A long-forgotten Professor Layton game has been recovered from an old feature phone that appears to have survived a fire. Called Professor Layton and the Mansion of the Deathly Mirror, the mobile game rose from the ashes just ahead of its 16th anniversary.
Although Level-5 ported some Professor Layton games to mobile devices over the years, Mansion of the Deathly Mirror is distinct in that it is a completely original experience made exclusively for feature phones. It was released in an episodic format, with its first episode debuting on October 10, 2008. Professor Layton and the Mansion of the Deathly Mirror never made its way outside of Japan, and hasn't been available for purchase since 2014.
Professor Layton fans should keep an eye on September 24, as exciting news about the franchise's future is set to be shared on this day.
Nearly 16 years following its original debut, the long-lost adventure game has been fully recovered by a group of dedicated fans. As reported by Twitter user RockmanCosmo, game preservationist Yuvi managed to save the game's final three chapters, recovering them from a working unit of the Fujitsu F906i, a Japan-only feature phone from 2008. The first...
