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Avinash_Tyagi on 19 June 2009
axumblade said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Level 5 is unlikely they're working on New Professor Layton games for the DS

Yes...We've established that around the time that most of us realized it's likely to just be a rumor because it was somebody's twitter.

I didn't bother with reading the entire thread, just the OP



 

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Alic0004 on 19 June 2009

Well, I think it would be a good move for Sony to get a solid RPG developer, putting the sketchiness of this rumor aside for a moment.

It would be one of the best ways for Sony to differentiate the PS3 from the increasingly similar (but much lower priced) 360 -- by getting a highly polished exclusive RPG, along with all the little Japanese developers who have been announcing stuff for the PS3 lately (Atelier Rorona, The Last Rebellion, Trinity: something about Zil'ol, that other mashup RPG with Trinity in the title by a totally different company...) they could finally get their reputation back of the being the console for people who prefer Japanese-style games. I think it's more than a little shameful that Sony have been out-japan-ed by Microsoft for most of this generation so far. I hope they try to do something about it.



 

outlawauron on 19 June 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Level 5 is unlikely they're working on New Professor Layton games for the DS

No they aren't. The Prof Layton trilogy is over.....



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Avinash_Tyagi on 19 June 2009
outlawauron said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
Level 5 is unlikely they're working on New Professor Layton games for the DS

No they aren't. The Prof Layton trilogy is over.....

Yes they are

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Layton#The_Devil.27s_Flute

 

Its a new prequel trilogy



 

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saicho on 19 June 2009

@outlawauron

I think this is the second time I see you saying Prof. Layton series is over and got corrected :)



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outlawauron on 19 June 2009
saicho said:
@outlawauron

I think this is the second time I see you saying Prof. Layton series is over and got corrected :)

A prequel triolgy? That's stupid. I don't want Level 5 to milk it.



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tonio_13 on 19 June 2009

Nobody thinks about Gust or NIS, I mean recently they're giving a lot to ps3 owners : Atelier Rorona, Trinity Universe, Last Rebellion, and another "ps3 project" for Gust.



Seraphic_Sixaxis on 19 June 2009

Hope its the new RPG comapny from england/japan.



makingmusic476 on 19 June 2009

Actually looking at each of these two blogs, it seems GamesKnow is basing their info on GamesBlow, so it really comes back to GamesBlow, who0 we all know is hardly reliable.

But enterrtaining teh notion tht they might be right just for a sec, the GamesBlow Twitter was updated with this:

I would like to clear up something, tho... I said "bought" and that was wrong of me... It is an exclusive agreement between the 2. A big one


So yeah, it seems as if they've just worked out an exclusivity deal with some third party for multiple titles, which would effectively make them second party.



NoCtiS_NoX on 19 June 2009

^ Woot! Persona 5. There's also rumor that they have an arrangement with Atlus.
I hope it's Persona 5. I will be a happy panda.