"He would've been 18 in 1944, so would've served in the last two years of world war 2" Now I see where he learned how to build a machine gun out of rubbish
does anyone else here miss the Layton franchise as much as I do? and after all these years I never realised that the series was set in 1960 but it would explain the fashion
@@Unsubscribbled yea its hard to miss the series when you know its coming back personally thoug i think im gonna re 100% play through all 8 games and the movie while i wait for it to come out
Un the Spanish version, Layton’s VA do lots of documentaries which is cool. But he also voiced some contestants in Forged in Fire and the Old Man in Pawn Stars which is HILARIOUS to hear
for a layton fan you lack basic logic skills. if there werent fans, they wouldnt have put out 8.5 games, and multiple other forms of media. the fanbase really isnt as small as you seem to think.
Which is interesting considering its the second best selling visual novel series of all time,behind JB Harold. Maybe it's way bigger in Japan or something.
@@alexlandsbergs It’s not that there aren’t any Layton fans left, it’s because they haven’t released a game in nearly half a decade: So as much as I hate to say it, the fanbase has gone “dormant”.
@@redhood7650 he was with Luke on a mission to find some Magic stone but a evil person who came from the past cryogenized them under a church, it's hard top explain maybe try to watch the episode of Katrielle anime where there is layton
I love this! Learning random facts is one of my favorite things to do. Although, there is a minor error in Fact #14. Layton was indeed 34 in Last Specter, but it's been calculated that Curious Village takes place roughly three years later, thus making Layton about 37. This would make his birth year most likely 1923.
It's difficult to figure out Layton's age as there are two routes you can take to figure it out. Layton is also quoted as saying "I first heard of the Mask of Chaos eighteen years ago" in Miracle Mask. He's 17 in the flashback sequences, and eighteen years later would make him 35 in Miracle Mask, so it's possible he could be 34 in Spectre's Call. Alternatively, the flashback sequences in Lost Future state that Layton became a professor at 27 years old. Lost Future's events happen ten years later exactly, so he'd be 37 in Lost Future. That would mean, if one game happened a year, he'd be 34/35 in Curious Village. The only way both these could work is more than one adventure in a year: 34 - Spectre's Call 35 - Miracle Mask, Azran Legacy, Curious Village 36 - Pandora's Box 37 - Lost Future
@@DearestHershel Wow, yeah, figuring out his exact age in some games is complicated. I worked with some other facts. Emmy stated (among other facts) in the beginning of Last Specter that Layton is single and 34 years old, leaving him baffled at how much she knew already. Luke also stated in Eternal Diva that the film's main events took place three years prior to the opening scene, which must have taken place after Curious Village and before Unwound Future due to both Luke and Flora being present. Eternal Diva takes place between Last Specter and Miracle Mask, and I'm not sure where I learned this, but I believe Eternal Diva takes place specifically nine months after Last Specter. I may be wrong on that fact, though. I tried my best using that information to map out time passage between games. Finally, I figured that Azran Legacy took place over the course of a few weeks, or even months. The point is, the Layton timeline is cloudy and confusing, and I've just decided to assume this: Last Specter- 34 Eternal Diva- 34/35 Miracle Mask- 35 Azran Legacy- 35/36 Curious Village- 36/37 Diabolical Box- 36/37 Unwound Future- 37
Brilliant video. The only details I can think off the top of my head were numerous characters appearing in the background of the Eternal Diva film: Mr Beluga and Babette at the opera, Cogg and Spring wandering about London and I think there's a character who looks like Sammy in a lecture by Layton in the intro.
Just wondering, do you remember there was a coin called “Enigma Coin” in miracle mask? It looks like the normal hint coin but it’s initial is “R” instead of “L.” You can get it by tapping a parrot... That could be a fact that only a few people know.
@@DearestHershel No, that R refers to Leon Bronev. His original Japanese name is Broneph Reinel. It's a clue that he and Hershel were related, that's why they put together the R of the last name and Hershel's hat. This clue lost all meaning with the change of name in the translation
Fact #7 spooked me because I was rambling about Professor Layton just last week and I somehow eventually got to wondering what kind of socks he wears... glad I had that question answered!
There is also a fun detail/throwback to Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy in the Curious Village. The Globe as you can see here at 3:27 has the same color and art style as the world map in the Azran Legacy game ;)
I'm a super huge fan of both Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven and for the longest time somehow didn't realise they were both from Level-5 I was so shocked and stoked when the Layton team appeared randomly in Inazuma 1, Flora was badass man knocked me over with the most op final boss move of the game
Dang man, this video was great. I genuinely didn't know any of these! I'd love to see more videos like this, even less obscure trivia bits would be fun. Side note, any thoughts on doing full on in-depth reviews/criticisms of the Layton games? I'd love to know your thoughts on each of the games' plot, puzzles, music, etc.
Me too, I feel like he could really make a video about any topic about the series that he finds fascinating to talk about and it would be enjoyable for us fans
In The Last Specter, there's flavor text where Emmy mentions Big Ben has stood for over a century. Going by the completion date on Wikipedia (1859), that puts the game at least at 1959. Curious Village would then be at least year 1962. Looks like he just barely dodged the war.
well if you want more "secrets" the lady who is being pushed in the train at the beginning of pandoras box also appears on the boat of the layton movie, and the dog in the house of the missing girl (in the movie) is the same as the white dog in curious village. Flora doesn't appear in the anime. Also (this is what i think) i think the letters you get at the beginning of the game are send to Emmy Thats 3/4 i know of the top off of my head
I loved this video, really some interesting facts and depth behind them. I have noticed some of the paintings being reused, but the how, why or where was never clear to me. I have played most of the games more than 10 times each, but you truely surprised me. Thank you! Keep up the good work :)
I only played Curious Village and Pandora's Box. It was on my sister's DS and I was about 8 years old at the time. I loved the music, puzzles and the story. y'know I might just get my sister's DS out again and play it
its interesting that chelmey's spin off seems to take place in St.Mysterte, considering that he wasn't actually in that game. I wonder what the story is
What 10 years without a (good) layton game does to a man, just makes you notice all of these weird things nobody would care about (i think, i am not british)
Well done! This video is excellent. This is one of my favorite series ever and very few people know or talk about it, so I appreciate you spreading the good word!
To be honest the steampunk/diselpunk aesthetic made me think of the Belle Epoque (no way, Sherlock), or maybe the interwar period, not the '60 honestly. That decade is so associated with the space age (and cold war espionage, 007 was born in that period after all) and to me it feels very weird. But I mean, I don't what to look like that kid who thought every fable was set in the Middle Ages because the story had castles 😅
If the Layton games take place in the 1960s how could Layton and Luke meet Phoenix Wright and Maya in the crossover since the first Ace Attorney game takes place in 2016?
Dearest Hershel, I think we’re you mentioned about the secret room in reinhold manor that was in the game the bookcase was and how it would have broken don Paolo’s fall when he jumped out of the window in the parlour would have been there Perhaps there would of been a spiral staircase that led to do that door in one of the art design pictures of the reinhold manor parlor So that the staircase in the foyer hidden in the bookshelf corner could have led up to thst door to open in the parlor as an exterior basement door almost or an extra secret passage I think you could perhaps state a similar point on how there’s a fireplace that leads to lady dahlia’s or violet’s room there as a passage almost I’ve always though I think about that. A Or how there is a picture of Simon reinhold laying on the floor where there’s a window I think that’s really interesting because it does look like an exterior interior shot of the kwnor like that extra bookcase area where he is laying lifeless on the hard ground It looks like a passage agree through where that secret room would have been near by or near the the manor foyer perhaps. Which I really find really interesting and intriguing too also I think liked you said that I first found out from or had an inkling that the game and the village storyline locations and music was set in the 1960’s but also in the year of 1960 itself And have you ever seen the puzzle picture mini game Painting with lady violet and Claudia the cat with Claudia on violet’s knee sitting on a chair next to the window. I think that might have been an extra room area in the manor like lady dahlia’s bedroom or the extra room that’s maybe linked to what I stated earlier about where Simon was laying dead on the ground. If you what I’m getting at maybe or for a theory of ideas Or if you could comment me back on your ideas if you know what I mean?
Calling objects and pictures being different in the cutscene's "Animations errors" seems a bit much, when you call something an animation error I expect it to be some mistake in the animation itself, but objects being different or not in the same spot as in the gameplay isn't an animation error at all, its a consistency error
And do you think Pandora’s box is perhaps similar to the curious village in any way shape or form Because I think the story with Layton and Luke set currently in Pandora’s box is set around in the time period of 1960 or 60’x perhaps 1960’s or even 1950’s But then I think the tragedy that occurred between Anton and Sophia in folsense occurred 50 years ago in the past would have occurred in about the early 1900’s Or 1910 time period within the 19th century and the 20th century early perhaps maybe. And I think with the curious village perhaps when flora was little and baron reinhold passed away I think that would haven taken place around 1920 1930’s time or still some time around the first part or early 1900’s . What do you think? Or do you have any ideas still on the case? But Pandora’s box in the Victorian time period or gothic period because of that and that folsense was a cursed town too after the tragedy and because of the events in the past that changed the town into a cursed predicaments. It that in the curious village Layton and Luke are so,vying in the case in the period of 1960 Because of the location design lights and the laces and fashion and people and the electricity lights look of the locations designs too possibly.
Alright so, Kodh is most likely in America. Because the character Igor says “The fastest train in the station goes 75 MPH before the wheels melt” this places Froenborg in Canada, and not Alaska, because in puzzle 2 the metric system is used.
Kodh is probably located in Australia (Tasmania). The town name is "Tullah". Please check my research/comments under the video "The Quest for The Nest" (from another puzzle solved). And take a look for yourself on Google Maps/Earth :)
@@kenankustura8595 but the problem with that is that Australia uses the metric system, I.E Kilometers, Meters etc. and the character Igor Says “MPH”, which is an abbreviation of miles per hour. It’s either that or Kodh is in Liberia or Myanmar.
@@itsafox9928 Hmmm Intresting... 🤔 Ok hear me out, if we assume that the game takes place in the 1960s (At least somewhere around that time) than it could be Australia. I Googled about Australia and the metric system. And apparently Australia (mostly) used the imperial system for measurement before the 1970s. Edit: I don't think Its Liberia/Myanmar but hey what do I know :) I will take a look at it!
Just look at the names of the inhabitants, that gives you a pretty good clue. I tried to figure this out years ago and I don't remember everything that led to my conclusions but this is what i got: Froenborg - Sweden or Norway Kodh - Russia Phong Gi - Sumatra San Grio - somewhere in the Caribbean Torrido - the USA Hoogland - Austria Mosinnia - somewhere on the Arabian peninsula
The HD Miracle Mask cutscenes are actually from the music video to 'Mysterious Flower'. I just did some editing to remove Yumi Matsutōya from the shots, so all the focus is on Hershel, Randall and Angela. I've posted pictures of the 3D rigs and models on my tumblr (also dearesthershel), though I won't be distributing the models themselves as they're not mine to give away. :)
@@DearestHershel I see, I guess I forgot about the whole piracy thing....regardless, the stuff you put on tumblr is infinitely cool, thanks for sharing!
Random observation - Rudolph, seen at 3:20, reminds me of former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. I wonder if their similar appearance was intentional.
May I ask, Hersh- where did you get the Miracle Mask and Azran Legacy models from? They’re not in the VG Resource, as far as I can see... and I’m dying to use Emmy for something And is there a Laytonmobile model?
All the models I have are ripped from the 3DS games. There are several Laytonmobile models in the gamefiles, though they're usually trophies or mini models that have been down scaled from the full car.
In lived once in a apartment that had everything i⁰n one room i only lasted 7 months and then i had to move out back to my parents to find something new.
