Sunday, January 1, 2012

Will Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle be released on the DS Lite?

I love the Professor Layton game series and when I heard this one will be on the 3DS I was so disappointed. Is there any chance of them bringing it out the the normal 3DS?|||Mask of Miracle (working title), the fifth game in the series, was originally intended for the DS but Level 5 made the decision to develop it for the 3DS instead (while at the same time redesigning the structure of the game and the interface to take advantage of the 3DS)



At this time, it seems somewhat unlikely that development time and cost will be spent reworking the game just to make it suitable for the DS (otherwise Level 5 would've developed a game suitable for both the 3DS and the DS in the first place)



Further, with the game not expected to be released in English until 2012, an increasingly large number of DS owners will have migrated to the 3DS, making development of a DS version increasingly less profitable (and therefore less likely) as time goes on



Saying that, there's always a chance (albeit a small and highly speculative one) that they may one day decide to release a DS version (although you shouldn't count on it)



On a side note, while Level 5 have yet to announce the platform for the sixth game (the last chapter of the prequel trilogy), it's likely that this will also be developed for the 3DS



Keep in mind that the upcoming fourth game (commonly known as Spectre's Flute or Devil's Flute although neither will be the English name) will be released for the DS

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