| Professor Layton and The Curious Village (Nintendo DS) |  | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
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Rating:  336 reviews
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: puzzle-games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: NTRPA5FE
UPC: 045496739270
EAN: 0045496739270
ASIN: B000U5W3IW
Publication Date: February 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 130 puzzles | | • | Touch Screen controls | | • | New puzzles are available weekly for download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection | | • | Fully voiced animated scenes |
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Product Description
In the curious village of St. Mystere, townsfolk greet each other with rebuses, lock their doors with sliding puzzles and hide their secrets within brainteasers. When a wealthy baron passes away, his will reveals an elusive treasure hidden someplace inside the village. Now it`s up to Professor Layton to untangle St. Mystere`s riddles and puzzles, find the hidden treasure and crack the case. As Professor Layton, you`ll tackle over 130 puzzles as you unravel the mysteries of the village. Puzzles range from mazes and riddles to logic and sliding puzzles. Fully voiced animated scenes bring the story to life, while the funny and eccentric villagers and the classic, hand-drawn art provide a stylish charm that will appeal to all. - Touch Screen controls make working through puzzles a snap
- New puzzles are available weekly for download via Nintendo WFC
- 130 puzzle
- Touch Screen controls
- New puzzles are available weekly for download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
- Fully voiced animated scenes
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| Customer Reviews:
 One of the best games on the DS December 5, 2008
KM (England)
156 out of 161 found this review helpful
I completely agree with all of the positive reviews on here and would like to also highly recommend this game as it is amazing. If you imagine a point-and-click murder mystery in the style of the classic Broken Sword or the more recent Phoenix Wright games and mix it with the puzzle elements of the best selling Brain Training games, then you will have some idea what to expect here.
Don't expect an easy game here though as even the puzzles early on take a lot of thinking about and will have you clicking on the Hints button! Most puzzles are solved by using just common sense and the answer will suddenly click and you'll be kicking yourself for not seeing it before. As well as some truly brain-teasing puzzles, there are also some of the best videos - with full spoken audio - that I have seen on the DS and it all adds to the story and will make you want to keep playing to solve the mystery.
Overall this is without a doubt one of the best games on the DS and is one that everyone will enjoy regardless of your age or gender. Just be prepared to get addicted to it!
 A Victorian brain workout. December 16, 2008
DangermouseZilla (Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.)
105 out of 111 found this review helpful
The DS has excelled in bringing us puzzle games, and this is a great new spin on a well established idea.
Professor Layton's Curious Village is a series of puzzles which range from pretty easy to annoyingly tricky. This isn't a game for young children as some of the games might be a tad complex, but it should appeal to everyone from the age of around 10 upwards. My wife has been addicted to this game and even after completing it felt compelled to keep playing to unlock the last few remaining puzzles.
Most of the puzzles are based on very simple principles and seem easy at first - it's only after a few attempts at trying to get the worm into the middle of an apple, or trying to get equal amounts of liquid into a couple of jugs that you realise that this could be quite time consuming!
The puzzles are linked together by means of a plot to uncover the secret of the village and the late Baron Augustus Reinhold. By the end of the game you find out the secret and what starts to seem like a gimmicky story is tied up rather nicely.
Graphically the game impresses. With animated sequences and Victorian style quirky artwork, the game looks unique. The mockney accent of Luke is a bit annoying, but not enough to put you off!
In a nutshell: If you like a cerebral workout and brain training feels a bit old-hat, then this is a fun way to exercise the grey cells. At times you'll want to throw the damn game out of the window, but it's well worth the "eureka!" moment when you solve something you've spent ages trying to figure out!
 Good But Curiously Lacking... November 27, 2008
Claire Cottrill (Channel Islands, United Kingdom)
87 out of 93 found this review helpful
I was very excited about getting this game, partly because I love a good puzzle challenge and because I'd heard great things about the storyline, characters etc. Well as far as the puzzles go it gets full marks. The initial puzzles aren't too taxing and they progress nicely to being pretty tricky. There's a fair share of "dur! I should have seen that coming!" puzzles as well as some plain old hard slog ones. You do need to have studied GCSE Maths for some of the harder ones (area of a triangle anyone?!) and remember your fractions, but this applies to only a minority of them so don't let that put you off.
The graphics are lovely, particularly the short animated sequences with speaking parts that appear throughout the game (which you can watch again once you've unlocked the bonuses).
So where did it fall down? Well it has to be on the 'story'. I won't give it away (unlike some reviewers! tut tut!!! Amazon please remove these!!), however I did 'guess' pretty early on. As for interaction, well I don't really know what some reviewers are referring to when they talk about this because there really isn't all that much. Yes you get to chat to the other characters, but that's purely to give you a puzzle or tell you to go somewhere or visit another character (in fact it's pretty similar to the interaction in The Sims: Castaway). I was also annoyed by not being always being allowed to wander where I chose. I felt this was my choice to get wrong if I wanted to, not be hand-held to go in the right direction.
I'd definitely recommend this game for some fun puzzling and as a lovely distraction, however being fair they could have released it as a 'puzzle only' game presented by the Professor, as the background story is pretty irrelevant. For interaction, brain power and lateral thinking, you're better off with Phoenix Wright/Appollo Justice as these have very in-depth characters and storylines, and are happy to let you make your own mistakes in the quest for the truth. They also take considerably longer to play.
Curiouser and curiouser! September 7, 2008
Peabrain (UK)
117 out of 126 found this review helpful
I was told about Professor Layton by a family member. At first I didn't think I was going to enjoy it but before I knew it, I was hooked! Some of the challenges were easy but others certainly got the grey cells working and what's more, other members of the family got involved in the challenges too! The graphics are great, and the game has mini movie clips throughout.
I've played "Phoenix Wright" but in my opinion "Professor Layton" is streets ahead in terms of all-round player experience - interaction, enjoyment and challenging!
It was sad when the challenges were coming to end but I was pleased to learn that additional weekly challenges could be downloaded -yippee!!
I can't wait for the next game - Professor Layton and Pandora's box - to be released and there's a third game in development too.
puzzle-tastic! October 19, 2008
K. Morris (Perth, Scotland)
222 out of 240 found this review helpful
I can honestly say this is one of the best games I have played for the DS. It is suited for puzzle fans - there are a LOT of puzzles to solve, some quite straight forward but there are a lot of taxing ones. I'll admit I was naughty and referred to an online FAQ more than once! It has a nice story, lots of quirky characters, different locations to look around as well. Once you complete certain bits you unlock bonuses. Great fun and although I've finished it I will definetly play it again.
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