Eponymous puzzle-solver Professor Layton returns exclusively to the Nintendo DS™ family of consoles including Nintendo 3DS™*, in a new mysterious adventure, Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call, available across Europe on November 25th.

Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call is bursting to the brim with brand new puzzles to challenge and delight both seasoned Professor Layton fans and those new to the series. The exciting storyline, set three years before the events of Professor Layton and the Curious Village, follows the story of how Professor Layton first met his soon-to-be trusty assistant Luke. Players will also be introduced to Layton’s female assistant, Emmy, who is keen to work with him to discover the mystery behind the Misthallery spectre. The more puzzles you solve, the closer you will get to cracking Layton’s latest mystery.

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Today (or rather tonight) is the big day! Actually, this could end up being the second biggest day of the year for Nintendo fans. Nintendo will be making at least a few announcements in a few hours and will show fans what they have in store for the 3DS.

Time zone rundown:

11 PM EDT
10 PM CDT
9 PM MDT
8 PM PDT
4 AM London time (Tuesday)
5 AM Western Europe (Tuesday)
12 PM JST (Tuesday)

You’ll be able to watch the conference here, but it’ll be in Japanese. Check

I’ll post one final reminder before the event begins!

According to the latest issue of CoroCoro, Mewtwo will be distributed for release in Japan. Pokemon Black/White owners should connect online at any time from September 26 to October 31 to receive the Pokemon. Thus far, it has been confirmed that Mewtwo will have its Pressure ability.

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Ocarina of Time 3D is a fantastic addition to the 3DS library, but fans are understandably very curious as to what a completely original Zelda game would look like on the system. Producer Eiji Aonuma wouldn’t give away any specific details, though he did tell Game Informer that he expects to do something “very interesting”. Aonuma added that the project “will be a game in which having 3D will mean something.”

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Eiji Aonuma has once again been asked about his thoughts for Zelda on Wii U. While he essentially repeated his previous comments, he did say that the team is “much more interested in looking at the power of the Wii U system and seeing how we can take advantage of that power to do things that we haven’t been able to do in a Zelda game before.” Additionally, Aonuma explained that Skyward Sword will be a title that shows fans “how the Zelda series can change and evolve.”

Aonuma told Game Informer:

“The demo that we showed at E3 was really just more of a rough idea of if all we were to do was to take a Zelda game and put it in HD, this is what it might look like. We’re much more interested in looking at the power of the Wii U system and seeing how we can take advantage of that power to do things that we haven’t been able to do in a Zelda game before…. One of our goals with [Skyward Sword] is to be the first step in illustrating for people how the Zelda series can change and evolve.”

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Individual formats

– 1 DEAD ISLAND XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
– 2 RESISTANCE 3 PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
– 3 DEAD ISLAND PS3 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
– 4 WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE XB360 THQ THQ
3 5 DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
2 6 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
5 7 DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
1 8 DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION XB360 EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 9 WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE PS3 THQ THQ
4 10 DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION PS3 EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
– 11 STAR FOX 64 3D 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 12 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 XB360 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
– 13 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
7 14 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 PS3 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
– 15 WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE PC THQ THQ
9 16 JUST DANCE 2 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 17 DEAD ISLAND PC DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
10 18 WII SPORTS RESORT WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 19 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 20 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN WII DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
14 21 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 22 NHL 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
37 23 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN XB360 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 24 RISE OF NIGHTMARES XB360 SEGA SEGA
21 25 XENOBLADE CHRONICLES WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
24 26 WII FIT PLUS WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 27 DIRT 3 XB360 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
22 28 JUST DANCE 2: EXTRA SONGS WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
8 29 MADDEN NFL 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
39 30 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN DS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
13 31 MADDEN NFL 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
35 32 RED DEAD REDEMPTION PS3 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
25 33 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 34 HOMEFRONT XB360 THQ THQ
32 35 THE SIMS 3 PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 36 RED DEAD REDEMPTION XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS TAKE 2
– 37 NHL 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
31 38 DUKE NUKEM FOREVER XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
15 39 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
30 40 ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT

All formats

– 1 DEAD ISLAND TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
– 2 WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE RELIC THQ THQ
2 3 DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO UBISOFT REFLECTIONS UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 4 RESISTANCE 3 INSOMNIAC SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
1 5 DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION EIDOS MONTREAL EIDOS SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
3 6 ZUMBA FITNESS PIPEWORKS 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
4 7 RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011 HB STUDIOS 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
5 8 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER’S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 9 STAR FOX 64 3D Q-GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 10 GRAN TURISMO 5 POLYPHONY DIGITAL PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
8 11 CARS 2 FIREBRAND GAMES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 12 NHL 12 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 13 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
9 14 FIFA 11 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 15 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
10 16 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 17 MADDEN NFL 12 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
18 18 RED DEAD REDEMPTION ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
12 19 LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARS TRAVELLER’S TALES LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
16 20 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
20 21 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 22 ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
17 23 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 24 DIRT 3 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
22 25 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
21 26 DUKE NUKEM FOREVER GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
24 27 HOMEFRONT KAOS STUDIOS THQ THQ
15 28 BRINK SPLASH DAMAGE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
19 29 CALL OF JUAREZ: THE CARTEL TECHLAND UBISOFT UBISOFT
26 30 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
28 31 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
27 32 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 12: THE MASTERS TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
33 33 SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE CITY INTERACTIVE
32 34 SKATE 3 EA BLACK BOX EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 35 EA SPORTS ACTIVE 2 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
31 36 MORTAL KOMBAT NETHERREALM STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 37 RISE OF NIGHTMARES SEGA SEGA SEGA
37 38 XENOBLADE CHRONICLES MONOLITH SOFTWARE NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 39 TOM CLANCY’S H.A.W.X. 2 UBISOFT (ROMANIA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
40 40 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO

Thanks to Pellican for the tip!

So… that “massive shock announcement” regarding Pokemon? It seems to be PokePark 2: Beyond the World for Wii, not a completely original RPG adventure for 3DS. CoroCoro has revealed the title (see the scan above). We don’t have many details at the moment, but it’s set for a winter release in Japan.