If you're nearby New York City and have Layton fever set aside some time on February 10th (i.e. this Sunday). Nintendo is throwing an event to celebrate the release of Professor Layton and the Curious Village and the debut of the Cobalt/Black DS Lite at the Nintendo World Store. From 1-3PM event goers can purchase Layton a day early and compete in live puzzle challenges to win prizes. One of them will be a Cobalt/Black DS Lite, which will also be sold a day early just in case you don't win it.
Nintendo confirmed today - among other things - that its upcoming DS game Professor Layton and the Curious Village will feature the downloadable puzzle service already available for Japanese gamers.
Andrew Macarthy of Nintendic reports North American audiences are about to receive Level-5's "Professor Layton and the Curious Village". Set in the village of St. Mystere, players step into the inquisitive boots of Layton as he attempts to track down an elusive treasure hidden somewhere in the village. Many puzzles are new to the North American version of the game, and new puzzles will be available to download via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Nintendo set to offer full DS games for download via Wii
1UP - Brian Gray, 12/19/2007:
Even the allure of a balancing beam sim couldn't keep Japanese gamers from gobbling up another helping of brain benders carefully wrapped in an adorable adventure starring Professor Layton.
The developers of Dragon Quest VIII and Jeanne D'Arc reveal two new games in preparation for the Tokyo Game Show. Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, the sequel to Professor Layton and the Curious Village set for release later this year in the US. The second announced game is titled Lightning Eleven, and is an RPG revolving around the game of soccer (or, football to readers in the rest of the world).
Puchi Puchi Virus - a puzzle game developed by Jaleco and the first casual Nintendo DS title to be published by NIS America - missed its original February release target and is now scheduled for May 2008.
NIS America has announced their first DS game - and their first puzzle game, too. In February 2008, NIS America will bring over Puchi Puchi Virus, an object linkage game originally created by Jaleco.
Just like the Beatles, Puzzle Quest was turned down many times before D3 Publisher took the game on, Infinite Interactive CEO Steve Fawkner told the audience at his Game Developers Conference session.