Detective Knobel with Ghibli-flair

Professor Layton - in this name schlackern in Japan as some gamer ears, because this series is famous in Japan to great popularity. Nearly two years after the release in the Land of the Rising Sun, the professor and amateur Knobler with the big hat can now therefore also in Europe drive to mischief.

At the very beginning of the game sounds enhanced by a lovely animated the very catchy music - the Layton-Mobile. Score selected and registered name ... you're off. A knotless animated movie with a wonderful look and attention to detail, in the style of a Ghibli film is played on the DS. Clear, smaller noise can be seen, but minimally and barely visible. There is also a very good speech to which I somewhat fear in the PAL version. The nice mix of traditional drawings and 3D animation knows how to please and runs like a red ribbon through the whole presentation of the game, not only in the many small movies.

Fairly quickly emerged already the first of more than 100 puzzle and the story is briefly explained in small bites - Professor Layton to clarify a mystery to a golden apple ... only he does not know yet that he is thereby involved in a murder case. Granted, the story is a matter of taste, but all inclined in Empire can genialst convey and you never know exactly what will happen next.

Main focus is, however, quite clear on the puzzling as to the story, at least in the first few chapters is the story progresses difficult. On every corner, in every other sentence - a puzzle! It tends sometimes, unfortunately, to frustration factor because you want to solve the puzzles of the city and apparently does not get anywhere, but the puzzles are so varied that you can at least sometimes can ignore it.

Here I imagine, however, a question: How were diverse Knobel deposits built in the PAL version? In the US version of the solution, for example, can often only be found if one knows several meanings of a word, such as the word "Space" (Space and universe). Other puzzles are asking the players from a bunch of matches to put a word. An English word! So new puzzle were installed or has it managed to skillfully sly tricks and word puzzle to translate it?

(UPDATE: No, there have actually been deleted and replaced some puzzle to a list can be found here:. [...] (SPOILER WARNING !!!!)

Ever the game served often as some gags in which one (each puzzle must be three assistance which, however, "bought") after the assistance is often reached by the simple solution to his head. In addition to these puzzles, there are of course even then computing tasks, logic puzzles and Co. So it is for each offer something where I think: For children some tasks are still somewhat difficult.

For replay value the opportunity was built every week to invite a new puzzle via Wifi. Whether this feature is also available in Europe, I do not know yet. For this feature, you can even the hotel room of Layton and Luke, his comrades, with erspieltem Mobilat set until the room has reached the respective residents the highest rating.

So why only 4 stars if I really so great Share the game? Well, as already mentioned, some tasks are still somewhat difficult and the music - so nice it is also - can sometimes be a bit annoying brainstorming. Always the same tune in the puzzles, always the same tinkling of chimes and Co ... SOUND OFF was here many times my reaction when my patience gene Jordan went.

Puzzle lovers will but in any case, have fun at "Professor Layton" and even amateur detectives could abgewinnen the story somewhat. Unfortunately, it will probably take again almost two years to the second part is coming to Europe and the big Final, Part 3, I will here write nothing. Accessing and losknobeln all I can say.