The secret to Level 5′s success, says CEO/President Akihiro Hino, is having a really awesome trailer with lots of visual images that target the game’s core audience. Said trailer’s gameplay footage is “not final.”
Ace Attorney fans looking for fresh Nintendo DS adventures sprinkled with puzzle-solving would do well to familiarise themselves with Professor Layton, who will be arriving in the West in just a few short weeks. Brought to us by Level 5 (aka the “new Square Enix”) by way of Nintendo, the series has been a smash hit in Japan, with the follow up to Professor Layton and the Curious Village hovering closer and to closer the million-sold mark overseas. Adventure games may not necessarily be my thing, but throw in some logic puzzles and you have a confirmed sale, Nintendo.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village was supposed to be playable at E for All. It was. Wired’s Chris Kohler sadly reports that the localised version of the popular Japanese puzzle game was nowhere to be seen. Nintendo confirmed that it had been yanked from the E For All line-up. It was previously announced that the DS title slipped to 2008, and Nintendo’s decision to pull the game at E for All shouldn’t come as a surprise. Sucks, though.
No Layton [Game|Life]