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Professor Layton and the Last Specter (DS)

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Release Date: 10/18/11
Genre: Story-based Puzzle
Developer: Level-5
Publisher: Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
ESRB Content: Alcohol Reference, Mild Suggestive Themes, Mild Violence, Simulated Gambling

Professor Layton is Back with a Puzzling Prequel This fourth installment of the Professor Layton puzzle adventure series begins a new trilogy that is a prequel to the original games. Three years before the events in the Professor Layton and the Curious Village™ game,Professor Layton receives a letter from his old schoolmate Clark Triton. It states that “a mysterious giant shrouded in fog has been laying waste to our houses.” The professor heads to the town of Misthallery to investigate, and is joined by Emmy, his new assistant. What is the meaning of all the destruction, and is it related to the village’s folklore legend of a “specter”? The unfolding story details how Professor Layton and his apprentice, Luke, met.

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Reviews

7.9
based on 3 top critics
and 2 virtual ratings

8.0
Professor Layton and the Last Specter is yet another absorbing outing for the puzzle-solving English gentleman and his friends.

9.0
Professor Layton returns in his longest and most intellectually stimulating adventure yet.

8.5
And, fortunately, all that game is quite good.

7.0
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