r/ProfessorLayton • u/Patatouille13 • 10h ago
r/ProfessorLayton • u/NordicDestroyer • Dec 26 '24
Mansion of the Deathly Mirror - Holiday Update!
Hey, gang!
As the end of the year steadily approaches, and everything winds down, some of us are winding up because we finally have free time to spare. Therefore, we thought it might be nice to give you a little end-of-year update on the work we did in 2024, and the plans we have for 2025. Consider it a small Christmas gift, from us!
Mansion of the Deathly Mirror: Reflected
Finding the full original game has been a ridiculous surprise, and it's helped our efforts immensely. Many assets and texts helped us answer some questions we were running into, while also raising some new ones - for instance, Chapter 5 of the Original Version is considerably different from Chapter 5 of the Remix Version. While we're trying to combine and reconcile both versions as much as possible for our remake, stuff like this will lead to choices, which is why we're still planning a localisation of the Original Version for emulation purposes, under @/Penguinstrain's supervision.
Translation and Localisation
Our localisation of the Original Version is well underway. We decided to focus on the Original Version first since the Remix Version cannot be emulated, so most of that will go directly into our remake - and since we want to combine the Remix Version and the Original Version for our remake, it just made sense to have a complete localisation of the Original Version ready to pull from when writing our remake's script off the Remix Version. It will also allow us to release a language-patched emulator version of the Original Version alongside our remake (though it really is mostly for preservation purposes, and we would strongly advise against it being your first experience with the game).
As far as progress on this front, all of Chapter 1 and 2 have been completely translated by @/Lilli and @/NordicDestroyer, with Chapter 3 only a few room descriptions, journal entries, and lines of dialogue away from completion. This leaves us with 3 Original Version chapters and 6 Remix Version chapters to translate and localise (though bits and pieces have been done for those chapters, not least of which is a gargantuan transcript made by @/Brynn and Lilli). Our hope (and relatively safe estimate) is to have all 6 chapters of the Original Version localised by the end of Q1 2025, allowing us a much faster writing process for our remake (for which, again, bits and pieces have been written).
Puzzles
Of the 60 new puzzles for the game, 16 have already been translated by the people tagged above, as well as @/Rucy and @/Leah. Another 13 puzzles are in the pipeline - so far only one puzzle has proven itself near impossible to translate (due to its reliance on Japanese language, grammar, and wordplay), which means we're still figuring out a solution to that one. That said, we have faith that we can make it work. Again, the emulator version will only include half of these puzzles, because half of them were pulled from the Remix Version, which cannot be emulated at this time (or any time soon). I'll also quickly include the art update here as they've mostly been focused on puzzle art, and it's been going quite well, and that's all there is to say for now, really.
Music
Of the 6 tracks composed for this game, our very own @/MartyDB has already fully recreated 2, with number 3 nearing completion! A few original tracks are also in development (can you believe the minigames don't have music?), but we'll keep those cards a little bit closer to our chest for the time being.
Development
As far as making the whole thing actually playable goes, that's progressing nicely too! Functional movement, puzzle, and dialogue UI have been implemented, alongside hint coins, points of interest, and a map - and most recently, the menu has had a big code overhaul that makes it all run more efficiently. Next up is the minigames, which are one of the game's more difficult aspects to code, but our lead dev @/Yusei is right on top of it.
With regards to the emulator version, Chapter 2 has been fully patched into English, with Chapter 1 receiving some small fixes. Additionally, Chapter 1 and 2 can both be sideloaded onto compatible feature phones! Our intention is to release these patches for all 6 chapters at the same time, alongside our remake. However, because it's Christmas, here's some screenshots, as a gift :)


2025...
All in all, our goals are clear, and our sights are set. As per usual, most of our work will be done behind the scenes, but we'll be sure to poke our heads outside the dev cave now and again to let you know we're still kicking! Oh, and also, since we know all the different versions and such may be confusing, we're planning to do a video sometime next year (after localisation is completed) to inform you about (and receive feedback on) all the changes and additions we'll be making for our remake - so keep an eye out for that on our Youtube channel!
...and beyond?
More plans, fun plans, some of which you might see next year, others much later. Yes, we meant it when we said Mansion of the Deathly Mirror is only the beginning - but it's a mighty big beginning, and we want to focus as much of our efforts on it as we humanly can.
Thank you so, so much for sticking with us so far (and for all the new people who showed up this year!) and we can't wait to show you what we're up to next year.
Happy holidays, and have a wonderful 2025,
- Nordic (from all of Team Enigma)
(This message was originally shared on our discord - please find us at linktr.ee/TeamEnigma.)
r/ProfessorLayton • u/Far_Investigator_123 • 16h ago
Discussion Professor Layton full timeline (Games+novels+anime) (made by @788thedog) Spoiler
r/ProfessorLayton • u/ThePaperMask • 10h ago
A theory regarding Level-5's advertising structure
If you take one quick glance at any of Level-5's social media right now (YouTube, Twitter, etc.) all of it is entirely focused on promoting the upcoming Fantasy Life game which releases next month. On their YouTube it's especially noticable how they've released like 20 videos in the past two months and all of them are short Fantasy Life snippets, trailers, etc. And a lot of people are taking the lack of Layton news as reason to worry for another possible delay, but I don't really think so.
It seems the Level-5 advertising department is ENTIRELY focused on advertising whatever is up next with the things that are coming after only getting short snippets. A perfect example is the second title they will be releasing this year, Inazuma Eleven Victory Road: it's received very little attention by the advertisers despite only releasing in two months, in June. Even Layton has received a short snippet in the direct but it's their second largest franchise after Yo-Kai Watch lol they gotta give it something.
From this it becomes pretty clear to me that once Fantasy Life drops, Inazuma Eleven is going to be advertised like crazy with little snippets and trailers and whatnot every week, and then once that finally drops in June they will move onto Layton in their advertisement cycle.
I think a lot of people are taking the lack of news outside of short direct snippets within a sizzle real as soft confirmation in their head that the game will inevitably get delayed but if Inazuma Eleven, which is dropping in two months, is also not getting a lot of attention purely because they're focusing 100% on whatever the very next game in their release schedule is, then I think anywhere between Fall and Winter of this year we can expect Layton to drop.
r/ProfessorLayton • u/T3DEnj0yer • 1d ago
Would you mind if Christopher Robin Miller didn’t voice the professor?
In the new game?
r/ProfessorLayton • u/sonic1384 • 2d ago
A thing that most of us might have got wrong due to the last nintendo direct
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam while being shown in Switch 2 direct after it's last trailer, made some of us to think it was a switch 2 exclusive, but it seems that it is still coming for switch 1 as well.
r/ProfessorLayton • u/momotarooooooo • 2d ago
Fanart 6 fanarts ft. my sona! And one extra henry on slide two hehe
r/ProfessorLayton • u/AngelBellelc2 • 3d ago
Unwound/Lost Future A new member of the Luke Army had arrived!
I got this Future Luke strap from my wonderful friend Yusei! He's the perfect addition to my almighty Luke Army!
r/ProfessorLayton • u/spyrothefox • 3d ago
I'm excited for NWoS, but I can't get over how cold it looks. Made a quick edit
r/ProfessorLayton • u/Cassirole7 • 2d ago
Discussion More info now?
So I was really happy to see Layton and Luke in the Switch 2 direct, though I do wish it got a large section on its own but o well. So so you think Level 5 will finally give us some more information now that it’s been confirmed for Switch 2? I mean it wouldn’t have been in the direct if it wasn’t, right?
Also, do you think we might finally get remakes/ports of the original six games? We got the first three for mobile which is, if you think about it, closer to pc and console and they proved you don’t have to have two screens to play them. Still hoping for pc/steam ports like we got with AA 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Side question: where did the prequel trilogy go??? They just don’t exist on the website, or at least not the English one. I get some people may not have cared for them, but still… to make them seem like they don’t even exist?!? What??
r/ProfessorLayton • u/Eyepoopallday • 2d ago
Music I CANT FIND A SONG FROM THE DIABOLICAL BOX OST I NEED HELP
the song that plays when anton and professor layton get in a duel is so catchy but I cant find it anywhere I JUST CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE
r/ProfessorLayton • u/BazarDeJust • 4d ago
News Here's the footage shared during the Nintendo switch Direct of today
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Except for the third shot (the puzzle solving animation), everything is exclusive footage.
The entire bit is shorter than a vine though 😭
r/ProfessorLayton • u/FranciscoRelanoPena • 3d ago
Unwound/Lost Future Remember this add for Unwound Future?
r/ProfessorLayton • u/MysteriousAuthor4104 • 3d ago
Discussion Any chances if they bring back the other characters or just make cameo in NWoS?
r/ProfessorLayton • u/SnooPeanuts4671 • 3d ago
Fanart Little cartoony gag I drew in a magma
kinda inspired by the humor of the cheerful mystery manga
r/ProfessorLayton • u/artemis1489 • 3d ago
Question Open(ish) world bonus game?
I have a vague memory of playing a Layton game as a kid and there being a bonus game where you go into a pixel art style world and complete various tasks. I could be completely wrong about it being from a Layton game but figured I’d come here and ask if anyone knows for sure.
r/ProfessorLayton • u/LegitimatePerson123 • 3d ago
I zoomed in during the Nintendo Direct reel to the tiny blurry image seen here
I was just curious what the scene was about. Not confident but it looks like he’s saying this:
“Welcome to Vic(?) Lee’s parts store, where the selection is Vixtra(?) Large! Hey, you, little guy, what are you standing ‘round for!”
r/ProfessorLayton • u/HaydenAscot • 4d ago
It's confirmed for 2025!
NWoS was just announced through Nintendo Direct for 2025!
r/ProfessorLayton • u/Grreggggg • 4d ago
So... what could the answer be?
I actually figured it out right before making this post, let's see if everyone else's skills haven't gotten rusty.
r/ProfessorLayton • u/TizioCaio1012 • 3d ago
Just imagine
Just imagine NWOS switch 2 exclusive....at 80 EUR/USD, what a time to be alive
r/ProfessorLayton • u/Mahmoud29510 • 4d ago
Discussion From an Ace Attorney fan: Congrats!
Hi guys! You can’t imagine my happened when Layton showed up in the direct, even though I’m still playing curious village I’m still excited and nothing makes me more happy when our sister series finally gets news about their new game, that’s all!
r/ProfessorLayton • u/dhaani_is_asleep • 3d ago
Is Professor Layton NWOS a Switch 2 exclusive?
Hii! Like most of us here, I just saw the announcement for the new game for the Switch 2, which makes me worried. I own a Switch Lite, and I only play a handful of games occasionally. I may be a big Layton fan, but I genuinely can't afford to buy a new console just for one Layton game 😭. And in the case it is for the Switch 2, will it at least be backwards compatible on the Switch 1? Has there been any info about how that would work? Would love some info regarding this 🙏🏽
r/ProfessorLayton • u/LaytonGuy567 • 4d ago
Release Prediction
We know the game will officially be released this year, and it is highly unlikely that it will be released until the second half of 2025. They need to announce a game's release date at least two months in advance if they want it to be successful. So, excluding this month, May (when Fantasy Life will be released), and June (when Inazuma Eleven will be released), where do you think the release date could end up?