Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

Professor Layton's first adventure on the Nintendo 3DS system takes him to the colorful city of Monte d'Or, where he must stop a mysterious man from wreaking havoc with the powerful Mask of Chaos. Unravel new…

85 26 February 2011

Point-and-click Puzzle Visual Novel Mystery

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is a point-and-click developed by LEVEL-5, released 26 February 2011 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is a point-and-click game developed by LEVEL-5 and released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is a puzzle adventure video game developed by Level-5. It is the fifth game in the Professor Layton series, the second in the prequel trilogy of games, and the first in the series to be developed for the Nintendo 3DS. Miracle Mask was released as a launch title for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in February 2011, becoming the best-selling game on the day of the system's launch. The game was later released worldwide in October 2012. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Plus, an enhanced edition featuring new puzzles and added cutscenes, was released on the Nintendo eShop in Japan in February 2013.

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 Miracle Mask is the fifth of 12 entries we hold in the Professor Layton series. It arrived a year after Professor Layton and the Last Specter. The next entry was Professor Layton Royale in 2011. Its critic score of 85 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 Miracle Mask holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 501 rated point-and-click games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask launched on 26 February 2011, within three weeks of Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2 and Dragon Age II. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2, Dragon Age II.

Cheats and codes

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