Take that! First Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright screens released

by JC Fletcher on Sep 15th 2011 5:25PM

Professor Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright is 3D, new screens reveal. And not just in the "stereoscopic visuals" meaning of the term -- of course, it is that kind of 3D, being a 3DS game. The character art is composed not of flat drawings, but of 3D models, much like Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle.

Famitsu details the premise of the game: both characters find themselves in "Labyrinth City," home of an unfortunate series of "witch trials" that Phoenix Wright works to put an end to. Naturally, this city has an unorthodox legal system, with "mob juries" overriding the rules of court.

It's due in Japan next year, but there's some faint hope for a western release -- GameStop UK has a placeholder pre-order page for the game.

[Thanks, Jeff.]

Via: Andriasang
Source: Famitsu, GameStop

Tags: capcom, ds, gamestop, level-5, nintendo, professor-layton-vs-phoenix-wright, tgs-2011, uk

Reader Comments (44)

This will come to NA. It has to. Right? Someone tell me it's coming!

@Uncle Jesse Level 5's the one doing the actual localization, and held a poll of all their games that wished to be localized. They said the one in 1st place would definitely be localized, and the other 2 would be considered. Layton VS Phoenix is at 60% for first place with everything else in the low 20s or lower. It's going to be localized.

@Uncle Jesse
I'm willing to sacrafice as many virgins as possible to Capcom to make sure they don't block it.

@CavemanFilms
wait I hope that means Time Travlers doesn't get localised. I wanted to play it.

@Uncle Jesse

It's coming just as sure as I am.

@The Aquacharger

*I hope that doesn't mean that

Rats. Now I have to get a 3DS.
Friendly tip: I usually say polygonal when I want to easily communicate the use of 3D models as opposed to use of stereoscopic visuals. But that's just me.

@Paragon8 Between this and ZOE they have me! but I'll still wait to get a 3DS; money is tight these days :)

Worst case scenario we'll have to import, but it's pretty likely that this will get localized.

That said, CAN'T WAIT.

@DarkKingSilvers Considering the 3DS isn't region free, importing is kind of a big deal.

@DarkKingSilvers Games are region locked on 3DS. Level-5 has already been promised to localize. I wonder if they'll get Ben Judd to voice Phoenix again.

Oh god yes, I can't wait for this.

WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!

@PedoJokerBear

You're killing independent Layton! You know that, don't you?

@Uncle Jesse

anybody knows, you gotta keep your worlds apart!

Confirm a North American version and I'll rush out to buy a 3DS just for this.

@Faceless Troll

I've decided that even if I don't have a 3DS by the time this comes out, I'm going to preorder it. And own it without a 3DS.

Dose that mean its coming hear next year or might with the 60% votes and were are the polls for this game so i can vote it up?

Did the Layton games ever turn into the puzzle games I thought they were supposed to be? From what I played of the first game, it was just an interactive riddle book with only a few actual puzzles thrown in here and there.

@soniccar It has more puzzles than riddles.

@soniccar
If you mean you thought it was going to be like a point-click adventure, then no, it never did get like that, sorry; you were misinformed. The gameplay is entirely walking around, talking to people, clicking on things and then solving a totally unrelated puzzle to progress. Luckily, this happens to be bizarrely awesome.

(If you mean all the puzzles are riddles then you're just wrong, only a small minority are riddles. There are mazes, logic puzzles, 3d shape puzzles, annoying move-blocks-around puzzles, etc etc etc. So I'm guessing you meant the above.)

About this game - for some reason I had the impression that (a) it had already come out in Japan, and (b) was not very good. Luckily it seems like that was some kind of really bizarre bad dream... (I need to stop eating cheese just before I go to bed.)

I hope it'll be good, but I'm a bit disappointed that the characters are 3D-rendered. At least the 'Professor Layton vs' part means it's very likely to be licensed - unfortunately it seems like Phoenix Wright games don't sell any more, which is really depressing :(

@soniccar
If you're referring to puzzle as in the puzzle-genre like Tetris... then just get Henry Hatsworth.

@xxxsam
I played the first game until you go searching for a cat. At that point in the game, it seemed like it was 2 riddles for every puzzle. The riddles really drained any fun I was having. Also, what the heck was up with the optical illusions that you need to measure to solve(stupid hat brim)? How did those make it in? So they never ditched the riddles?

@soniccar

The "riddles" that you keep mislabelling are the entire point of the goddamn franchise.

@Colin
I'm not mislabeling anything. They are RIDDLES. That is what they are. In a riddle, there can be many answers, but you have to guess which the person that made it used. If that is the point of the whole franchise, as you say, then that is a very stupid franchise. It is like being in the old Adam West Batman show, trying to answer the Riddler's ridiculous riddles.

@soniccar
Well the first game was about a million years ago so I don't really remember it, but I think there were only a handful of riddles in it - as in, where the game tells you a riddle and you then have to write in a one-word answer using the handwriting recognition.

I looked up a walkthrough to check:

http://wikicheats.gametrailers.com/Professor_Layton_and_the_Curious_Village_%28DS%29/Walkthrough

Of the first 20 puzzles, it looks like one (010) is a riddle. I think the ratio overall, and for newer games, is probably less than one in twenty (but I'm certainly not going to research it). Don't actually remember any riddles in the last game but there may have been some...

Can't wait for this but let me get in my requisite bitching, regardless:

Why make a somewhat crappy 3D engine for 2D characters? So it can be more "3D" GREAT! do it freaking right. The 3DS certainly could make these characters more polished.

Or, you know, do something CRAZY and keep it 2D art that's just high res. CRAZY! I know!

I mean it still seems just dialog driven so I see no need to use barely adequate 3D graphics for for traditionally 2D games.

Hmm, nope still feels like bitching for the sake of it and I'd take it on 3DS over DS purely because I was already suckered in to the 3DS.

For goodness' sake, when are we finally going to get Professor Layton on PS3? It would be awesome to see the drawing/animation style in 1080p!

@matthargett

It might look awesome, but it wouldn't play well at all.

@matthargett

The PS3 doesn't really suit the gameplay of Professor Layton.

Even so, you can experience the amazing animation style in 1080p in the form of the (rather good) Professor Layton film that was released over here next year.

I believe it's due out in the United States next month.

@Cube
Typo in last post.

The film was out here (UK) last year, not next year.

@matthargett - Also Nintendo releases these games in North America, so it's not very likely at all.

This game is going to cause some serious vision problems with that 3D effect...

Phoenix is in your 3DS, poking out your eyeballs.

@Nmaster64

No, Phoenix is only poking out your right eyeball. Layton is poking out your left.

@Nmaster64 No one says that you HAVE to put your 3D on. It's just a fun OPTIONAL effect. I can't waaaait for this game, one of the best reasons to have a 3DS (assuming it's coming out in NA pleeease)

This will easily be my most played 3DS game if it is released here.

Now all we need are the Elite Beat Agents and this will be game of the century

DOUBLE OBJECTION.

I'm hoping when I buy this there's a copy behind the counter. So the store assistant says "Can I help you?" And I'll say "I'll TAKE THAT please".

Blah, I hope the 3D is confined to the exploration/trial parts. Part of the reason why I liked the Professor Layton games was because of the gorgeous animated cutscenes, if they made those 3D then it would only hurt it.

This game will absolutely, positively be released here. Why wouldn't they? Don't Layton games alone sell like, over a million copies in North America alone?

Damn... I guess I'll have to get a 3DS when this comes out in the US.

This is so...beautiful!

Holy crap. Nintendo 3DS sales are flagging, so Nintendo has to bring out the big guns!

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright

Take that! First Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright screens released

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