Professor Layton and The New World of Steam was not originally in the plans, but Nintendo helped push for it. Professor Layton and The New World of Steam's surprise announcement on the Nintendo Switch was well-received ever since it was revealed in 2023. The puzzler franchise's only entry on the system was Layton's Mystery Journey in 2019, and even that was a re-release of the 3DS title that originally came out in 2017.
As fans await the official confirmation of Professor Layton and The New World of Steam's release date, many other speculations continue to surround the mysterious game. The eight-year absence of the franchise has had a lot of players talking about why the game took so long to return. A recent interview with Level 5's CEO reveals the answer to this big question.
A long-forgotten Professor Layton game gets recovered in incredible circumstances that might have involved some kind of fire.
During a Tokyo Game Show chat with Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii, Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino shared that the team was originally content to leave the Layton series alone after it concluded years ago. However, it was said that several big...
