Layton's Mystery Journey: Deluxe Edition - REVIEW (Nintendo Switch) 

As someone who only had a chance to play Mystery Mask, I heartily agree! I should look at picking up Azran Legacy...

I’ve only played Curious Village to Lost Future I ignored the prequels with the exception of Eternal Diva and I played but never finished Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright because a glitch came towards the end of the game that made it impossible for Phoenix to keep pushing the judge until he’d listen to him like it was meant to. Personally a redone Professor Layton collection of the first 3 games and then a prequel collection would be good especially because now looking back on it I feel like I missed out when I was stubborn and decided not to play the prequels just because I was annoyed it wasn’t picking up from Layton going to visit Luke in America like Lost Future ended

@@podracer35 and the games from the DS as well

They don't own the series

Same

Bonus if they keep the art style each game had

I would kill for a collection like that :0

Yes!!!

YES! WITH EACH ADVOCATE FOR LAYTON FOR SMASH I GAIN MORE POWER

Every time they do a Smash ballot, I always vote for him

To be fair it makes more sense for him to be in a fighting game than Phoenix Wright, since he IS a trained fencer and swordfighter, along with being adept at improvised fighting.

Primarina Queen But just like Phoenix Wright, having him fight using a sword would destroy the whole purpose of having him in the game in the first place. The reason Wright was fun and interesting in UMvC3 was becuse Capcom took a character who doesn’t fight, and made a move-set out of concepts from his original game to make him work. If Layton doesn’t incorporate logic puzzles in his move-set somehow, stuff that makes him unique and captures the essence of his own games, then it’s just missing the whole point of including a character like him. It’d be a massive waste.

Yes please!!

Give us the original trilogy

But why? You can get a 3DS and the whole 6 game batch used for little money. These games are optimized for dual screen touch controls.

@@tomross4599 nah they're moreso optimized for touchscreen controls rather than dual screens I also just want Lost Future in HD tbh, that's pretty much the only reason

We're begging you. Please.

@@tomross4599 the hell you talking about? Those games are expensive as hell used.

Spoilers, She ain't his

Danganronpa

New world of steam got announced

I agree, it also feels much more targeted to women (more bubbly, more pink, dressing up) I really didn't like that part. The previous games had a clear style, which was perfect as is. I also had more trouble focussing on this game, even though it's shorter mysteries compressed in one game. I noticed how I would play through the older games and really be immersed in it. Lady Layton was hard to binge, and even harder to pick up. Maybe the story just didn't work for me at all....

As a big Layton fan, this game was pretty disappointing for me. To be fair, I haven’t finished it yet, but it’s just... not a Layton game. At all. Like you said, the whole ‘dressing up’ and bright, pop-ish colours feel wayyyy to hard to appeal to women, to the point that me, a girl, just felt kinda weird playing it. Layton never did something like that.

Jordan3D so this game is exactly the same as the app? Not a different story or additional features?

@@mutsumisakurai2141 I don't believe the 3DS/Switch versions have any extra content, although there is costume DLC. It's pretty much a straight port of the mobile version with a different resolution.

Yeah, I agree with you guys, the game definitely feels more targeted towards a female demographic than all audiences. Apparently the Layton games were super popular with women, so they made this game the way it is to try to double down on that market. As a man, though, I don't think the cutesy aesthetic and dress up mechanics are what killed the game, it could have been good regardless of their inclusion. I think the biggest factor was that it was a game made for phones, and it just seems like they didn't put as much love or care into it as they did into the other Layton games. It just lacks that soul and charm that makes this series so beloved in the first place. I do wonder, will the next game revolve around Katrielle again, or something new?

same!! And if I had to choose... I'd go with Layton :)

As much I'd love to see that it is unlikely to happen, because of some troubles between Level5 and Capcom during the making of the spin-off.

I'd prefer one with Apollo instead of Phoenix, and instead of Herschel, it could be either his his son from the mobile game "Layton Brothers" or Katrielle.

John B aka Smooth Chocolate why would you want that?

Scarlet Fey because I just do ☺️ I like games that pull me out of my comfort zone. It's nice to meet you btw.

Jerik Gosse I didn't say that it was, I said that I THOUGHT it had something to do with it. I know it has nothing to do with it, as it shouldn't anyway. Hell, I own Super Princess Peach for the DS, which seemed to be targeted for girls but I don't give a crap because the game is good, I don't mind a female protagonist, have a good day. I also own the Katrielle game now, too, and I don't care if it doesn't contain the same flair as her father's games. It doesn't have to.

The game feels like a letdown compare to the ds titles

You got a new game to purchase day 1 😁

Also pikmin 4 looks amazinggg

:D

Absolutely my reaction! Hopefully we see more! The GX crew grows!

@@firesnakex8 It's definitely more in line with the craziness of the prequels than it is the more down to earth tone of the classics. Overall the anime's conclusion of the series, while not as impacting as the games, I still personally found very sweet in it's own way.

Are you sure that the anime is canon?

@@aheghaugheggeyahg ngl, I do question it’s canonicity since it goes out of it’s way to completely retell the events of the Mystery Journey game. That being said, I personally consider it to be better than the game since the cases have more emotional depth to them compared to the game versions. Either way, there hasn’t exactly been word of a new Layton game coming out any time soon. I don’t necessarily think the series is over, but I get the feeling Mystery Journey hasn’t sold too well so I have my doubts. If it really is over, this looks like the closest thing to a conclusion atm.

Rich Parkinson wow, thank you so much! Very happy you enjoyed it!

Broo at least try playing Curious Village or Unwound Future for 20 minutes in an emulator. Im sure that most would get hooked

if you enjoy this game, you are gonna love the other games of the series. They all have a very fun and interesting story line.

Proffesor Layton vs. Ace Attorney is my personal favorite, hardly any dead air when playing that one if you want to start (dont need to know any lore from eitber series)

:P

It was hinted all along

Geo Leo I haven’t check the game (and the rest of the game series yet), but I watched the anime version, which I knew it is different from the game version. I don’t like Katrielle that much as she can be seen as annoying and barely have much character development. But when it comes to... Ernest (or Noah in Japanese), I do think he could be more yet he is the most developed characters in the anime. I think Ernest is a bit more expressive in the anime tho. The bespectacled girl cop (forgot her name) is fun too. I might change my view if I watched a full play through of this game and compared with the anime. I only watched the final case (in the game anyway) tho to compared both, and so far I like the mystery behind the game more, but I prefer the emotion delivered in the anime, especially the culprit.

@@rocksterphang7985 First of all, my sincere thanks for sharing your personal thoughs, specially since both of us share the same situation about never being involved with the mentioned franchise, excepting with the 1st anime series to promote the presented game. May I ask, what made you decide to watch it? In my case, besides repeatedly hearing from critics and fans about its popularity and great reception, what also caught my attention of it was its old-school, simplistic and yet charming design of its characters; and after knowing about the anime, I simply couldn't help myself to check it out and understand a bit further the concept behind the games (and well, the facts that Prof. Layton dissapears and, just out of nowhere, we meet his grown-up daughter, plus my love for main characters being female.) With all that said, from my understanding, the game follows after the events occured in the anime, correct? And I can agree to an extend that the female protagonist can result a bit bland or even annoying because of the formulaic execution implemented in each episode, similar to what we've seen in Scooby Doo with a case to solve for each week (not to mention that some of their explanations become a hell of a stretch, while inviting the viewer to solve the cases logically after all the presented clues & obtained evidences.) While we can find here and there an episode with that kind of ludicrous nature, there were also ones that striked me because of its emotional, endearing and original stories (the cases of the cursed dress and the CEO's daughter aparently having a secret lover behind his back come to my mind as perfect examples.) And returning to the topic of characters, I wholeheartedly agree about those two you mention, with Ernest backstory and everything revealed about him later on (I enjoyed too how most of the time he broke the fourth wall before introducing the viewer the final part of the case) and the calculative, serious & cool-headed rival of Katrielle; which they should have given her more development and a better detailed backstory to begin with, if you ask me.

@@rocksterphang7985 Excuse my double post, since I was fixing few details with my reply. I hope it reaches you despite de edit and that you find it as enjoying as I did with yours.

@@geoleo965 Well, I first knew about this game when the 3DS version game out back then. It didn't grab my interest as I never followed the previous installments, but I did knew about the mystery of Katrielle's missing father. I only got interested when I saw that it has an anime adaption, so I just watched it out of curiosity. I was kinda worried that I couldn't keep up with the anime when I knew nothing about Layton lore, but I was wrong as I can just watch without knowing anything (albeit I will miss some references here and there). There are some differences between the game and the anime, but I only watched the final case (the Adamas case) to compare the two, and I could say that this case does have a few huge differences. Be aware that I knew nothing about the game's story and how the characters were written there as I only followed the anime. I think it is there are a few reason why why Katrielle... for the lack of better word from my side, a bit 'bland' or 'unchanging', is because she doesn't have a huge change in her life as an adult in the anime. ❗Spoiler alert for those who never checked the anime and I guess the final game's case: Like yeah I like her backstory sprinkled throughout the anime (and I think that is the major reason why people would check the anime to know why Prof. Layton is missing), and the final case in the anime is very heartwarming as she finally reunite with her father with a good build up. Seriously aside from the case where Katrielle got some kind of weird illusion of her father being in a village, we barely ever see Katrielle emote other than being annoying/loud, or nice and strong. I think Katrielle's personality could have be written better in this regard, where she is strong for the most part and she did move on from being sad all the time about her father (and Luke), but there are a few times to let the facade down and see her other personality. Maybe I wished for too much? Eh. As for episodic format of this anime, I think it sorta benefit from it yet fail in a small part. The format makes it easy to pick up, fast pace and kids can just watch for fun without getting too lost. It kinda failed to develop a few of the key figures. Tho not gonna lie I love the build up of Katrielle's backstory and the mystery behind it, as it is the strongest point in the anime, second goes to Ernest's backstory. I think Ernest can be a small bit contraditing when it comes to his character, but he is very likable (in fact he is the most likable one out there). He is just silly yet dedicated, which when the final game case happened, you can feel his anger and hate clearer than the game (which can look like a bit silly unintentionally, or... too stoic?). The reason I said it is a small bit contradicting is just that clearly Ernest is good enough to make these puzzles (in both versions), yet he can be very clueless for the most part before this case. Granted some of the cases can be a bit outrageous with its theory, but suddenly made him super smart can be jarring, even if the puzzles were made by himself. This case's mystery is written better in the game as I prefer the 7 Dragons were not aware of Ernest's true identity and how in the end they bowed down to Ernest who teared up hard, but Ernest in the anime has a better backstory and emotes better. Also lol Ernest with a jacket actually looks nice. But either way, I do enjoyed the anime, and as much there are some stuff I wished it could have fixed better than the game version in the adaptation, but I do like what we have in the anime. Both Ernest case and missing Layton case are the highlights for me. The asthetic is nice and lively, and I think Ernest, the lady cop and Liza are a few of the better written characters, while Sherl is the weakest (because he has no backstory shown there?). Also nah, I'll chill with it lol

You must not have been watching very much in the last few months

@@symphomaniac I've watched plenty of stuff on the channel over the past few months and this is the first time I heard of her.

@@symphomaniac not really lol. But in my defense, all the major coverage is usually done by "Master Handre".

I would really like to see Belle become a core member of the team - she does a great job here, and it's good to have more of a range of voices.

Did it cover why Layton abandoned his daughter?

@@Elite_Teach Nope, however the anime did!

Poyo just curious, is it part of a huge plot, that would spoil the anime’s story? If it’s not then why?

@@Elite_Teach the anime covers the many stories from the games and adds on those. But there's a whole arc in the anime dedicated to Kat's search for Layton. They are really good episodes

@@Elite_Teach Yea, what Robindb said. Basically the anime is 50 episodes long, it covers cases from the game, new cases original from the anime and some episodes are basically talking about what happened to Layton and Katrielle searching for him, not gonna spoil anything but it features some very important story stuff than wasn't in the game. Wonder if they'll make a game about the main story stuff in the anime

The only difference is that there are around 40 new puzzles and the visuals get a nice boost simply because it's now on the Switch as opposed to the 3DS or on mobile. There are also 365 new daily puzzles that will be released everyday for a year.

Of course, the actual gameplay is important, so I would recommend to watch the anime after you finish the game, even if it means you will know the answer to some of the cases already. And as I said, the anime has a lot of extra story. Theres a lot of actually important stuff that is never mentioned in the game. So if you want to get all of the story you really should watch the anime.

Speaking of which,any website I can see all of them?It so hard to find a place to see nowdays.

@@Anaxisca Oh yeah, I always forget that that's not an easy thing to do. I have personally always used Kissanime, it is very reliable for watching episodes, but it is pretty... intrusive. Annoying ads and whatnot, and apparently they even ban you for using adblock now, which is just dumb. But you don't need to log in or anything. It should be fine though as long as you close popups quickly and have a decent antivirus. And the basic Beta Server is the safest source for the episodes, so always switch to that first. It's not as bad as it sounds once you're used to it. Maybe there's a better site out there, hopefully places that are less pushy with their ads, but this is the place I've used for years. If you want a safer place though, I guess Crunchyroll is good, since it's all "legal" and everything. If you don't mind getting interrupted by (perfectly safe) ads you don't even need an account as far as I know. I've only used it like, once, though, so I don't know. Otherwise, just ask around some.

Yes, it is! Thank you very much ^^

The layton anime has alfendi as a cameo in the final episode I think, so those games and characters a probably canon now

Thank you! ^^

Well congrats on the new fantasy life finally! 🎉I’m looking forward to it myself!

No

Not really a character i would like to see. But interesting

Yes, you can play undocked with the joy-cons :)

Not quite. It was originally developed for 3DS and mobile devices, so they had all the HD assets already. I’m not sure it would make sense financially to redraw all the assets of the older games, given that they most likely won’t sell in excess of 100.000 copies.

They’ve already re-released the first two games on mobile. I’m willing to bet that within two years we’ll have at least the original trilogy on Switch, hopefully the prequels as well.

Did you watch the end of the video?

There's a demo?

The lost future, The story is realy good especialy the ending (no spoilers)

People usually recommend to play the games either chronologically or by release order, either way should be fine. Since you've finished Last Specter, the first game in the chronology, you can continue along that order with Miracle Mask -> Azran Legacy -> Curious Village -> Diabolical Box -> Unwound Future. There's also a movie that happens between Last Specter and Miracle Mask named Eternal Diva that I'd recommend watching, it's a real treat for Layton fans.

@@mj_player6440 the demo was the Starter Kit for Mobile users

@@Pierah ok, i'll remember that thanks.

Mythos MUGEN I was scrolling through the comments... Quite the voice acting there.

Cool! Now go solve these 99 picarat puzzles for me please

This reminds me of a puzzle

Nothing ever the previous games now that they are on mobile.

And snack world yoksi watch 4 etc

@@Taker369 Yeah, but this game was promised since 2015

Yeah, I might give it a try on the Switch--i totally missed the 3ds version. I do hope we get more Professor Layton games on the Switch, and since we're getting 3ds titles on the Switch someday, Miracle Mask and The Azran Legacy might make their way there for players who never played them before.