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Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

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Nintendo
Level-5
2008-02-11
Family, Puzzle
Everyone
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Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

The game is essentially a collection of puzzles with adventure style exploration between minigames. The puzzles take the more » form of brain teasers and are only loosely tied to the plot, although the player must solve a certain number in order to progress past some points in the game. A hint system is also included, which requires the use of "hint coins," found hidden in the landscape of the game and in limited quantity, in order to reveal each hint. « less

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Metacritic: 85
294 Players 41 Hours

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chancy319
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Professor Layton and the Curious Village is just one of at least three adventures for the top-hatted puzzle solving aristocrat. The Japanese love the guy, and after playing his premiere Nintendo DS game it’s easy to see why those gamers are nuts for Professor Layton. It’s not quite as powerful a game as some diehards might lead you to believe it is, and the cheating exploits are a little to obvious to ignore. But even so, Professor Layton is undeniably fun with a great style, and if the next game…
Oct 3 2009 ·
kevnull
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The Professor Layton series is a great collection of puzzles in an entertaining story that keeps it from being stale. Even though the puzzles are sometimes presented in a contrived way ("Speaking of brown boots during rainy weather in a village, boy do I have a puzzle for you!") there's enough variety to keep it interesting.

As with any game that has 200+ puzzles, you're bound to find some that are just poorly explained or are ridiculously easy and barely constitute a puzzle but for the most part, they're engaging enough…
Sep 3 2009 ·
Louisduluoz
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Although there are several puzzles I've yet to solve in this brainteasing gem, I can confidentally say that is one of the most memorable experiences I have had on the DS. Not just content with being a simple puzzle solving game, Layton delivers an engaging story filled with plot twists and lovable characters. The voice acting and character art are outstanding. Here's hoping the rest of the series makes it stateside as soon as possible!
Aug 5 2009 ·
Ravenhoe
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I do like puzzle games if they stuck to their own turf. As soon as a puzzle game tries to sell itself as being something more (Sid Meier's Pirates) I go ballisitc and cry wolf from the barricades. Yet, this little gem achieved packaging various puzzles (many puzzles) into a rich and rewarding story which is tenderly crafted and produced with heartwarming detail.

Very good !
Apr 16 2009 ·
NihonRobot
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This game was just plain charming, and had tons of great, original riddles. I didn't care for the story at first, and was just trying to get from one puzzle to the next, but by the end I realized I actually cared about the characters and what was happening to them. The soundtrack and animated cut scenes were fantastic as well.
Apr 6 2009 ·
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      Professor Layton and the Curious Village is just one of at least three adventures for the top-hatted puzzle solving aristocrat. The Japanese love the guy, and after playing his premiere Nintendo DS game it’s easy to see why those gamers are nuts for Professor Layton. It’s not quite as powerful a more » game as some diehards might lead you to believe it is, and the cheating exploits are a little to obvious to ignore. But even so, Professor Layton is undeniably fun with a great style, and if the next game in the series is as challenging and addictive as his debut, bring it on. « less

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