Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a puzzle adventure video game for the Nintendo DS system. It was developed and published by Level-5 in Japan and published by Nintendo worldwide. It was released in Japan in 2007 and worldwide the following year. It was re-released in Australia using the British English localisation and European artwork to replace the previously released North American localisation. Curious Village is the first game in the Professor Layton series, followed by Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. An enhanced mobile port of Curious Village featuring additional cutscenes, subtitled "HD for Mobile", was released in 2018.
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| Developer(s) | Level-5 |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo DS JP: Level-5 WW: Nintendo iOS, Android WW: Level-5 |
| Director(s) | Tatsuya Shinkai |
| Producer(s) | Akihiro Hino |
| Artist(s) | Takuzo Nagano |
| Writer(s) | Noriko Ikeura Kazuya Kuranari |
| Composer(s) | Tomohito Nishiura |
| Series | Professor Layton |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS, mobile, iOS, Android |
| Release | Nintendo DS
Mobile phone
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle, adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The game centers on Professor Hershel Layton, and his self-styled apprentice, Luke Triton, investigating the fictional village of St. Mystere about an artifact known as the Golden Apple, an heirloom that the late Baron had left as a test to determine who would receive his fortune after his death. The residents of St. Mystere particularly enjoy brain teasers and will often ask the player to help solve them by using the system's touchscreen to submit answers in exchange for their cooperation in the search.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village was met with generally positive reviews, praising both its approach to combining the adventure and puzzle genres, as well as for its presentation and animated cutscenes. It sold over a million copies in Japan alone, in addition to 3.17 million copies sold worldwide.