Are you ready to get in the game? Check out The Significant Seven: our video games editors' list of must-have games and accessories. ;;; Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) - Rated "E" ;;; Nominated for top handheld game of the year by the 2007 Japanese Game Awards, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, sets players loose in a Victorian dream world as you and your guide, Archaeologist Professor Layton, explore a quirky Victorian village full of puzzling mysteries.
Gameplay 10 ; Graphics 9 ; Sound 9 ; Value 10 ; C3 Score : 10. A truly wonderful effort from the team renowned previously for its RPG efforts. Marrying the current craze for brain teasing puzzles with a delightfully mysterious tale that entertains throughout works brilliantly and everything just smacks of pure quality. Certainly worth checking out and hopefully Nintendo Europe will not take too long bringing this instant classic over here as well.
As of now, Layton is #2, only beaten by #1 : Brain Age 2. If it can keep this for at least one more week, I believe this will be the sleeper hit of February 08 NPD, just like COD4 is a sleeper hit for Nov and Dec 07 NPD.
To be more exact, you choose the big house picture in the lower right part, and then it will download the game demo.
Subtitle : Wolves & Chicks Puzzle. This demo will show the intro of the Layton game, and will show you one of the puzzle : Puzzle No 7 : Wolves & Chicks. Enjoy the 50 piccarats worth puzzle.
Did the flash loaded properly ? The cursor should be changed into Layton hat, and the number counter will increase from 0% to 100% (complete). There should be some icon in the right bottom corner of the sreen, and one of them is the demo link. I am at work now, and the internect connection sucks here, so I could not be more specific than this.
My opinion : I believe people are underestimating the selling power of this game. With the help of new color (Cobalt/Black) that were released on the same date in US, and the fact that this game has universal appeal (puzzle solving is more universal, since it can also interest women, not just men).
As of now, this game is #5 in Amazon.com DS Bestseller list (under Mario & Sonic, but above Zelda: PH at #9, and Advance Wars : Dor at #12)
The official website has been updated with a demo of the game.
You can also download a game clock for PC or Mac from the official website. Check out this game :D
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