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Professor Layton (series)
''Professor Layton'' is a puzzle adventure video game series and transmedia franchise developed by Level-5. The property consists primarily of seven main video games, a mobile spin-off, an animated theatrical film, and an anime television series, while additionally incorporating an array of secondary titles and media including a crossover game with Capcom's ''Ace Attorney'' series, by which the Layton series was strongly influenced. The first three games follow the adventures of Professor Hershel Layton and his apprentice Luke Triton, while the subsequent three games and film are prequels, focusing on how Luke and Layton met and their original exploits. Later installments follow the escapades of Layton's children and their respective allies in settings old and new. Each title features a series of puzzles and mysteries provided by the citizens of locales that the main characters explore. It is not necessary to solve all the puzzles to progress, but some are mandatory, and at cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihiro Hino
(born July 20, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer and businessman. Starting his career as a programmer in the 1990s, he later took on roles in writing, design, directing and producing. He founded Level-5 (company), Level-5 in 1998, where he remains its president and CEO. Biography Hino began his career in the video game industry in the late 1980s at the now defunct Japanese developer Riverhillsoft, specifically on the ''OverBlood'' series for the original PlayStation. Hino acted as the lead programmer on the first ''OverBlood'', and was subsequently promoted to lead designer and director for the sequel, ''OverBlood 2''. Hino founded Level-5 (video game company), Level-5 in October 1998. Since the creation of Level-5, Hino has designed, planned and produced several of the studio's released titles, ''Dark Cloud'', ''Dark Chronicle'' and ''Rogue Galaxy'' for the PlayStation 2, ''Jeanne d'Arc (video game), Jeanne d'Arc'' for the PlayStation Portable, and ''Professor Layton an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |