Professor Layton and the Curious Village | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $29.99
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Rating:  139 reviews
Sales Rank: 221
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: puzzle_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
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
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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 134 more reviews...
 Keeps on Giving After You're Done September 25, 2008
Louis Mingione (Anaheim, CA USA)
I second everything great review on this game. I was addicted for a month straight. It was all my free time. Best DS game I own.
But the feature I like most about this game is that unlike every other game that you play and play until you beat it and then never touch it again, P.L. and the C.V. continues to provide you with new puzzles every week! As long as you have a wireless internet connection for your DS, you can download a brand new puzzle to solve every week! The game never ends! It keeps on giving!
"Layton's apprentice saves the day!"
So annoying it's great! September 24, 2008
L. W. Blake (Making Nice With My Col-Erase Pencils)
I love this game--emphatically. The cut scenes, what they call "movies," are beautifully rendered, and quite a surprise to find in a DS game (that stuff is usually left to the PSP). Correction: There are some games out there with movielike cut scenes but terrible game play. Professor Layton is not one of these games. The story is a great mystery, and there are several challenges posed to the gamer: trying to find all the hint coins, trying to find out who in the village will give you a puzzle (not all of them do), trying to find the puzzles hidden in the environment, and then solving the puzzles themselves.
These puzzles are not new; they're based on age-old math and logic. However, these types of puzzles challenge the way we think: I'm far better at certain puzzles than my friend, who is better at other types of puzzles than I am. It's great to learn how YOU, as the gamer, think and solve problems.
The other thing I liked about this game is the two internal "quests": collecting jigsaw pieces and collecting furniture. You are rewarded with pieces or furniture by solving certain puzzles in the game.
If that wasn't enough, if you collect all of the jigsaw pieces and all of the furniture, you unlock bonus "rooms" in a special section called Layton's Puzzles. Layton's Puzzles has five rooms, and each room has three puzzles a piece (all of them hard!).
There are great "side dishes" to this game, like the chance to rewatch the cut scenes, listen to the dialog, character descriptions, and the all-annoying Top Secret room, which requires a code you can only get when the sequel comes out! (As a matter of fact, Nintendo has confirmed a sequel entitled "Professor Layton and the Devil's Box," and there is a rumor for a third one floating around.)
Some of these puzzles are easy; some are hard. I'm not sure puzzle players younger than 12 years of age will appreciate this game, since some of the puzzles require logic that some younger kids may not yet have learned or understand. But this game is a definite must for older kids and for adults who love a good brain teaser to perplex and confound you!
Addictive fun! September 23, 2008
Conscientious Mom (TN, USA)
I purchased this game for my daughter's 10th birthday. She hasn't seen it yet, but I love it. It uses a teach as you go feature making it easy to navigate. The graphics are lovely. It periodically has a little anime movie clip. The puzzles are diverse and interesting. I highly recommend this game.
 I see, I don't see. September 22, 2008
John thomas Oaks (Elizabethton, TN USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can see why so many people are raving about this game. The graphics are gorgeous, and if you are partial to brain games, it's a good choice.
However, if you hate brain games (like me), the storyline and graphics will not save this game for you. I thought perhaps a story might make me enjoy the brain games, but no.
Also, Professor Layton and the kid give me the creeps, and I don't think they're supposed to.
I sold my copy after three days.
 For younger kids September 19, 2008
Nicola Afdem (portland)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game was ok but it was geared for younger players. I thought it would have harder puzzles or timed puzzles but they were fairly easy. I finished it in 3 hours and returned it to the store.
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