Professor Layton (series)



The Professor Layton (レイトン教授 Reiton-kyōju) series is a puzzle video game series for the Nintendo DS developed by Nintendo and Level-5. The series currently consists of four games and one film with at least two more games for the Nintendo 3DS and at least one more film due for 2010/2011. Level-5 has also discussed that a third trilogy is in the works. The first three games are about Professor Layton and Luke's adventures together and their eventual parting of ways. The next three games and the film are prequels and are about how Luke and Layton met and their "original" adventures. Although only the first trilogy is available outside of Japan, Level-5 has stated that eventually the other games and films will be localized.

Each title consists of a series of puzzles and mysteries given by the citizens of towns that the main characters visit. It is not necessary to solve all the puzzles to progress, but some are mandatory and at certain points in the game a minimum number of puzzles must be solved before the story will continue.

The series has gone on to be one of the most successful Nintendo DS exclusive series, with the lifetime cumulative sales of Professor Layton games standing at 10 million units sold as of October 2010.

One of the upcoming games for the Nintendo 3DS is a crossover with Capcom's Ace Attorney series.