The Japanese event today confirms 3DS releases from the company.
The Level-5 Vision press conference in Japan revealed upcoming Nintendo 3DS games from the developer.
Previously announced was Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle. This is the second of the prequel trilogy games for the Layton series. Akihiro Hino, CEO of Level-5, commented that the game had been completely remade at one point. Releasing the game on 3DS is the biggest change for the series, and the 3D puzzles use the top screen as the main game screen, with interaction on the top screen for investigations. They storyline has two paths, following present Layton and a younger Layton. Puzzles remain supervised by Akira Tago and the downloadable puzzles return, with one per day for a year.
Kyaba Joppi, a hostess simulation game from cell phones, will be Level-5's second 3DS title. It is currently listed as an RPG, and will have all new guest characters. It will be released in Japan in 2011.
The third 3DS title is Time Travellers. The game will have a strong story and new game design to appeal to more people. A trailer was shown at the event.
Finally, Fantasy Life, the Brownie-Brown game that was previewed in the post-game mode of Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute, has moved from Nintendo DS to 3DS. The game music will be from Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and Yoshitaka Amano, also known for his Final Fantasy work, will be doing image illustrations.
In addition, Ni No Kuni for DS was demonstrated. The Dream World uses the book that comes with the game, and players solve puzzles in this world using this book. The game has "Imagine" support characters that you can collect and raise to be used in battle. The Imagine battle system is strategic and considers the placement of the Imagine. The StreetPass mode will be a "Travelling Egg" system where you place a message in an egg and it is exchanged with other players. Choosing to break the egg will give you the item inside, or choosing to send the egg on a journey will cause whatever is inside to grow, with items and rare Imagine eventually obtainable.
New screenshots from the event for Ni No Kuni can be found in the game profile. The below gallery contains four screenshots from Time Travellers and a logo and six screenshots from Fantasy Life.
