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I can think of no reason this brilliant little game hasn't popped up on here yet, other than it hasn't made it to all areas yet.
You take the role of Professor Layton, the world's premiere puzzle solver and his assistant Luke, summoned to the remote village of St. Mystere by a letter from the widow of the village's Baron.
Upon your arrival, and throughout the course of the story, you'll be given a series of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, and so on, by the inhabitants of the village while simultaneously solving the mystery you were summoned for in the first place; the location of the Baron's 'Golden Apple'. Finding it will determine the fate of the Baron's sizable inheritance.
Now, the idea of being handed puzzles at various intervals by the villagers may seem contrived, but by the end of the game, it gets wrapped into the story beautifully. There's everything from word games, to the ever-present 'dividing water between jugs' puzzle, to shifting blocks, etc. etc. etc. The touch-screen nature of the DS is integrated wonderfully into the puzzles.
Very nice animation and music wrap up the package, and new weekly puzzles that you can download over wi-fi to your DS extend the life of an already lengthy game. I urge you to go out and give it a try. |
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