Looking at getting the professor Layton games for my gf after the Christmas rush as we bought ourselves a 3DS XL for Christmas and she seems to think she likes puzzle games, so here is hoping :)

I was looking at ozgameshop (mostly because they have pretty much everything and they also had good prices for us) however I'm a bit confused.... the link is http://www.ozgameshop.com/search/professor+layton

I wanted to get her the first game which according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Layton#The_Curious_Village is the Curious Village, but the link above has TWO Curious Villages, is one a remake? Is one just a different box? Is there even any point getting the first and doing them in order? So confused!

Judging by the ratings on the covers, the one with Layton and Luke is the US release, and the one with the hat is the UK release.

1. There is only one Curious Village, as far as I know.
2. I don't see two Curious Villages in that link.
3. You are using Wikipedia as a source of information about video game releases, when you obviously know about Giant Bomb.

Looks like the two Curious Villages images are different region covers (NTSC and PAL I believe). As the website you're using is UK based, I assume you want the PAL version, though I'm woefully underknowledged about the region-locked or region-free nature of the DS/3DS. I've only played the first two (Curious Village and Diabolical Box) so I can't speak to playing them out of order. I have liked them both, and I've heard the series is fairly consistent in terms of narrative and puzzles.

Ahh didn't even think about that, thanks guys @Kerned while I know about Giant Bomb I'm still coming to terms with how to use it's databases, the podcast and the forums are what I use mostly so I thought I'd get more help here.

@SpunkyHePanda Thanks :D

EDIT: I just got her Diabolic Box and will wait till the first is in stock (I saved over 50% on retail stores here it's just crazy).