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Professor Layton and the Curious Village
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Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a point and click adventure puzzle game set in a charming village with enigmatic characters. Solve over 120 puzzles given to you by the villagers to help you solve the mystery of the 'Golden Apple'.
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"Professor Layton and the Curious Village is an outstanding mix of charm and logic that's likely to make a pretty deep impression on you."
5 ★ (27)
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The Curious Village. Just short of greatness.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village for DS. 4 stars. It was an enjoyable game that mixed point and click adventuring with puzzle solving. I felt compelled to play it till the end. However I didn'… Read more

More than Brain Age with a story

Dr Kawashima's Brain Training "How Old Is Your Brain" for the Nintendo DS was an instant hit to a new crowd, one that people didnt really think existed, I'm talking about the causal crowd. Up untill t… Read more

Professor Layton and the Curious Village Review

By - Richard J. Puzzles, puzzles, and more puzzles; that is what can be found throughout Professor Layton and the Curious Village. With the game boasting more than 120, it has no shortage of puzzles t… Read more

The Town With A Puzzle Fetish

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is the first in a five part series of games to come out on the Nintendo DS, mixing brainteasers with a story that twists and turns enough to give you a noseble… Read more

DS Puzzle Game...but Awesome!

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is one of the best DS games that I’ve played in the last year. In a platform completely infested with “brain training” games, Professor Layton is a similar sor… Read more

Astounding Puzzles and Ambiance, Average Everything Else.

Ah-ha! Before playing this game ask yourself one thing. Do you like puzzles? If you don't you have no business playing through Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Any other gameplay that exists… Read more

Puzzle Activity Book meets Point-n-Click Adventure!

A new Professor Layton game was just released for the Nintendo DS, and you might be curious what it’s all about. But before you jump head-first into the sequel, take a look at Professor Layton & t… Read more

BPReview: Professor Layton & the Curious Village (DS)

What is it?: Professor Layton and his sidekick Luke head to a village to solve various puzzles in their search for the mysterious Golden Apple. What I liked: Music - The first thing that grabbed my at… Read more

I Love this game, but it can be confusing at times

The game's story, which is told via a mix of beautiful full-motion video, as well as attractive still-scenes, follows that of Professor Layton, a man renowned for his puzzle-solving abilities. Along w… Read more

Professor Layton and the Hard Puzzles!

Professor Layton really knocks you out of your box top shoes and into a higher class of DS games. The first aspect of this game that truly is awe-inspiring is (incidentally) the first thing you see..… Read more

Mathematics behind the game

First of all, I was surprised to learn that Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a japanese made game because the artisitic look, storyline and puzzles feel so much like a western game. Level 5… Read more

DS Intro

This game was my first introduction to the DS. A few years ago, I thought the DS had reached its peak, based on some of the reviews that had been out there for some really great, innovative games. I h… Read more

Everything you could want in a casual handheld game

Professor Layton is a beautiful and charming game that shows post apocalyptic settings, large explosions, machismo, and the destruction of all life are not required to make a great game. An intriguing… Read more

Layton successfully blends puzzle solving and adventure elements.

Innovation is an interesting topic in the video game industry. We often hear complaints about publishers relying too heavily on sequels that don't introduce enough new ideas to tried-and-true formulas… Read more

This game is incredibly addictive!

Picked up Prof. Layton and the Curious Village recently and have been having a fantastic experience. The puzzles are often classic logic problems or variations of them, so you may be familiar with som… Read more

Just solve this puzzle first...

I’d find it very unnerving if, upon travelling to a new town and asking a local where the nearest bathroom was, they told me to solve a puzzle of theirs first. But such is the world of Professor Layto… Read more

Sex for puzzle solving.

So if you’ve been around me and my DS sometime within the last month or so, I’ve probably subjected you to a series of unusual and frustrating puzzles. You may be surprised to know that the source of… Read more

Professor Layton excels in all aspects and exceeds expectations

Professor Layton is simply amazing. It takes the puzzle genre, perfects it, and then adds on extra features to create an all-around package worthy of everyone's attention. This is a game that excels i… Read more

Exuding Charm, this Game is a Blast!

One could compare Professor Layton and the Curious Village to other "puzzle" games such as the brain training series, but that would be doing it an injustice. Professor brings its own charm to the gen… Read more

Charmed

This game gives off an aura of charm I've not experienced in quite some time. The puzzles are fun and can be a little tricky. But fear not the game goes easy on you with well said hints, providing you… Read more

Professor Layton & the Curious Village (DS) Review

So, this game has been out for well over a year now in Japan and around seven months in the US and Australia. So why no release in Europe? Well the good news is that this title will finally arrive in… Read more

Professor Layton and the Curious Village Review

When I first got my DS back in 2006 there weren't that many games that I wanted to play for it. I loved New Super Mario Brothers, and Sonic Rush, but I couldn't find many games that I felt really coul… Read more

Curiouser and curiouser...

Level 5 Nintendo DS Unless you’re running homebrew applications on your DS console (and you should, if only to re-experience old LucasArts gems through the magic of ScummVM), you may have felt the lac… Read more

Final Thoughts: Professor Layton and the Curious Village

"Layton's apprentice saves the day!" I'd been looking forward to Professor Layton for a long time because I am a sucker for puzzles and puzzle-type (adventure) games. I picked it up on day one and fin… Read more

Charming

There is no shortage of mini-game collections these days, and while Professor Layton's core game mechanic is solving puzzles, it is far from just another puzzle game. The game takes place in a little… Read more

Pitch perfect puzzling.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village Review. posted: 03/14/2008 Professor Layton and the Curious Village PLATFORM (Nintendo DS) PUBLISHER (Nintendo) PRICE $30 ESRB RATING (E for Everyone) PLAYERS… Read more

An excellent addition to any DS owners' library

As I--and many--argue, gameplay is the most important aspect of a game. Arguably, without this aspect a game would crumble. Professor Layton, however, excels in this aspect. Nearly every one of the pu… Read more

Train your brain in EVEN MORE minutes a day

Professor Layton is not just a Brain Age game. All Brain Age does is attempt to challenge you in easy ways that you learned to do in 1st grade, so easy that a 7 year old could do it (no offense). But… Read more

Professor Layton is a compelling experience for puzzle lovers.

What surprised me the most about Professor Layton was how it managed to successfully combine two seemingly unrelated subjects: an interesting mystery story, and a collection of brainteaser puzzles. Bu… Read more

A game with great puzzles and an engaging story!

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a pretty well made puzzle game for the DS, it has many qualities but the main attractive are the puzzles, they go from logic to math, some of them are fairl… Read more

Outstanding puzzle game that deserves more attention

So there you are, in the mansion of a rich widow who wants you to help her solve the mystery of her husband’s inheritance. You just chased down her beloved cat, and have returned to find that a murder… Read more

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is an extremely creative and unique game. This game blends the best aspects of two recent games for the DS. The mystery/case solving aspect of Phoenix Wright a… Read more

Professor Layton and the Curious Village Review - Nintendo DS

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is indeed a curious game. As if there weren't enough brain training games out there already, this one takes brain busting to a whole new level. Hidden behind t… Read more

Quick wits and imaginative thinking go a long way in the Curious

Despite its looks, Professor Layton and the Curious Village is far from being a game just for kids. Developed by Level-5, the studio behind Dragon Quest VIII and Dark Cloud, it combines two brain twis… Read more

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