke), Miracle Mask covers their first big case together. Still riding high from his archaeological find at the end of his last adventure, Layton is invited by a childhood friend to investigate the appearance of an alleged miracle worker in the town of Monte d’Or (not to be confused with the ice
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Publisher Nintendo Developer Level-5 Multiplayer No In a word Gentlemanly
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October 26
THE OFFICIAL NINTENDO MAGAZINE 053