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Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (Nintendo DS) |  | From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
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Rating:  136 reviews
Format: Unknown format
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: puzzle-games
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.9 x 0.6
MPN: NTRPYLTE
UPC: 045496740399
EAN: 0045496740399
Publication Date: July 31, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Professor Layton and Pandora's Box | | • | A riveting new mystery and more than 150 new brain teasers, riddles and logic puzzles to challenge and delight players. | | • | Increased amounts of voice work and beautiful animated movie scenes compared to the original. |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The professor of puzzle-solving is back, with a bigger adventure and even greater dangers than before. While investigating the death of his mentor Dr Schrader, the Prof. and his apprentice Luke are embroiled in a dangerous mystery concerning a box that is said to kill any who open it.
A train ticket for the Molentary Express is the Prof.'s first clue |  Every puzzle has three levels of hints to use, so you should never get stuck |  The Molentary Express has a whole host of peculiar people to meet and chat to |  Even looking after your pet hamster is turned into a puzzle | As you board the Molentary Express you enter a new world filled with bizarre characters and over a hundred new puzzles to test your grey matter. From simple riddles and maths problems, to logic puzzles, optical illusions and block-sliding style brainteasers - no two challenges are ever the same. There's always a helpful hint to ensure you never get stuck for long though and plenty of rewards for when you get them right - from keep fit gifts for your pet hamster to ingredients for the ultimate cup of tea. Training your brain has never been this much fun! Key Features - Puzzling variety: Over 150 brand new brain-busting puzzles to uncover and solve, with even more variety and surprises than last time.
- Animated adventure: If you liked the cartoon style cut scenes in the first game you'll be amazed how much better, and numerous, they are here.
- Special rewards: Every solved puzzle has its own special reward, from opening a lock on your journal to gaining new pieces to the Prof.'s camera or gifts for your pet hamster!
- Trilogy treats: Unlock even more extra features with special codes obtained in the first game and from the third title in the series when it is released.
- Online action: Even when you've beaten the main game you can still download one new puzzle a week with the special Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection option.
About the Developer: Level-5
Now one of the biggest independent developers in Japan, Level-5 rose to fame with role-playing games such as Dark Cloud, Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King and White Knight Chronicles. They've also enjoyed huge success with the Professor Layton series of puzzle game adventures.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 136
 Good game July 28, 2010
P. Kinsella
Bought for my 20 year old daughter and myself. I haven't had a look in!!?? It must be good then!!!!She reckons almost as good as the last Professor Layton. Cant tell you any more than that as I havent played it!!
 Love it! July 25, 2010
ki
I loved the first professer layton game & was so excited about pandora's box, I thought it was a lot better than the first one. The plot was more interesting and the graphics were better. If you enjoyed the first one then I would definitely recommend buying this one!Im looking forward to the third one :)
Proffessor Layton Review July 24, 2010
Kendall
I ordered this game from Amazon a few days ago, and it just arrived this morning. Ive been playing it almost all day, and its wonderful. I am a fan of the first game (professor layton and the curious village) and therefore knew that this game was a must have for me. The puzzles are so fun and yet nerve wrecking at the same time, making the game constantly pleasing. A must buy for anyone who enjoys a few tricky puzzles and a grasping story line.
Mega!!!! July 9, 2010
A. Robson
Being a non-nerdy 14 year old boy I will review this product to help others. OK I will try not to spoil it.
The Game starts when Prof. laytons teacher dies.
Lots of voice acting and Anime here. A little tutorial thats not to long so if you know what do it is very quick but if you don't know what to do it explains the basics of, travel, exploring, talking to people and hint coins. Thats all u need 5/5
The game has over 150 puzzles and i have done 122 of those in 15 hours. There are no glitches and I have completed the fun, interesting and exciting storyline which has anime, music (not bad) and voice overs quite alot but not all the time.
There extra things to do as well like Laytons Challenges, Weekly Puzzle on Wi-Fi (i think it stopped now), The Hamster, The Camera and the tea making (actually Quite fun).
Conclusion
Fun 5/5
story 6/5 (not a type-o)
Replay Value 2/5
I hope this helps and remember to click thumbs up or whatever it is these days
 Okay, but not as good as Curious Village July 6, 2010
Catriona Reid
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this because I loved the style of Curious Village, and wanted more of the same. Which is what I got, sort of.
The story is carried on from where the first game leaves off, and I really enjoyed this aspect. The science may be slightly dubious, but I was able to suspend disbelief and just go with what the game was telling me. The cut-scenes (most of which happen right at the end) are beautifully animated; however, I still hate the voice acting (particularly of Luke - all mockney, it's horrible) so I mainly played with the sound off, just reading the subtitles. I do wish there was a way to turn off only the speech, though, because I liked the music and found it mainly added well to the atmosphere.
I liked the variety in locations, too - the train was a nice addition, and having two towns (one of which was huge!) was great.
The side-games were mostly very good. I liked building the camera and the tea-set game. I HATED the hamster game, because the focus was on getting the hamster to loose weight, rather than just get him fitter. I also hated the snide sort of remarks made about fat people (one woman, who admittedly had an obnoxious personality, in particular was mocked as having "tent-like" clothing), and I don't see why that sort of thing was necessary.
My two major complaints, however, relate to the gameplay itself. First of all, the puzzles. While many puzzles were good, interesting, and challenging, I found some insultingly easy. I don't mean to say that I'm super-clever or anything, because I'm not, but there were some when I used a hint coin just to see if I wasn't missing something in thinking the answer was obvious (I usually wasn't). These were puzzles that were rated all over the map - from the very easy early ones to the supposedly more challenging later ones.
The other thing I didn't like was how the game held my hand. After having a conversation about searching, for instance, a certain part of the town, I don't need an extra box to tell me that the Professor and Luke decided to search that bit of town! I can figure that out for myself, and in a game that relies on exploration, I don't appeciate being "told" where to go.
On the whole, if you liked the first game you'll probably like this one. The story holds together and is compelling enough that I couldn't put the game down until I'd solved the main mystery, there are plenty of puzzles (I had no problem completing enough to progress with the story, but there are still 30 or so that I haven't found/solved), and the graphics are good. The side-games are mainly involving, although I find the message behind one troublesome. Is it easier than the first game? Yes. Is it as good as the first game? No. But it's still a decent way to spend a few hours.
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