Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (レイトン教授と悪魔の箱, Reiton-kyōju to Akuma no Hako?), known in Australia and Europe as Professor Layton and Pandora's Box,[1] is the سیکنڈ game in the Professor Layton series سے طرف کی Level-5. It was followed سے طرف کی a third game, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, which so far has only been released in Japan. The game follows Professor Layton and his apprentice Luke as they travel پار, صلیب country سے طرف کی train to solve the mystery behind a strange box that is کہا to kill anyone who opens it.[2]
Gameplay
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is an adventure/puzzle game. The player controls the movements of the eponymous Professor Layton and his young assistant Luke through several locations, unlike in the گزشتہ game which is confined to just one town. Along with completing many different types of puzzles, players must explore different areas, solve mysteries, and aid the Professor on his quest.
The puzzle menus for this game are very similar to those in Curious Village. Puzzles include brain teasers, sliding puzzles, logic puzzles and others. The player is presented with each puzzle and its value in "picarats", and is دیا unlimited time to solve it. Each puzzle has three hints available for it, but the player must spend one "hint coin" to see each hint. Hint coins are limited; the player starts with ten, and مزید can be found سے طرف کی searching the game's locales. Once the player feels he has the answer, he enters it, either سے طرف کی selecting an answer, drawing a دائرے, حلقہ around a specific part, یا entering the answer through character recognition on the Nintendo DS's touchscreen. If the player is correct, the picarats are added to his total score, and he is sometimes rewarded with an item. If the player is incorrect, they can retry the puzzle indefinitely, though the first two times they are wrong, the value of the puzzle will decrease سے طرف کی approximately ten percent each time. Optionally, a player can quit a puzzle at no cost and try another, though certain puzzles are mandatory to progress. Once a puzzle is completed, the player may retry it at any time via the game's menus.
As a reward for completing a puzzle, the player may earn one of three rewards. میں hamster, ہمزٹر toys are collected to help Luke give a morbidly obese میں hamster, ہمزٹر a workout. Pieces of a shattered camera that Sammy accidentally dropped can be assembled to repair it. Also, players can earn چائے ingredients to brew new recipes and serve cups of چائے to Luke, Layton and people they meet. سے طرف کی completing all 138 puzzles in the main game and each of these additional puzzles, the player can access 15 bonus puzzles for a grand total of 153 puzzles (excluding the downloadable puzzles). The game is compatible with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, allowing players to connect to the internet and download new weekly puzzles. The first unlockable puzzle was made available on the دن of the game's Japanese release, and one new key has been released every week thereafter. New keys are released on Sunday. There are also two bonuses in "The Hidden Door" that are only available after the player finds one unique code each in the game's predecessor and sequel. Other bonuses include a soundtrack, cut-scenes, soundbites, character profiles, and scenes from the game.
Plot
Professor Layton series fictional chronology
The Specter's Flute
The Eternal Diva
The Mask of Miracle
The Curious Village
The Diabolical Box
The Unwound Future
Layton and Luke visit Layton's mentor, Dr. Schrader, who claims to have found the Elysian Box that is claimed to kill anyone that opens it. When the pair arrive at Schader's home, they find him seemingly dead, and the Box missing, only a ticket stub for the Molentary Express as a clue to its disappearance. Layton and Luke purchase their own tickets for the Express, followed سے طرف کی Inspector Chelmey, who is seeking Schader's murderer, and Flora, who secretly tailed the two aboard the train. Aboard the train, they encounter Mr. Beluga, the founder of the rail-line.
The train makes an extended stop at the town of Dropstone, celebrating its 50th anniversary. While Layton and Luke explore, Flora is captured سے طرف کی Layton's archrival, Don Paolo. Layton learns that Dropstone's founder, Sophia, was also interested in the Elysian Box up to last سال and her death, but that her granddaughter Katia now seems interested in finding it. Don Paolo disguises himself as Flora and rejoins Layton as they reboard the train along with Katia.
The train continues on, and Layton, Luke, and the disguised Don Paolo are put into a drug-induced sleep inside the train's VIP car. As they sleep, the car is switched to a different track and left at an abandoned station. The three wake up and find themselves at Folsense, a town mentioned in Schrader's diary as where the Elysian Box originated. They are briefly struck with a wave of nausea before entering the festive town and meeting its odd inhabitants. Don Paolo, still posing as Flora, takes his leave of Layton and Luke at the hotel. The pair explore the town, learning that it was once a successful سونا mining town under the kind leadership of Duke Herzen and, later, his sons Anton and Fredrich after his passing. Some event occurred in the mine 50 years پہلے that caused most of the town to evacuate; Fredrich left with his part of the family fortune and founding the Molentary Express, changing his name to Mr. Beluga. Anton apparently still lives in their family manor, but rumors that he is a vampire so that no one will come close
Layton and Luke return to the hotel, where Inspector Chelmey has arrived. Layton sees through Don Paolo's disguise and reveals that he had stolen the Elysian box; Don Paolo is captured and taken away سے طرف کی Chelmey, but he promptly escapes despite being pursued سے طرف کی the inspector. Layton and Luke find that the Elysian Box is empty, leading to مزید سوالات as to its value and legend. The two meet up again with Katia and decide to visit the Herzen manor built over the mine, where they learn that Sophia was once betrothed to Anton, but feared for her unborn child, and left Folsense. They are then caught سے طرف کی the remarkably-young Anton who believes Katia is Sophia, and mistakes Layton attempting to steal his beloved away. Once Katia explained that she was Anton's granddaughter, and Sophia had passed away the گزشتہ year, Anton became enraged and he and Layton fought. Their actions cause the manor to start to crumble. They flee the manor in time as it falls into the mine.
Away from the mine, Anton begins to change into a wheezed old man, and Folsense's appearance transforms into that of an old desolate village. Layton explains that fifty years ago, the workers in the mine struck a pocket of hallucinogenic gas that altered the residents' perception of the village and in some cases, caused their imaginings to become reality. The "legend" of the Elysian Box is a result of the trace amounts of gas inside it, causing the curse to become a reality. Away from the mine, Anton has reverted to his true form and his vision of the village at its height has disappeared. Anton, regaining his sanity, reveals that he had made the box with a secret compartment only he and Sophia knew how to open; he had tried to send the box to her after her founding of Dropstone for the evacuees from Folsense, but the box was stolen so many times due to its legendary status, he gave up hope. Layton and Luke help Anton open the secret compartment to find that Sophie had indeed received Anton's message, and left her own in its place just before her death, explaining her love for him, why she left him, and that Katia is his granddaughter. Anton vows to spend the rest of his days loving Katia as much as he did Sophia.
The group returns to Dropstone, where Anton is reunited with his brother, and Layton and Luke rescue the real Flora from where Don Paolo held her. As they return to London, Layton is also happy to discover that Schrader quickly recovered from his exposure to the gas.
Reception
As of July 9, 2008, the game has sold 815,369 copies in Japan, according to Famitsu.[3][4] The UK's Official Nintendo Magazine awarded the game a score of 92% (and consequently their سونا Award medal), praising the increased number of puzzles, animated scenes and voice acting, but complained that it could be slightly repetitive at times. IGN and GameSpot each gave the game a score of 8.5. IGN also gave the game Editor's Choice Award. Gametrailers gave the عنوان its best puzzle/parlor game of 2009 award. [5]
Upon its release to Western countries, the game quickly sold مزید than 1,260,000 units سے طرف کی September 2009.[6]
Music
All the موسیقی featured in the game were released on an album titled Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako Original Soundtrack, in Japan only. The ending theme song "iris" was omitted from the CD for unknown reasons. The instrumental version shown in the US and UK versions is not present because it wasn't created until the game was released in those countries.
Like the گزشتہ game, the موسیقی has European influences. It's instrumentation is rather influenced سے طرف کی Spanish music, like the recurring use of the accordion and violins. Just like the one of the گزشتہ game, the main theme is influenced سے طرف کی tango rhythms and melodies. Overall, the original sound track of the game is very melancholic and rather sad. Only the ending theme leaves space for some lighter mood even though it stays quite sad and ends with an open cadence, signifying that this is not yet the end of the story.
The album scored slightly better than the گزشتہ one. Squareenicmusic.com gave it a 7 out of 10 praising that it has مزید variety then the original. [1]
The موسیقی of the game was composed سے طرف کی Tomohito Nishiura.
Tracks:
1. Theme of the Diabolical Box 2:09
2. London 2:28
3. Puzzles 2 3:33
4. The Molentary Express 3:24
5. Suspense 3:54
6. Dropstone 3:32
7. An Uneasy Atmosphere 2:45
8. Folsense 3:12
9. The Town's History 3:25
10. Time for a Break 2:34
11. The Lost Forest 3:06
12. Into the Depths of the Dark 2:38
13. Unspoken Feelings 3:07
14. Dignity of a قلعہ 2:26
15. Dance in the Dreams 1:51
16. The True Town 0:36
17. iris ~ موسیقی Box ver. 3:09 (Original Salyu )
18. Theme of the Diabolical Box 3:34 (Live Version)
19. Folsense 5:23 (Live Version)
20. Don Paolo's Theme 4:05 (Live Version)
21. Time for a Break 4:24 (Live Version)
22. The Town's History 3:25 (High Quality)
23. The Lost Forest 3:06 (High Quality)
24. Dignity of a قلعہ 2:28 (High Quality)
Disc length 74:14
References
1. ^ "Halo 3: ODST Tops British Sales Charts". Game Freaks 365. link. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
2. ^ "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Review". Game Freaks 365. link. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
3. ^ Weekly Famitsu, issue 1020
4. ^ "Nintendo DS Japanese Ranking". Japan Game Charts. 2008-07-30. link. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
5. ^ GameTrailers.com (2009-12-21). "GT GotY Awards 2009 Best Puzzle/Parlor". link. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
6. ^ "Financial Results Briefing for the Six-Month Period Ended September 2009" (PDF). Nintendo. 2009-10-30. link. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
E3 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box E3 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box press release
External links
* Official Site (Japanese)
* Official Site (English)
Gameplay
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box is an adventure/puzzle game. The player controls the movements of the eponymous Professor Layton and his young assistant Luke through several locations, unlike in the گزشتہ game which is confined to just one town. Along with completing many different types of puzzles, players must explore different areas, solve mysteries, and aid the Professor on his quest.
The puzzle menus for this game are very similar to those in Curious Village. Puzzles include brain teasers, sliding puzzles, logic puzzles and others. The player is presented with each puzzle and its value in "picarats", and is دیا unlimited time to solve it. Each puzzle has three hints available for it, but the player must spend one "hint coin" to see each hint. Hint coins are limited; the player starts with ten, and مزید can be found سے طرف کی searching the game's locales. Once the player feels he has the answer, he enters it, either سے طرف کی selecting an answer, drawing a دائرے, حلقہ around a specific part, یا entering the answer through character recognition on the Nintendo DS's touchscreen. If the player is correct, the picarats are added to his total score, and he is sometimes rewarded with an item. If the player is incorrect, they can retry the puzzle indefinitely, though the first two times they are wrong, the value of the puzzle will decrease سے طرف کی approximately ten percent each time. Optionally, a player can quit a puzzle at no cost and try another, though certain puzzles are mandatory to progress. Once a puzzle is completed, the player may retry it at any time via the game's menus.
As a reward for completing a puzzle, the player may earn one of three rewards. میں hamster, ہمزٹر toys are collected to help Luke give a morbidly obese میں hamster, ہمزٹر a workout. Pieces of a shattered camera that Sammy accidentally dropped can be assembled to repair it. Also, players can earn چائے ingredients to brew new recipes and serve cups of چائے to Luke, Layton and people they meet. سے طرف کی completing all 138 puzzles in the main game and each of these additional puzzles, the player can access 15 bonus puzzles for a grand total of 153 puzzles (excluding the downloadable puzzles). The game is compatible with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, allowing players to connect to the internet and download new weekly puzzles. The first unlockable puzzle was made available on the دن of the game's Japanese release, and one new key has been released every week thereafter. New keys are released on Sunday. There are also two bonuses in "The Hidden Door" that are only available after the player finds one unique code each in the game's predecessor and sequel. Other bonuses include a soundtrack, cut-scenes, soundbites, character profiles, and scenes from the game.
Plot
Professor Layton series fictional chronology
The Specter's Flute
The Eternal Diva
The Mask of Miracle
The Curious Village
The Diabolical Box
The Unwound Future
Layton and Luke visit Layton's mentor, Dr. Schrader, who claims to have found the Elysian Box that is claimed to kill anyone that opens it. When the pair arrive at Schader's home, they find him seemingly dead, and the Box missing, only a ticket stub for the Molentary Express as a clue to its disappearance. Layton and Luke purchase their own tickets for the Express, followed سے طرف کی Inspector Chelmey, who is seeking Schader's murderer, and Flora, who secretly tailed the two aboard the train. Aboard the train, they encounter Mr. Beluga, the founder of the rail-line.
The train makes an extended stop at the town of Dropstone, celebrating its 50th anniversary. While Layton and Luke explore, Flora is captured سے طرف کی Layton's archrival, Don Paolo. Layton learns that Dropstone's founder, Sophia, was also interested in the Elysian Box up to last سال and her death, but that her granddaughter Katia now seems interested in finding it. Don Paolo disguises himself as Flora and rejoins Layton as they reboard the train along with Katia.
The train continues on, and Layton, Luke, and the disguised Don Paolo are put into a drug-induced sleep inside the train's VIP car. As they sleep, the car is switched to a different track and left at an abandoned station. The three wake up and find themselves at Folsense, a town mentioned in Schrader's diary as where the Elysian Box originated. They are briefly struck with a wave of nausea before entering the festive town and meeting its odd inhabitants. Don Paolo, still posing as Flora, takes his leave of Layton and Luke at the hotel. The pair explore the town, learning that it was once a successful سونا mining town under the kind leadership of Duke Herzen and, later, his sons Anton and Fredrich after his passing. Some event occurred in the mine 50 years پہلے that caused most of the town to evacuate; Fredrich left with his part of the family fortune and founding the Molentary Express, changing his name to Mr. Beluga. Anton apparently still lives in their family manor, but rumors that he is a vampire so that no one will come close
Layton and Luke return to the hotel, where Inspector Chelmey has arrived. Layton sees through Don Paolo's disguise and reveals that he had stolen the Elysian box; Don Paolo is captured and taken away سے طرف کی Chelmey, but he promptly escapes despite being pursued سے طرف کی the inspector. Layton and Luke find that the Elysian Box is empty, leading to مزید سوالات as to its value and legend. The two meet up again with Katia and decide to visit the Herzen manor built over the mine, where they learn that Sophia was once betrothed to Anton, but feared for her unborn child, and left Folsense. They are then caught سے طرف کی the remarkably-young Anton who believes Katia is Sophia, and mistakes Layton attempting to steal his beloved away. Once Katia explained that she was Anton's granddaughter, and Sophia had passed away the گزشتہ year, Anton became enraged and he and Layton fought. Their actions cause the manor to start to crumble. They flee the manor in time as it falls into the mine.
Away from the mine, Anton begins to change into a wheezed old man, and Folsense's appearance transforms into that of an old desolate village. Layton explains that fifty years ago, the workers in the mine struck a pocket of hallucinogenic gas that altered the residents' perception of the village and in some cases, caused their imaginings to become reality. The "legend" of the Elysian Box is a result of the trace amounts of gas inside it, causing the curse to become a reality. Away from the mine, Anton has reverted to his true form and his vision of the village at its height has disappeared. Anton, regaining his sanity, reveals that he had made the box with a secret compartment only he and Sophia knew how to open; he had tried to send the box to her after her founding of Dropstone for the evacuees from Folsense, but the box was stolen so many times due to its legendary status, he gave up hope. Layton and Luke help Anton open the secret compartment to find that Sophie had indeed received Anton's message, and left her own in its place just before her death, explaining her love for him, why she left him, and that Katia is his granddaughter. Anton vows to spend the rest of his days loving Katia as much as he did Sophia.
The group returns to Dropstone, where Anton is reunited with his brother, and Layton and Luke rescue the real Flora from where Don Paolo held her. As they return to London, Layton is also happy to discover that Schrader quickly recovered from his exposure to the gas.
Reception
As of July 9, 2008, the game has sold 815,369 copies in Japan, according to Famitsu.[3][4] The UK's Official Nintendo Magazine awarded the game a score of 92% (and consequently their سونا Award medal), praising the increased number of puzzles, animated scenes and voice acting, but complained that it could be slightly repetitive at times. IGN and GameSpot each gave the game a score of 8.5. IGN also gave the game Editor's Choice Award. Gametrailers gave the عنوان its best puzzle/parlor game of 2009 award. [5]
Upon its release to Western countries, the game quickly sold مزید than 1,260,000 units سے طرف کی September 2009.[6]
Music
All the موسیقی featured in the game were released on an album titled Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako Original Soundtrack, in Japan only. The ending theme song "iris" was omitted from the CD for unknown reasons. The instrumental version shown in the US and UK versions is not present because it wasn't created until the game was released in those countries.
Like the گزشتہ game, the موسیقی has European influences. It's instrumentation is rather influenced سے طرف کی Spanish music, like the recurring use of the accordion and violins. Just like the one of the گزشتہ game, the main theme is influenced سے طرف کی tango rhythms and melodies. Overall, the original sound track of the game is very melancholic and rather sad. Only the ending theme leaves space for some lighter mood even though it stays quite sad and ends with an open cadence, signifying that this is not yet the end of the story.
The album scored slightly better than the گزشتہ one. Squareenicmusic.com gave it a 7 out of 10 praising that it has مزید variety then the original. [1]
The موسیقی of the game was composed سے طرف کی Tomohito Nishiura.
Tracks:
1. Theme of the Diabolical Box 2:09
2. London 2:28
3. Puzzles 2 3:33
4. The Molentary Express 3:24
5. Suspense 3:54
6. Dropstone 3:32
7. An Uneasy Atmosphere 2:45
8. Folsense 3:12
9. The Town's History 3:25
10. Time for a Break 2:34
11. The Lost Forest 3:06
12. Into the Depths of the Dark 2:38
13. Unspoken Feelings 3:07
14. Dignity of a قلعہ 2:26
15. Dance in the Dreams 1:51
16. The True Town 0:36
17. iris ~ موسیقی Box ver. 3:09 (Original Salyu )
18. Theme of the Diabolical Box 3:34 (Live Version)
19. Folsense 5:23 (Live Version)
20. Don Paolo's Theme 4:05 (Live Version)
21. Time for a Break 4:24 (Live Version)
22. The Town's History 3:25 (High Quality)
23. The Lost Forest 3:06 (High Quality)
24. Dignity of a قلعہ 2:28 (High Quality)
Disc length 74:14
References
1. ^ "Halo 3: ODST Tops British Sales Charts". Game Freaks 365. link. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
2. ^ "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box Review". Game Freaks 365. link. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
3. ^ Weekly Famitsu, issue 1020
4. ^ "Nintendo DS Japanese Ranking". Japan Game Charts. 2008-07-30. link. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
5. ^ GameTrailers.com (2009-12-21). "GT GotY Awards 2009 Best Puzzle/Parlor". link. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
6. ^ "Financial Results Briefing for the Six-Month Period Ended September 2009" (PDF). Nintendo. 2009-10-30. link. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
E3 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box E3 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box press release
External links
* Official Site (Japanese)
* Official Site (English)
