List of Professor Layton media
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The Professor Layton video game series is a franchise of puzzle games produced and developed by Level-5. Some games of this franchise were published by Nintendo outside Japan. The series is primarily based on games for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS systems. It debuted on February 15, 2007, with Reiton-kyōju to Fushigi na Machi (レイトン教授と不思議な町; Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village), eventually localized as Professor Layton and the Curious Village in the North American and PAL regions.
The series focuses on Professor Hershel Layton, an archaeologist, and his apprentice, Luke Triton, and their investigations into various mysterious towns. Often, they encounter people who require the player to solve puzzles or brain teasers in exchange for small trinkets or picarats. The trinkets or picarats is the score system used within the games. Currently there are six games in the main series, all of which have been released outside Japan. Additionally, there have been three novels as well as an animated movie, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. The series has been financially successful, with over 15 million units having been shipped of the games alone.
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