– Game’s biggest feature is that it’s for the 3DS
– Story set one year after Layton meets Luke
– Young Layton will be shown in the game
– Theme song in the trailer done by Yuming (famous singer/songwriter in Japan)
– Everything was scrapped, started over midway through development
– Two timelines in the game: Present Professor Layton and Young Layton (college years)
– Puzzles supervised by Akira Tago.
– New puzzle to be distributed every day via Wi-Fi for the first year of the game’s release
– Theme song is “Mysterious Flower”
– Releasing Spring 2011 in Japan
– Everything in 3D, which includes the hand-drawn anime
– Animations are motion captured
– Town scenes are all in 3D, look around and people move
– Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino thinks players will be surprised even with the game’s opening video
– “Yume no Sekai” (“Dream World”) uses the Magic Master book that comes with the game
– Can be transported to Dream World at an inn in town
– Different gimmicks in Dream World
– Use the magic book to complete the gimmicks
– Complete puzzles by doing what you see on screen and matching that with your book
– Many puzzles in Dream World
– Will need to figure out a riddle or puzzle even when trying to open a treasure box
– Raise “Imagine” in the game
– Imagine are animals that can be captured and raised to be used in battle
– Imagine can evolve
– Menu driven battles
– Move characters around in battle, can avoid attacks and buff the effects of your own
– Positions of the Imagine in battle are important
– Better to put strongest characters in the front, move them to the back if they’re injured
– Over 350 Imagine
– “Tabi suru Tamago” (“Traveling Egg”) system in the game
– This system carries your name/your location/a small message
– Collect eggs and receive items when you use Tag mode
– You decide whether to send an egg off on a journey or break it
– Whatever is inside the egg will grow if you send it off on a journey
– Eggs have levels
– Need to have a certain number of egg points to break higher level eggs
– Casino in the game, includes slots and card games
– Ridable vehicles (includes ships)
– Download items/quests via Wi-Fi
– This will happen for a year
– Game costs 6800 yen
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
WiiWare
ThruSpace – 62 blocks
Happy Holidays Halloween – 52 blocks
VC
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest – 22 blocks
DSiWare
Armanda – 54 blocks
Music on: Playing Piano – 36 blocks
Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe – 29 blocks
Snapdots – 26 blocks
Videos
Nintendo Week 10/18
Art Academy Info Video
Sonic Colors
ThruSpace Info Video
Bakugan: Defenders of the Core Info Video
Conduit 2
Happy Holidays Halloween Info Video
Music on: Playing Piano Info Video
Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe Info Video
Tournament of Legends
thinkSMART Family
thinkSMART kids 8+
thinkSMART Info Video
Demos
Crafting Mama
Popular Nintendo DS and PC title to debut on Nintendo Wii
Hilversum, Netherlands – 18th October 2010 – Easy InteractiveTM is pleased to announce Titanic MysteryTM for Nintendo WiiTM, an incredibly popular Purple Hills title that combines hidden object and logic puzzles, previously only available on Nintendo DSTM and PC.
Players will now be able to experience the mysterious adventure aboard an all-new RMS Titanic, as Titanic Mystery sets its course for the Nintendo Wii. Titanic Mystery takes players aboard the luxurious craft exactly 100 years after the original ill-fated ocean liner left port. Shortly after setting sail, it is soon discovered that there are plans to blow up the ship, and it’s up to the player to find the bomb and expose the culprit behind this potential disaster.
