Level-5 has released a couple of new screenshots for their upcoming 3DS title, Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle. The game comes out in the Spring in Japan, but all we know about a North American release is that it will exist. We’re just not quite sure when.
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle is actually a prequel to the Professor Layton games that we have seen so far in America, and is a sequel to the as of yet unreleased in North America, Professor Layton and the Specter’s Flute. America is still a few games behind, as far as Layton is concerned.
This is the first Professor Layton game to feature 3D models (see above) and will take advantage of the 3DS capabilities by allowing players to explore areas from a 3D perspective. The in-game character models may now be 3D, but the animated cutscenes are thankfully still hand drawn in good old familiar 2D.
