New 5th Professor Layton Game Announced (DS)

Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box has not long been released over here in good old Blighty, but a fifth title of the franchise has now been announced.

The games are a massive hit over in Japan and have become so over here to since the release of Professor Layton and the Curious Village last year.

The new title will be called Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask and have a Japanese release date of autumn 2010 so far. The announcement was made during the launch of the fourth title Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute.

Because they’re throwing these games out faster than rabbits breed, I would have thought we’ll be seeing the third game ‘The Last Time Travel’ around October next year. So it could be a few years before we see ‘Miracle Mask’ unless they release them every six months which I would be more than happy with!

Apparently there will be some changes to the way the game plays in the fifth Prof. Layton game so expect things to be very similar for the next two games. This can’t be a bad thing though as there’s already a film being released over in Japan with a second movie a possibility!

Anyway, just in case you’ve lost track here are the currently released/announced Professor Layton titles in order:

1. Professor Layton and the Curious Village – released in the UK
2. Professor Layton and the Pandora’s Box – released in the UK
3. Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel – released in Japan
4. Professor Layton and the Specter’s Flute – released in Japan
5. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – announced for release in Japan in autumn 2010

I’m a massive Professor Layton fan and can’t wait to get my hands on the sequels. I just wish they wouldn’t make us wait some damn long to get them!!!

Are you a fan of the series? Excited by this news or do you think by the time we finally get ‘Miracle Mask’ there’ll have been one too many of them? Let us know in the comments below.

Via – Eurogamer

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