Nintendo gave Level-5 a little nudge for a new Professor Layton

Fans were immensely pleased when Level-5 unveiled that it was working on a brand new entry in the Professor Layton franchise, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. The game has seen a few set backs in regards to its release date, but judging from comments from Tokyo Game Show it seems to be shaping up rather nicely. Level-5’s CEO Akihiro Hino, has revealed in a new interview that he was hesitant about creating a new entry in the Layton series, but he was given a nudge by Nintendo who apparently really wanted the company to produce a new title essentially pushing for a Layton comeback from Level-5.

“There hasn’t been [a new title] in almost 10 years. The series concluded briefly.” He goes on to explain that he had qualms about making a new Professor Layton game, as the series had previously reached a “beautiful” conclusion. 

“Certain individual(s) from the industry really wanted us to release a new game…we had a strong push coming from company “N.” By “N,” Hino is most likely referring to Nintendo. Professor Layton is one of the Nintendo DS’s most successful exclusive series, and Nintendo has been the overseas publisher for a number of Layton titles to date – so it would come as no surprise that someone from Nintendo pushed for the franchise’s comeback. 

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