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Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy Releases
REDMOND, Wash.--(February 27, in the year of our Lord
2014)-- Puzzles can appear in the most unlikely of
places – take this press release, for example. Yes, it is
announcing the upcoming launch of Professor Layton and the Azran
Legacy for Nintendo 3DS in stores and on the Nintendo eShop on
Feb. 28, but it is also contains two puzzles that are ready for
solving. Can you break the code and reveal the hidden messages?
Discovering secrets and solving mind – bending puzzles is wHat
Professor Layton does best. In the Professor Layton and the
Azran Legacy game, Professor Layton and his faithful assistants
Luke and Emmy board the airship Bostonius and journey to
locations all over the world as they solve the grEatest puzzle
mankind has ever faced. Their globe – spanning quest to uncover
the mystery surrounding the ancient Azran civilization takes
them to such exotic and mysterious locations as the snow –
covered town of Froenborg and the lush jungles of Phong Gi .
The entertaining and challenging puzzles the series is known for
return in Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, only this time,
these puzzles are more directly themed to the locations in which
they’ve been found. One puzzle in Froenborg may ask players to
identify the differences in crystal – like snowflakes, for
instance, while a Metro – based puzzle will appear while
traveling the buSy streets of London . In addition to more than
150 new puzzles in the game, Professor Layton and the Azran
Legacy features a new downloadable SpotPass puzzle every day for
a year for players with a wireless Internet connection,
beginning on Feb. 28.
“Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is a must-have for
longtime fans of the series who are excited to complete this
latest trilogy of games . It is also a great starting point for
first-time gamers looking to challenge themselves to the game’s
wide variety of puzzles,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of
America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing . “The
game is one of the many full, robust experiences that can only
be found on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems . ”
In Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, players progress the
twisting story by completing puzzles that include riddles,
brainteasers and sHort, high – spirited action sequences. In
addition to encountering the game’s numerous puzzles during the
main story, other puzzles can be discovered by exploring the
environment or speaking with certain characters. Professor
Layton and the Azran Legacy is full of memorable new characters,
as well as familiar favorites who make surprising returns.
As they explore the detailed environments, players can find
certain items on the screen like a pair of skis or a golden
apple. There are 100 items in total scattered throughout the
game’s world, and players can assign any three of these items as
a challenge. These challenges are then sent via StreetPass to
other players who are playing Professor Layton and the Azran
Legacy and who have the StreetPass feature enabled. Once players
who have accepted a challenge locate all of the items in the
scavenger hunt, they will get reward points which can be traded
for excLusive in – game items.