Level-5’s other two “secret” games, which may or may not have been Ushiro for PSP and Inazuma Eleven Break, weren’t in a state to be revealed unfortunately.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village sales were decent in North America, great in Japan, and phenomenal in Europe.

Level-5 teases Inazuma Eleven Future and both Professor Layton and Ni no Kuni projects for ROID.

Astounding then, that an up and coming publisher like Level-5 — far from the 320-pound* gorillas like Square Enix and Capcom — could not only introduce two new IPs in Japan in these past three years, but also successfully spin them off into other forms of media.

Considering how well Layton has done in the West, it isn’t a stretch of the imagination to assume that someone will end up licensing the movie in the U.S.

Level-5 have updated their website confirming that they will be revealing three unannounced projects at their Vision event later this year.

Level 5, the developer of Professor Layton and Dragon Quest IX, opened a teaser page for their yearly “Level 5 Vision”, a fancy name for a press conference.

Level 5 is not giving up on releasing the Professor Layton games overseas. During a GDC panel Akihiro Hino, President of Level 5, mentioned the second game in the series will come out here under the name Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (thanks for the tip David!!). Hino hopes it will be ready [...]

By the next Professor Layton game I mean the next one for Japan. Who knows if Nintendo or another publisher will release Professor Layton and the Demon’s Box overseas. Regardless of a hazy international future the Layton series marches forward with another trilogy.
 
Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute is the first game in the [...]

Level 5’s trilogy of Professor Layton DS games is about to end. Professor Layton and the Last Time Trip comes out in Japan tomorrow, but Level 5 isn’t shelving the franchise. Now that the games are done Level 5 is moving Professor Layton to the movies… again.
 
Unlike the live action movie released in last [...]