I don't know how I could have missed it! I heard that there was a Layton game announced at E3 2010, but I thought it was just this one. That game itself was a cause for excitement, but I was bummed that they announced the fifth game before the third and the fourth are even out. So today I was looking around and realized that the third game has already been announced for a September release date! September 20th to be exact. I'm super excited, maybe more excited for this game then anything else that was announced at E3. Hopefully this, as well as the fourth game will be released before Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracles is released. If there was any game worth playing on the DS, and soon to be 3DS, then it's Layton. Here's some official stuff that was announced and the trailer:
 
Professor Layton and his apprentice, Luke, receive a confounding letter - from Luke 10 years in the future. But the message inside is even more troubling: London of the future is in disarray, and the only person who can help set things right is Professor Layton. 

Features:

• More than 165 new puzzles weave seamlessly into the storyline. Players will be challenged with fun, brain-teasing logic puzzles and riddles, and even new types of puzzles.
• Players who are still stumped with a puzzle after three subtle hints can select the new "superhint" option to point them toward a solution.
• As with previous incarnations of the franchise, weekly downloadable puzzles* will be available after launch for a limited time.

3DS Layton will be fucking magic. 
  
I'm playing Diabolical Box right now and loving every bit of it.

I've never understood the appeal of these games. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they're just collections of mini-puzzles, right?

" I've never understood the appeal of these games. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they're just collections of mini-puzzles, right? "

A collection of brain teasers with accompanying cartoons it is still a collection of brain teasers. I can appreciate puzzle/adventure games like Zelda, Beneath a Steel Sky, Braid and Zack & Wiki, where the puzzles are seamlessly integrated into the gameworlds, but mere collections of puzzles... they just don't do anything for me.

" A collection of brain teasers with accompanying cartoons it is still a collection of brain teasers. I can appreciate puzzle/adventure games like Zelda, Beneath a Steel Sky, Braid and Zack & Wiki, where the puzzles are seamlessly integrated into the gameworlds, but mere collections of puzzles... they just don't do anything for me. "

" A collection of brain teasers with accompanying cartoons it is still a collection of brain teasers. I can appreciate puzzle/adventure games like Zelda, Beneath a Steel Sky, Braid and Zack & Wiki, where the puzzles are seamlessly integrated into the gameworlds, but mere collections of puzzles... they just don't do anything for me. "

I'm excited for this too.  I've completed the Diabolical Box and still need to buy Curious Village.

I really like the look of these games but i don't think that there are enough decent DS games to make me actually buy one.

" @Icemael said:

" A collection of brain teasers with accompanying cartoons it is still a collection of brain teasers. I can appreciate puzzle/adventure games like Zelda, Beneath a Steel Sky, Braid and Zack & Wiki, where the puzzles are seamlessly integrated into the gameworlds, but mere collections of puzzles... they just don't do anything for me. "

Beneath a Steel Sky!  Jeez, talk about retro. "

best ds games easily

Can't Level5 just make a new Dark Cloud game instead? :(
 
(Seriously though, I love the Layton games too)

" @Meowayne: As I said, collections of brain teasers don't do anything for me, and if I wanted to watch an animated movie, I'd go watch an animated movie."

" @Icemael said:

" @Meowayne: As I said, collections of brain teasers don't do anything for me, and if I wanted to watch an animated movie, I'd go watch an animated movie."

And as I said, go try the game. It is unlike anything you have played before. It is not just a collection of "brain teasers" with a few videos inbetween. This game is carried by atmosphere, exploration and story as much as it is by the actual puzzle screens. "

"And as I said, go try the game. It is unlike anything you have played before. It is not just a collection of "brain teasers" with a few videos inbetween. This game is carried by atmosphere, exploration and story as much as it is by the actual puzzle screens."

"...if I wanted to watch an animated movie, I'd go watch an animated movie."

" @Meowayne said:

"And as I said, go try the game. It is unlike anything you have played before. It is not just a collection of "brain teasers" with a few videos inbetween. This game is carried by atmosphere, exploration and story as much as it is by the actual puzzle screens."

@Icemael said:

"...if I wanted to watch an animated movie, I'd go watch an animated movie."

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aw man more Layton is never a bad thing!

only played the first so far and love it.. im a lil scared what some puzzles will be like in 3d........

I'm definitely thinking about importing a 3DS from Japan so I can see it for myself... IF there is the standard 6-month gap between our territories releases... AND if Ocarina of Time is a launch title. I can't wait for this shit man, this E3 has gotten me hyped for more stuff than the past few years combined, I think.