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Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Professor Layton and the Curious Village

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From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games

List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $27.47
You Save: $2.52 (8%)



New (32) Used (5) from $25.75

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 115 reviews
Sales Rank: 141

Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6

MPN: NTRPA5FE
UPC: 045496739270
EAN: 0045496739270
ASIN: B000U5W3IW

Release Date: February 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New!!! Ships 1st class!!

Features:
  • 130 puzzles
  • Touch Screen controls
  • New puzzles are available weekly for download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
  • Fully voiced animated scenes

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
In Professor Layton and the Curious Village, you'll tackle over 130 puzzles as you unravel the mysteries of the village. Puzzles range from mazes and riddles to logic and sliding puzzles. Touch Screen controls make working through puzzles fun for players of all skill levels, and new puzzles are available weekly for download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Fully voiced animated scenes bring the story to life, while the eccentric villagers and the hand-drawn art provide a charm that appeals to gamers and non-gamers alike.


Customer Reviews:   Read 110 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars Good brain exercise   July 19, 2008
I bought this for my wife and her thoughts are the basis for this review. It's a challenging, thought provoking exercise that's appropriate for someone who's been out of school for awhile. The math problems are the high point. The game should have been longer, though a great feature is the ability to download updated puzzles from the internet.


5 out of 5 stars Fun Game for All Ages   July 16, 2008
This game was awesome. It is fun and educational for all ages. I highly recommend!


5 out of 5 stars Perfect game for thinkers   July 16, 2008
I like games that challenge my mind. This game was perfect. Some easy puzzles some harder ones. Most of them just require you to think about what they are asking. Some require a paper and pencil. None require a calculator. I can't wait for the next installment. You can't go wrong with this game.


4 out of 5 stars the truth   July 8, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Okay...so the cover doesn't look very good, but the game is great. You know what they say...Never judge a book by it's cover! Same with DS covers. If you're under 10, it might be a little hard for you. You definitely need to be able to read pretty well. And you definitely need good penmanship so the game recognizes what answers you are writing. It's not only fun, it's also educational...You never know which puzzle you are going to do next. You can do it by yourself or you can have your family help you. It's challenging for parents, too! My advice...if you only have enough money to buy one DS game, get this! (I wanted to rate it 4 1/2 stars.)


3 out of 5 stars Story unfolds by itself.   July 7, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Rather than a game, this is a collection of 135 basic puzzles and trivial puzzles that only sound hard. The puzzles are unlocked sequentially by clicking through the linear story. It is marketed as some kind of detective/mystery/adventure game, but it's not. The story actually just plays by itself, and you answer the puzzles.

The trivial variety puzzle uses arbitrary wordplay or ambiguous definitions. This becomes annoying when you can't ask the game to clarify the ambiguous question; hence, you sometimes get penalized for doing things the "right" way. These make up about 10% of the questions.

If you find yourself taking more than a minute, remember that nothing here can't be solved by a 3rd grader, so you are probably doing a trivial question.

Overall, the game was worth the time for the story and art design. Puzzles were amusingly written at times, though few actually make you use dedicated thought. Since 3 players can independently save progress, this is an ideal family game, particularly for kids.


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