Unfortunately, the replayability of the game is somewhat hampered by the puzzles themselves. Simply put, once you've solved a puzzle, there's no need to revisit it unless you wanted a better explanation of the solution. The ability to download new puzzles weekly is there, as is the ability to unlock additional puzzles in the game's predecessor but they won't match the volume of puzzles found in the main game. Of course, someone coming in new to the game but not wanting to navigate the story can immerse themselves in the 130 puzzles from within Layton's trunk but that's more than likely just going to cause stylus sharing problems.

Professor Layton is charming and protective without being condescending, Luke is exuberant without being pretentious or annoying and the various secondary characters are quirky and interesting without being off-puttingly strange. Gameplay is the perfect mix of adventure staples and brain twisting puzzle devilry. Professor Layton's world is one you are happy to spend time in and hesitant to leave.

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