Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy

Journey across the globe aboard the airship Bostonius while solving mind-bending brainteasers themed to their environments. Can you help Professor Layton and his assistants solve the greatest puzzle mankind…

82 28 February 2013

Point-and-click Puzzle Visual Novel Mystery

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is a point-and-click developed by LEVEL-5, released 28 February 2013 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is a point-and-click game developed by LEVEL-5 and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is a puzzle game developed by Level-5 for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the sixth entry in the Professor Layton series, making up the third and final part of the prequel trilogy of games and, according to Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino, it was intended to be the last Layton title to star Professor Layton himself as the protagonist. However, with the announcement of Professor Layton and The New World of Steam in 2023, this is no longer the case. The game saw a release in early to late 2013 in all territories except North America, where it was released on February 28 of the following year.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Professor Layton series

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is the eighth of 12 entries we hold in the Professor Layton series. The next entry was Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy in 2017. Its critic score of 82 is almost exactly the series average of 84. The highest-rated entry is Professor Layton and the Unwound Future at 93.

See all 12 Professor Layton games in release order →

How it was received

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 501 rated point-and-click games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy launched on 28 February 2013, within three weeks of Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Mass Effect 3: Citadel. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Mass Effect 3: Citadel.

Cheats and codes

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