The future will arrive sooner than expected for fans of LEVEL-5’s acclaimed Professor Layton video game series. Nintendo of America has announced a new launch date of Sept. 12 for Professor Layton and the Unwound Future™, a new hand-held adventure created exclusively for the top-selling Nintendo DS™ family of portable game systems. Previously scheduled for release on Sept. 20, the game will now be available a week earlier, treating newcomers and experienced players alike to a mesmerizing mix of mystery, time travel and puzzle-solving fun.
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future places the professor and his trusted apprentice at the center of a spellbinding adventure after they receive a strange letter sent from 10 years in the future. Players must wind their way through more than 165 mind-bending puzzles as they decipher clues and strive to unlock a time-twisting mystery that threatens to plunge London into chaos. Featuring richly rendered graphics and an engaging storyline, the Professor Layton game series has sold nearly 1.4 million units in the United States.
Source: Nintendo PR
1. [Wii] Wii Party
2. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles 2
3. [DS] Inazuma Eleven 3
4. [DS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages
5. [DS] Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Youkai Daikessen!!
6. [Wii] Super Mario Galaxy 2
7. [DS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
8. [360] Crackdown 2
9. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen
10. [Wii] Wii Fit Plus
Hideo Kojima
“I wear glasses, so I’m happy that 3D glasses are not needed. I directed the E3 demo. It was based off Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater, but the backgrounds and character modeling were all redone in high polygon. It’s not finalized, but we’re thinking about CO-OPs and other things — elements fitting of a 3D and portable game machine.”
Suda 51
“I was able to feel the speed of video game history and also the feeling of ‘We’ve come this far.’ To express the game I want to make in a word, it’s ‘The Next Game.’ Nintendo 3DS is the arrival of ‘The Next Hardware.’ So, ‘The Next Game.'”
Hideki Kamiya
“Games with dynamic scale are okay too, but I personally would like to take a different approach from the large screen and make a 3D game where you can enjoy the feeling of existence of portable 3D.”
Toshihiro Nagoshi (Super Monkey Ball 3DS)
“If future portable game machines demand that both social aspects and immersion be satisfied for when you play multiplayer and single player for instance, 3DS firmly answers these with Wi-Fi and 3D. I’d like to make a variety of proposals.”
Nagoshi also said that he believes the 3DS is an expected “conclusion” from Nintendo, feeling that starting with the 3DS, the company has seemed to have pursued game hardware as toys.
Shu Takumi
“We’ve at last reached this point! As a creator, I feel that a new challenge (considering certain things for the first time like interface issues) has started. I’d like to show a mystery in a 3D space.”
Atsushi Inaba
“I experienced a strong jolt of the feeling ‘I want to make something.’ When I first saw Wii and DS at Nintendo’s home office, I was also excited. It’s the same feeling here, but the level is completely different this time. Since the start of the game industry, there’s never been a system that better fit the words ‘dream’ and ‘next generation.'”
Keiji Inafune
“Elements for selling games are concept, technology and marketing. Nintendo 3DS is a showcase of elements for selling hardware. While keeping the appeal of portable game machines as is, it offers high processing ability, improved controls, a more appealing design, goggle-free 3D technology, and a robust 3rd party title lineup.”
Takenobu Terada
– Believes that the true 3D contender has arrived
– Terada’s team looking at different approaches for the 3DS Super Robot Wars games
– Could make something like Super Robot Wars Neo with 3D visuals or traditional 2D battles with 3D effects and cut-ins
– Something completely different a possibility, too
Shinji Mikami
“I felt that I’d definitely like to work on 3DS. Ah, it’s time for dinner with Itagaki.”
Mikami also told Famitsu that he was surprised at how well the 3D works. Images have great depth to them and really feel 3D.
Tomonobu Itagaki
“Today, I have a meeting at a yakiniku place, but I think things will heat up with talk about 3DS.”
Unlike goggles-free television viewing, Itagaki feels it will work well with a portable.
Yoshinori Ono
“We’d like to put in some ideas that make effective use of the portability.”
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
“Our own Resident Evil was shown on the show floor and was well received, but when I saw Metal Gear, I felt the new potential of the 3DS. I’d like to make something.”
Kobayashi was also “extremely surprised” by Nintendo’s games, feeling that images come to life on the screen.
METROID, STARRY SKIES, TETRIS, FACE EXERCISING AND MUCH MORE COMING UP SOON FOR Wii AND NINTENDO DS CONSOLES!
14TH July 2010: With summer in full swing, Nintendo looks ahead to a packed line-up of game launches for Wii and the family of Nintendo DS consoles over the next three months.
Fans of the classic Metroid franchise will be delighted as Metroid: Other M – words that many have been waiting to hear, arrives in Europe on 3rd September. Fans will see Samus Aran as never before as she returns in an unprecedented collaboration which blends the slick, action-packed production of the Team Ninja development team, with the game design talents of the creators of the original Metroid.
The handheld phenomenon that is DRAGON QUEST® IX: Sentinels of the Starry SkiesTM is also making its long awaited arrival to European shores, and you only have a matter of weeks to wait. One of the biggest games ever to hit the Nintendo DS family of consoles, it has all the elements of an instant classic: customisation options, a great story, and the ability to share a nearly limitless experience with friends. Developed by Square Enix Co., Ltd and launching imminently on 23rd July European fans will get to feel & experience the mechanics that has made this game such a true social phenomenon in Japan.
Trick x Logic: Season 1 (PSP) – 8/8/8/9
Lost in Shadow (Wii) – 8/8/7/8
Ninety-Nine Nights 2 (360) – 8/8/7/8
Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX – Kessen! Shin 6 Chouka (DS) – 8/7/7/7
Quiz! Hexagon II (DS) – 8/7/7/7
Blur Razers (PS3/360) – 7/8/7/7
Fate/Extra (PSP) – 8/7/7/7
Densha de Go! Tokubetsu-hen: Fukkatsu Shouwa no Yamatesen (DS) – 7/7/7/6
Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2G (PS3) – 8/7/5/5
TV Anime: Fairy Tale Gekitou! Madoushi Kessen (DS) – 6/6/6/5
As a huge Knicks fan, I was very disappointed that LeBron James decided to join the Miami Heat. But on the bright side, we were able to sign Amar’e Stoudemire! That’s better than nothing, right?!
As you can see, it’s barely different than the North American boxart.
