ah so thats who they mean when they say some people have to much time on their hands
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* > Said the guy on a community where most people dedicate hours, if not years, speculating, over analysing and mastering a
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oh I stopped doing that a while back now I just point out the flaws in everyone else’s logic
also in this thread we mostly go “level-5 is doomed”
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Curious Villager
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Then all the better that there are some fans willing to breathe some new life into their games.
Especially since the Layton series is already at the brink of fading into obscurity as is...
Its nice that there are some dedicated fans that go out of their way to do some creative and interesting things with the games like modding in custom puzzles, doing challenge runs and even creating entire fan games. It helps to keep the fandom going and potentially growing further, even if there aren't any new games on the horizon.
As said, the fandom is dying as is, so its best not to discourage fans from trying new things with the games and keeping interest up. Even if Level-5 seems to be pretty apathetic these days.
alright point taken. but it sill seems like such a bizarre challenge. though i suppose it is different from the average challenge, mind you can you speed run a layton game?
Curious Villager
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Eh its not any more bizarre than some of the challenges people have done for the Mario and Pokémon games but I digress...
And yeah, the Layton games have had some speed runs done in the past, they even have their own pages on Speedrun.com. The games are fairly short if you know what you're doing.
Curious Village seems to be the most popular game to speed run with the HD version of the game having the quickest time at 1h 07m 22s
same. Though I feel the later games improved the format
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Guys, great news.
sensortower.com
Apparently this Ni No Kuni game for mobile has proven to be a huge success, having made over $100 million in revenue with Level-5 planning to bring it overseas too.
if they don't screw things up again...
Also, the Japanese Layton Twitter seems to be posting again, not sure if that's mainly due to the anime and the Switch game rererelease or if their building up for more, but I guess its worth keeping an eye on...
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds Races Past $100 Million in 11 Days, Faster Than Pokémon GO
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds is the No. 2 revenue generating mobile game worldwide across the App Store and Google Play since launch, Sensor Tower data shows.
Apparently this Ni No Kuni game for mobile has proven to be a huge success, having made over $100 million in revenue with Level-5 planning to bring it overseas too.
Here's hoping brighter days are ahead for the company
Also, the Japanese Layton Twitter seems to be posting again, not sure if that's mainly due to the anime and the Switch game rererelease or if their building up for more, but I guess its worth keeping an eye on...
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hopefully this leads to good thingsGuys, great news.
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds Races Past $100 Million in 11 Days, Faster Than Pokémon GO
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds is the No. 2 revenue generating mobile game worldwide across the App Store and Google Play since launch, Sensor Tower data shows.
Apparently this Ni No Kuni game for mobile has proven to be a huge success, having made over $100 million in revenue with Level-5 planning to bring it overseas too.
Here's hoping brighter days are ahead for the companyif they don't screw things up again...
Also, the Japanese Layton Twitter seems to be posting again, not sure if that's mainly due to the anime and game rerelease or if their building up for more, but I guess its worth keeping an eye on...
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No, I have not.
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I guess you can't really blame them too much when the gameplay and atmosphere is so far removed from the original series.
Not to mention being originally released on a mobile platform first before a Nintendo console, the same platform that starred another kid Layton had which was confirmed to be a spin off.
Either that, or maybe some folks really weren't too fond of LMJ and rather not think of it too much as being part of the main series canon...
By the way, the Japanese Layton Twitter is definitely being active again, posting daily puzzles every day. Last time they where this active before they dipped, we got Lost Future HD, so, something might be coming up fairly soon, so probably best to keep an eye on them...
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hmm specter's call HD?
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That's interesting. It could mean some good things for Layton in the future
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I'd go with either Don Paolo or Jean Descole
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Yeah, most likely its the imminent announcement and release of Last Specter HD, which would be interesting to see wether or not they will be keeping London Life intact and if it will finally receive a worldwide release.
Likewise, we are also getting closer to the Tokyo Game Show and the series 15th anniversary so with a little luck, we might also finally get an announcement of a brand new Layton title set for release next year too...
Would be great to see eitherway.
Yeah probably one of the main villains, another potential Legend class option is maybe Aurora if they would do anything creative with the Azran I suppose.
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my moneys on spectres call HD
aurora feels sort of right but its hard to judge. spirit levels seem very random in the game hence why I ask
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Just dropping this new commission I got here ^^ :
I PRESENT, Min Min Layton !
I PRESENT, Min Min Layton !
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how extraordinary
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Level-5 recruiting staff for brand-new RPG project https://t.co/696BxozsW7 pic.twitter.com/BxHIVlFDYz
— Gematsu (@gematsu) July 7, 2021
Well, hopefully this project goes well for them... not that I'd advise they take on another project when they have so much in development hell...
yo-kai watch 4 english release? no? darn
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I mean, I guess its either that, or continue to remain stuck focusing on that Inazuma Eleven game they've been plagued with for over half a decade...
As much of a blockbuster success as that Ni No Kuni mobile game is, they gotta keep the ball rolling still.
If it makes you feel better, there's going to be a Yo-Kai Watch live stream on the 9th of July for the series 8th anniversary. So that's something I suppose.
Hopefully they'll do something for Layton's 15th anniversary next year too.
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I'm guessing they'd need to have partnered with an external publishing house - possibly a full localization team - and it sounds like Level-5's western branch burned every bridge before shuttering, so...
Yeah, I get moving on is a good idea, it just also feels weird to go "Welp, our football/soccer game is in development hell... LET'S MAKE A FULL NEW JRPG!"
Oh level 5 what have you done
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So L5 is doing these promo video's now for LMJDX+ with Katrielle solving puzzles with Jibanyan, their kinda cute. You might have to use a VPN to watch them though.
Also, after having watched the Japanese dub of the Pokemon Journey's anime for a while, I can't get anime Katrielle and Koharu/Chloe sharing the same Japanese voice actress out of my head now. Which is funny considering their personalities couldn't be more polar opposites...
Guess this is also the closest thing to a Pokemon and Yo-Kai Watch crossover as we're gonna get...
Inb4 this ends up leading to a crossover game with Layton and Yo-Kai Watch.
Also, after having watched the Japanese dub of the Pokemon Journey's anime for a while, I can't get anime Katrielle and Koharu/Chloe sharing the same Japanese voice actress out of my head now. Which is funny considering their personalities couldn't be more polar opposites...
Guess this is also the closest thing to a Pokemon and Yo-Kai Watch crossover as we're gonna get...
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if you could jynx it so it actually happens thatd be great
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how would that even work? Laytons whole thing is disproving the supernatural.
and yet he’s had a crossover with a series with actual spirit mediums
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True but in that case you could ignore the supernatural stuff in ace attorney and it's fine, the entirety of yokai watch is about ghosts.
Curious Villager
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tbf, didn't they conveniently ignore that part of Maya's character throughout the entire game?
Though then again, if she mentioned that she could channel spirits, she probably would have definitely been tried as a witch in that game...
well then why are we all supporting him getting into a game thats full of series with super natural elements?
edit: more to the point, Layton and kat cameoed in yokai watch wibble wobble
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I mean, Layton has played a soccer match with the Inazuma Eleven Kids before, where Layton grew big to punch a ball from scoring, Luke summoning a hurricane, Flora shooting Rocket Penguins and Chelmey becoming the second coming of Solid Snake with remote explosives...
And he did that twice at least, with also him returning the favour in the Japanese version of Azran Legacy...
Now that I think of it, outside of a Yo-Kai based off him and some small cameo's here and there, I guess they didn't really give Layton much of a guest appearance in any of the Yo-Kai Watch games have they? At least none that I know of..
And he did that twice at least, with also him returning the favour in the Japanese version of Azran Legacy...
Now that I think of it, outside of a Yo-Kai based off him and some small cameo's here and there, I guess they didn't really give Layton much of a guest appearance in any of the Yo-Kai Watch games have they? At least none that I know of..
only the aforementioned wibble wobble and that crane yokai based on him. Oh and the parody in the anime. I’m kind of surprised there’s no laytonyan
also if we could circle around for a moment, flora launches rocker penguins?
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I see, would be neat if Level-5 did a proper crossover game with their IP's, be it a fighting or racing game. Maybe a Capcom vs game if the latter is ever up for it...
Its more likely than you think.
Wow if I wasn’t opposed to football I might have considered trying it
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You mean the game their hiring for? Nothing much as far as I know, just that its an RPG project, which to be fair, outside of the Layton series itself, that's pretty much most of the games they make anyway.
Actually now that I think about it, considering how Smash tends to heavily favour JRPG games (Especially in its DLC's) Its kind of surprising we haven't really seen Level-5 show up on that front either considering how much the company enjoys developing JRPG games too, Oh well...
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