Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Professor Layton and the Last Specter
North American box art. Characters, from left to right: Luke Triton, Hershel Layton, and Emmy Altava
Developer(s)Level-5
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Usuke Kumagai
Producer(s)Akihiro Hino
Composer(s)Tomohito Nishiura
SeriesProfessor Layton
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: November 26, 2009
  • NA: October 17, 2011[1]
  • EU: November 25, 2011[2]
  • AU: December 1, 2011[3]
Genre(s)Puzzle, Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Professor Layton and the Last Specter,[a] known in Europe as Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call, is a puzzle adventure video game produced by Level-5 for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. Last Specter is the fourth game in the Professor Layton series, and is a prequel that takes place three years before the first trilogy, detailing how Professor Layton met his apprentice, Luke Triton and introducing Layton's assistant Emmy Altava.

Professor Layton and the Last Specter also includes an additional role-playing game entitled Professor Layton's London Life, available from the start of the game. London Life, in which players interact with various characters from the series in a town called "Little London", was advertised as having over 100 hours of content. London Life was removed from the European versions of the game because the translation of texts would have significantly delayed the game's release.

The game was released during 2009 in Japan, and was the highest-selling game there during the week of its release. It saw release in North American and PAL regions during 2011.

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