Professor Layton 4 Has an Unlockable 100 Hour RPG

[Keane Ng]

Professor Layton 4 Has an Unlockable 100 Hour RPG

Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute includes what might be the most extravagant game-within-a-game ever created: a bonus RPG called Professor Layton and London Life that is apparently 100 hours long.

It's a shame that we here in the West are so far behind Japan in terms of Level-5's deliciously brainteasing Professor Layton series. We're just about to get the second game in the franchise, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, while Japan is already getting geared for the fourth, Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute, in November.

It stings all the more if you consider one recently revealed bonus that comes with The Devil's Flute. Packaging a game within a game is a clever and fun bonus that's been seen in everything from Shenmue to the last Indiana Jones game on the Wii, but I'm pretty sure what Level-5 and Brownie Brown have conjured up for The Devil's Flute takes the cake.

Included in The Devil's Flute is Professor Layton and London Life, a full-on RPG developed by Brownie Brown that Level-5 boasts will last more than 100 hours. That's quite the bonus, and should make The Devil's Flute one hell of a value package.

Judging from the screens, this really is a Professor Layton RPG: there's a town map on the top screen with gameplay happening on the bottom. Layton talks to NPCs who communicate in dialogue boxes, he explores a town from a top-down view in classic JRPG fashion, and he even has an equipment screen. Can't wait to open some chest and discover a top hat that will give me +5 to lateral thinking.

[Via Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/25/professor-layton-4-includes-unlockable-professor-layton-rpg/]]

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[KDR_11k]

I hope they won't just cut that for a localization to save effort.

 

[AdambotLive]

I Thought the second professor layton game was called "Professor layton & pandora's box" or is it just the UK?

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Holy crap...Just another reason to love Layton!

 

[SharedProphet]

Sold! : )

 

[Captain Pancake]

Really? that's... Extravagant? Grandiose? Over the top? Or maybe it's pure genius.

 

[APPCRASH]

Man do I hate minigames. This is at the "OHDEARGOD" level of insanity.

 

[Robert632]

i have a feeling that it will be released as a seperate game in most of the other countries of the world.

 

[KDR_11k]

i have a feeling that it will be released as a seperate game in most of the other countries of the world.

I doubt it'll really be as elaborate as a retail RPG.

 

[Magnatek]

I Thought the second professor layton game was called "Professor layton & pandora's box" or is it just the UK?

Look at the title of the article again. This is the 4th Professor Layton title they're talking about. You are off by two games.

 

[Robert632]

i have a feeling that it will be released as a seperate game in most of the other countries of the world.

I doubt it'll really be as elaborate as a retail RPG.

yes but with 100 hours of gameplay it could be considered a game by itself, and thus it will be sold seperatly.

 

[Pendragon9]

All thanks to Level 5. I love their long ass RPGs. Suck on it, Square!

 

[HK_01]

Wow, that is impressive! If that's actually a good RPG on there, I'll buy the game whenever it comes out here.

 

[Calamity]

level 5 has always been big on really really REALLY long post game content, and I love them for it.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

I really, really hope that doesn't get cut in the UK localization. I loved Professor Layton and the Curious Village, and I can't wait for Pandora's Box, so this has just made me even more excited and impatient.

 

[John Funk]

Yesssssssssssssssss

 

[Xelanath]

I Thought the second professor layton game was called "Professor layton & pandora's box" or is it just the UK?

Look at the title of the article again. This is the 4th Professor Layton title they're talking about. You are off by two games.

Read the article again, it's stated that the second game is called 'Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'.

 

[Pendragon9]

Yesssssssssssssssss

I would like to second that gloriously stretched out yes.

 

[Chishandfips]

I Thought the second professor layton game was called "Professor layton & pandora's box" or is it just the UK?

Look at the title of the article again. This is the 4th Professor Layton title they're talking about. You are off by two games.

Read the article again, it's stated that the second game is called 'Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'.

Same game, the title was changed into "Pandora's Box" for the UK version. I never understand why it's necessary to do this.

 

[pneuma08]

I Thought the second professor layton game was called "Professor layton & pandora's box" or is it just the UK?

Look at the title of the article again. This is the 4th Professor Layton title they're talking about. You are off by two games.

Read the article again, it's stated that the second game is called 'Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box'.

Same game, the title was changed into "Pandora's Box" for the UK version. I never understand why it's necessary to do this.

Agreed. Such a name change seems silly.

Back on the original topic - what? I don't even know how Layton could be transformed into a (classic-style) RPG. This certainly has piqued my interest, to say the least.