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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 7:08PM mrmobius said

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Really dislike NoE for not keeping this awesome extra in the game. We don't get it unless we import from America but America Luke apparently hasn't as good a voice acting.

Posted: Sep 21st 2011 7:24PM Balthier said

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@mrmobius

I don't like NA Luke's voice acting either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTZBlHraDw
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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 8:28PM pluupy said

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@Balthier
OI SEI WOT'S THAUT PROUGHFESSUH?
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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 7:16PM Basevi said

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The graphics look like a Mother game, and that makes me smile. :D

Posted: Sep 21st 2011 8:33PM pluupy said

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@Basevi
holy crap you're right
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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 8:51PM Chaosjay said

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@Basevi

I'm pretty sure it's made by Brownie Brown, who made Mother 3.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 9:56PM Nolan North said

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@Chaosjay
You're pretty sure it doesn't say so in the article?
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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 11:16PM Chaosjay said

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@Nolan North
Ack. From now on, I should probably read the article instead of just watching the video. I didn't see they said who developed it, but it doesn't say they developed Mother 3.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2011 7:18PM Andrew12h said

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Why can't life be this interesting...

*Starts dreaming

Hey guys! We need to get to the theater together but we only have 2 seats. Joe can't stay with Mary there because he's a god damn pervert. But Mary can't stay with Susie because they had a big fight. But Joe can't stay with Susie, well because he's a pervert- pay attention! Now how can we get everyone to the theater? "Yeah, but I can't ride in the car with the wolf because it'll eat my sheep"------- *DREAM WORLD APOCALYPSE!

God damn it XKCD, your superior knowledge destroys all of my dreams.

Posted: Sep 21st 2011 9:13PM SushiGummy said

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This makes me want a new Mother game... :(

Either way, I'm crazy psyched about this game. RRAGGH WHY DOES IT STILL HAVE TO BE ONE MONTH AWAY (no offense Europe)

Posted: Sep 21st 2011 9:45PM skullivan said

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What exactly do you do in London Life? Even though this game came out in Japan like 4 years ago all I could find on it was the same claim of 100 hours of gameplay. That's all well and good but... 100 hours of what? Are there actual battles and items and leveling up? I didn't get that from the video.

In any case I really need to go play the last Layton game, I'm always a year behind on them for some reason.

Posted: Sep 21st 2011 11:10PM blahblah55 said

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@skullivan
..................what? Battles and items? Where the heck did you even assume that???

It's like Animal Crossing.
...except 2D, and it's Professor Layton characters.
Which is damn fine.
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Posted: Sep 23rd 2011 12:04AM radioactivez0r said

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@blahblah55 And for those of us who know nothing about Animal Crossing and hear "RPG", what does that mean?
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Posted: Sep 22nd 2011 11:03AM TCJJ said

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So let me get this straight...

In Japan, London Life was unlocked once you beat the main game.

In America, London Life is already unlocked from the beginning.

In Europe and other European countries, London Life is not included AT ALL.

Also, the voice actors differ between the US and EU versions (I've never played different region Layton games before so I'm not sure if this is something new or not).

The EU version has pointlessly had its name changed, just like the rest of them (probably to do with pronounciation in other languages or something).

What the hell is going on here? So if the EU version has better voice actors but no London Life.... Well, I can't afford both so I might have to go with my original plan of importing the American version. It'd cost me the same whichever version I choose but a local store has both versions up for pre-order so I can choose. Unless London Life IS included in the EU version but just an unlockable like in the Japanese version. That doesn't seem to be the case though but if so, I'd be happy with that. If anyone can help clarify all my queries, I'd appreciate it. I just want to make sure I'm getting this stuff right (and kinda hope that some of it isn't).

Posted: Sep 23rd 2011 7:31PM xxxsam said

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@TCJJ
What the hell is going on here is, in my guess, localisation. If there's 100 hours of gameplay, there's probably quite a lot of text. How many languages is the EU version in... probably English plus three others?

They may have decided it wasn't worth the translation cost. So instead of, say, including the game but only in English, they've decided to take the simpler route of not including it at all. Yay.

Of course this assumes it ISN'T actually unlocked when you finish the game in the EU version, which we possibly won't know until the game comes out and has reviews. So might be best to wait for that confirmation.

Btw I never realised the voice actors were different - wtf? I don't even know what versions I got, of the earlier games...
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