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Professor Layton and the Curious Village | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $34.99
Buy New: $25.30
You Save: $9.69 (28%)
New (27) Used (9) from $23.54
Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 54
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: NTRPA5FE
UPC: 045496739270
EAN: 0045496739270
ASIN: B000U5W3IW
Release Date: February 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Sealed new. Fast shipping with free first class upgrade.
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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 Professor Layton and the Curious Village, 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. Touch Screen controls make working through puzzles fun for players of all skill levels, and new puzzles are available weekly for download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Fully voiced animated scenes bring the story to life, while the eccentric villagers and the hand-drawn art provide a charm that appeals to gamers and non-gamers alike.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Great game, but too short and no replay value May 12, 2008
Being located in the UK, I bought this game when it came out but had to wait until a friend of mine was visiting me to be able to actually receive it. So I got it last week.
It's a really great concept and the animated sections are fantastic - they look like anime - but it was too short and seems to abruptly speed up and then end. The gameplay at first is very slow and it feels like it will be a really long (but highly enjoyable game). At one point I was estimating that there might be 300 puzzles overall in the game, based on how many I had done so far and how far I had gotten in the main game objective. But suddenly nearly all of the ten Mysteries were marked "Solved" and I realised I was nearly at the end! There are a total of 100 storyline puzzles, 20 additional "hidden" puzzles, and 15 puzzles for completing special objectives (5 categories with 3 puzzles each). I have done all of the storyline puzzles, 18 of the 20 hidden puzzles (can't find the other two), and unlocked 3 of the special objective categories and completed the 9 puzzles there...all in less than 9 hours of gameplay. If I'd known it would be that short I'd have probably waited until the price dropped. I'm hoping that the sequel will be much longer.
I'm not that interested in replaying it, as I've already done all the puzzles and they wouldn't be challenging. I'd be very pleasantly surprised if the puzzles were different the second time around but I really doubt that they'd do that.
Fun for puzzle lovers May 12, 2008
I really enjoyed playing the game and solving the puzzles along the way. My eight year old daughter started a game of her own, but needs a little help with a lot of the puzzles. I only wish there were several sets of puzzles, allowing a player to work their way through more than one round without repetition.
A Brilliant, Solid and Endearing Puzzler May 9, 2008
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is one of those gems that seems to surface only on the DS--a unique breed of adventure game and brainteasing puzzler. You guide the titular character and his sidekick Luke as they enter the town of St. Mystere in search of the Golden Apple. What unfolds then is a unique mini-mystery tied together by a train of logic, math and perception puzzles, all manipulated by the stylus.
The art style is clean and endearing, with excellently animated FMV cutscenes propelling things along and crisp writing keeping you interested and upbeat. The music is slightly repetitive, but suitable, as it combines an overall unique French-style ambience while you futz over the latest puzzle.
The meat of the gamplay--the puzzles--is where things truly shine. Never really entering the realm of impossible, these are some of the most unique and clever challenges I've come across in a long while. You'll furrow your brow, working your mind like a Sherlock of sorts, and feel the delightful "Ah HAH!" moment when the answer suddenly strikes--and considering the depth, variety, challenge and multitude of these puzzles, you'll have that moment quite often. Plus, with weekly downloadable puzzles, it'll keep you thinking long after the main story is over.
Overall, any puzzle-loving gamer with a DS owes it to themselves to pick up this marvel of a title. It's money well spent, and a cart that I'm finding a hard time removing from my system.
Fun and interesting through the end! May 7, 2008
So many puzzles! This was a great game to play (often you'd find yourself squeezing in a few puzzles between work breaks and before you go to bed!). Yes some puzzles were incredibly easy, some were just silly, but most were really interesting and fun. Even now, having finished the game approximately 1 month ago, I still download the weekly puzzles to play. I can't WAIT for the sequel!
A fun alternative to the overdone "brain trainers" May 5, 2008
Professor Layton is a welcome change to the brain training game genre. It mixes quirky story, point-and-click adventure, and puzzle/brain-teaser all into a single DS title. Many of the puzzles use the stylus to great effect, sometimes asking you to draw pictures, trace paths, rearrange matchsticks, or simply using it to jot down the math required to solve a some algebra question. Fun times for any puzzle game fan.
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