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Professor Layton’s Final Game Headed West

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Nintendo has announced that Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy will be headed to Europe later this year and North America in 2014. The sixth game in the Layton series, Azran Legacy was released on 3DS in Japan earlier this year and is the final game starring Hershel Layton.

According to Nintendo, Azran Legacy includes more than 500 puzzles. As we noted last year, the Layton series will likely continue despite Azran Legacy completing the Professor’s saga. Last year, Layton Brothers: Mystery Room was released on iOS starring Layton’s son Alphendi.

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From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/17/professor-layton-and-the-azran-legacy-coming-west

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Ni No Kuni Developer Creating PlayStation 4 Game

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Level-5, the Japanese developer behind the Dark Cloud series, Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy, the Professor Layton franchise and – most recently – the surprise-hit PS3-exclusive JRPG Ni No Kuni, is officially working on a PlayStation 4 game.

Word comes from Gematsu (via Nikkei Trendy), with CEO and President Akihiro Hino stating, “It’s still in the planning stages, but we are also working on a PlayStation 4 title. We might be able to announce it soon.”

What could the game be? The fact that it’s a PS4 game evokes three franchises (or would-be franchises) in particular: Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy and Ni No Kuni. The latter would be an exceptionally exciting prospect considering Level-5 was clear that if the game sold well in the west – and it did – they would think about doing another one. However, a new Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy would also be cool, as would an entirely new game.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games