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[efyu_lemonardo]

Is GAF going to do this every time a major handheld franchise goes to iOS/Android? EVERYTHING is going to go mobile in the handheld space anyway.

if it adds a zombie for no apparent reason? you can bet on it

 

[Sadist]

Is GAF going to do this every time a major handheld franchise goes to iOS/Android? Guess what EVERYTHING is going to the mobile platform. It's where most of the money is in the handheld game space. Time to get used to it.

Which thread are you reading?

I think a lot of people here (including me) don't quite understand why this game is called Layton 7, features generic characters for now and Level 5 isn't really helpfull in sharing details. So yeah, for people who like the previous Layton games this is quite the shake up.

Couldn't care less about the game releasing on iOS and Android.

 

[gngf123]

Is GAF going to do this every time a major handheld franchise goes to iOS/Android? EVERYTHING is going to go mobile in the handheld space anyway.

If this looked anything like a Layton game you might have a point.

 

[hamchan]

RIP Layton series

 

[DigitalOp]

The mobile plague has begun. Enjoy gentlemen.

 

[daxgame]

Guess Layton 6 and Layton v AA will be my last ones, too bad.

 

[manzo]

Kill it before it lays eggs.

Hahaha holy shit, I totally lost it

 

[shink]

7 characters? It's not like any of the previous Layton games had numbers. Level5 is just being cheeky.

Ah that makes sense. For some reason I thought they were numbered (just in my head it seems)

So they want us to think this is a mainline game? This strategy is all too confusing for me. I'm going to bed

 

[Sadist]

RIP Layton series

 

[Chatin]

Were the other Layton titles numbered, or is this just called Layton 7 because it will have 7 playable characters? I get vibes of Layton Brothers off of this.

Hopefully we see an actual continuation of the series on the 3DS.

 

[Snowden's Secret]

Layton is the biggest indicator of the imminent death of handhelds because unlike other mobile announcements, Layton performed quite well already and wasn't some abandoned IP.

 

[Grayman]

Sim City x Giant Old People?

the worst natural disaster

 

[Bulbasaur]

Alas poor Layton, I knew him well.

 

[Ganondorfo]

I don't even know what the last Layton games were... I think there is one for the 3DS and one is coming right?

 

[Damo Yoshi]

hype declining

 

[metalslimer]

Layton is the biggest indicator of the imminent death of handhelds because unlike other mobile announcements, Layton performed quite well already and wasn't some abandoned IP.

Layton hasnt performed well in years

 

[Aostia]

I'll stay with you until the end (of Layton6 and Layton VS AA)

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Dying.

 

[Foffy]

Layton is the biggest indicator of the imminent death of handhelds because unlike other mobile announcements, Layton performed quite well already and wasn't some abandoned IP.

I thought its success dwindled with each sequel, and I attributed that to franchise fatigue. There was literally a new Layton release every year since the series started, and it's only this year that the fall has no international Layton release..

 

[Mpl90]

To all of you: This isn't a mainline Layton title. The 7 refers to the amount of characters, not to the fact it's the seventh installment in the main series.

 

[Sadist]

I don't even know what the last Layton games were... I think there is one for the 3DS and one is coming right?

Mask of Miracles last year in the EU/US, number six this year in the west and next year Layton vs. Ace Attorney in the west.

 

[Hyperfludd]

Why would they put the Layton name on this?

Anyway, here's some footage of the game in action.

 

[Midou]

Why Level 5? You were the chosen one.

 

[clay_ghost]

Fuck .


Nintendo should have brought the IP. Tree house localization helped Layton a lot. I remember in one issue of Nintendo power that tree house actually help changed some of the puzzles for the western release too.

 

[Pyrrhus]

Haha! Who's the zombie?

Japanese game industry.

 

[FSLink]

......

I'm mixed about Level-5 as a whole, but I always adored their Layton efforts minus that weird Layton Brothers game.

This is just saddening.

 

[Shard]

Wow, just wow, yea, this is, yes this is not what anybody who was a fan of Layton would want.

 

[Usobuko]

I haven't played anything from this series but I got Miracle Mask for my nephew. Good thing Azran Legacy will be the last Layton title to star Layton himself as the protagonist.

 

[LOCK]

I was excited. Then confused. Then sad.

I understand that this may not be part of the main series but it still is rather disappointing.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Artstyle is cool!

Now I want a successor to Blue Toad Murder.
Might get this for cheap on my xperia though.

 

[kurahador]

What the fuck......goddamn Level 5.

 

[rouken]

what the flying fuck

 

[vareon]

Japanese game industry.

I was about to say Level 5.

 

[Foffy]

Mask of Miracles last year in the EU/US, number six this year in the west and next year Layton vs. Ace Attorney in the west.

I thought the next Layton game and LvAA are both next year.

 

[so1337]

Elderly Kaiju.

 

[Nyoro SF]

To all of you: This isn't a mainline Layton title. The 7 refers to the amount of characters, not to the fact it's the seventh installment in the main series.

Good.

 

[Padawan of Windu]

Very simple: Do not want. Take a break for a while then come back with a great 3DS/Wii U game. Not THIS.

 

[KillerTravis]

To all of you: This isn't a mainline Layton title. The 7 refers to the amount of characters, not to the fact it's the seventh installment in the main series.

Phew, I'll just pretend the series ended with Azran Legacy anyway.

 

[Kunan]

lol a zombie

 

[SuperSah]

Why would they put the Layton name on this?

Anyway, here's some footage of the game in action.

Fuck this, it looks like shit.

 

[Pooya]

I haven't played a Layton game since the 3rd one on the DS, this sure looks nothing like it D:

 

[R.I.P]

So Level-5 is just trolling with the title, should have been a new IP.

 

[BocoDragon]

Someone's gonna bump these "mobile is da devil" threads in 10 years to laugh at you all.

 

[Nyoro SF]

Someone's gonna bump these "mobile is da devil" threads in 10 years to laugh at you all.

I think 10 years from now the shittiness of these games will be heavily amplified even more. If they're even remembered.

 

[Aveyn Knight]

*Sees topic title*

Sweeeeeet!

*Sees iOS and Android in the title*

Oh god, the betrayal-Layton.

*Reads the first post*

WTF is this?

 

[Fuu]

Looks like shit. Layton Brothers: Mystery Room was a neat game, so I'm not against them slapping the brand on something initially unrelated (seems to be the case here). I'll wait for more details and keep an eye on it because it's Layton, so for now they succeeded I guess

 

[Nirolak]

Why would they put the Layton name on this?

Anyway, here's some footage of the game in action.

I uh... what is even going on?

 

[Miker]

I uh... what is even going on?

Looks like maybe London Life in an isometric perspective...?

Maybe...?

 

[RuneFactoryFanboy]

This doesn't look very good.

If they wanted to do an iOS game they should make another Layton Brothers. That game is actually pretty cool.

 

[Morfeo]

Why does the industry have to go in this direction Another awesome franchise ruined by the mobile paradigm.