Alphabet puzzle? The only one I remember really stumping me was the one with the aliens trying to identify the device that puts a hole in paper. Fuck that puzzle right to hell and back.
Anyway, sign me up for some more Layton. Probably a day one, or at least a day after paycheck if nothing else.
Christ, yes, that's the one. Everyone and their mother was completily riled up on it back when the first game was fresh. Just stupidly obtuse and archaic. :x
Oh god, I had forgotten about the alien puzzle. Fucking hell that puzzle was shitty. I knew what the object was and I couldn't remember the name of it, so I just went with a guess of what I thought I remembered it being and it worked. That isn't fair for little kids who haven't used that device in school yet. They won't know what it is, what it really does, or what it's called.
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You people crazy. That puzzle was E-Z.
Now, that bullshit apple slide puzzle, that can go to hell. I think I finally solved it by closing my eyes and just dragging a fuckload times.
Bollocks, the answer text is all-but-completily disassociated in modern media and mentality with the kind of tool that they're drawing out in the question.
It sounds like he's using a Sextent or something like that. When's the last time anyone generally referred to a compass in its form as a device that isn't a magnetically-directed needle on a spindle inside of a small case? And the wording itself is just so fucking vague: "How strange. The Earthling is opening a hole in a sheet of paper and marking it with a line to show the other Earthlings where the hole is. I've never seen anything like it!"
At the least we could have gotten a diagram instead of just the two dudes chatting it up.
Bollocks, the answer text is all-but-completily disassociated in modern media and mentality with the kind of tool that they're drawing out in the question.
It sounds like he's using a Sextent or something like that. When's the last time anyone generally referred to a compass in its form as a device that isn't a magnetically-directed needle on a spindle inside of a small case? And the wording itself is just so fucking vague: "How strange. The Earthling is opening a hole in a sheet of paper and marking it with a line to show the other Earthlings where the hole is. I've never seen anything like it!"
At the least we could have gotten a diagram instead of just the two dudes chatting it up.
Right. A circle is not a line. They could've mentioned twisting, or the fact that the hole and line were being done simultaneously.
Still I can't imagine another word for that device. In my mind it's fairly mundane, you use it in school and see it in pirate/treasure hunt movies.
Alphabet puzzle? The only one I remember really stumping me was the one with the aliens trying to identify the device that puts a hole in paper. Fuck that puzzle right to hell and back.
Anyway, sign me up for some more Layton. Probably a day one, or at least a day after paycheck if nothing else.
Christ, yes, that's the one. Everyone and their mother was completily riled up on it back when the first game was fresh. Just stupidly obtuse and archaic. :x
Oh god, I had forgotten about the alien puzzle. Fucking hell that puzzle was shitty. I knew what the object was and I couldn't remember the name of it, so I just went with a guess of what I thought I remembered it being and it worked. That isn't fair for little kids who haven't used that device in school yet. They won't know what it is, what it really does, or what it's called.
I don't think the game is aimed at little kids. I'd say it's way too fucking hard for anyone younger than their mid to late teens.
well the guy whos responsible for them said he remembered these puzzles from the time he was a kid from some magazine so... maybe japanese kids are different
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I quite liked the 'hole and line' riddle. Yes, it was a little out of place being a riddle rather than a logic puzzle but I managed to get it in the end and felt pretty good when I did. I guess the issue is that it requires a spark of inspiration and that otherwise there's no way to work it out.
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RandomHajileNot actually a SnatcherThe New KremlinRegistered Userregular
edited August 2009
Wait...
Wait wait wait...
Doesn't this come out Monday?
It does, right?
Earlier, this thread said it comes out Monday...Wikipedia says the same...
I went to gamestop yesterday and he told me I could pick it up Wednesday, but they were only getting like 4 copies. So I pre-ordered that shit then and there.
Gamestop is charging $5 more for this game for no reason just so everyone knows. I'm debating picking this up at wal-mart now. Either way though, I will be picking this up to the extreme. I have been waiting so long for this.
Also it should be in monday Raiden333. I'd try another store if I were you. Nintendo loves having their stuff arrive sunday so they can sell it on monday.
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I went to gamestop yesterday and he told me I could pick it up Wednesday, but they were only getting like 4 copies. So I pre-ordered that shit then and there.
Odd, our local GameCrazy actually had a table-top display out, so I figured it was big enough to not worry about pre-ordering. May have to ask about it next time I'm up there.
I went to gamestop yesterday and he told me I could pick it up Wednesday, but they were only getting like 4 copies. So I pre-ordered that shit then and there.
Congratulations, you're part of the problem. I'll waltz right into Toys R Us and find it easily without stooping to the BS pre-order song-and-dance. TRU is doing a Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off on Wii and DS games, too.
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Well! I hope to waltz into the local Exchange and pick it up this week. Hopefully my discovery of this store while in a drunken stupor was not a hallucination!
I'm in the same boat. I think its safe to say it will be massively popular in the UK, given the original is still in the top 10 each week. So if you were thinking of holding back to support the local release then I wouldn't bother.
I think if Grainer Games get the US version in before the official release I'll get it.
I'm in the same boat. I think its safe to say it will be massively popular in the UK, given the original is still in the top 10 each week. So if you were thinking of holding back to support the local release then I wouldn't bother.
I think if Grainer Games get the US version in before the official release I'll get it.
They seem to have got a lot less good on US imports lately, though.
Oh shit, this is out this week? In the U.S., Toys R Us this week has a Buy 1, get 1 50 percent off on all Wii and DS games. So if you're buying Layton, you can pick up another DS game at half off. I don't know if you can mix and match Wii and DS games, but it might be possible.
Oh shit, this is out this week? In the U.S., Toys R Us this week has a Buy 1, get 1 50 percent off on all Wii and DS games. So if you're buying Layton, you can pick up another DS game at half off. I don't know if you can mix and match Wii and DS games, but it might be possible.
Which would be convenient for anyone also picking up Metroid Prime Trilogy...
Oh shit, this is out this week? In the U.S., Toys R Us this week has a Buy 1, get 1 50 percent off on all Wii and DS games. So if you're buying Layton, you can pick up another DS game at half off. I don't know if you can mix and match Wii and DS games, but it might be possible.
Which would be convenient for anyone also picking up Metroid Prime Trilogy...
CAG is reporting the deal does work with Wii and DS games on Toys R Us's website, but it hasn't been confirmed in-store yet. The only other sucky part is that the TRU by me has a completely abysmal DS selection; they'll have Layton, assured, but I don't know if they'll have anything else worth buying.
I say you should import because the European version of the first game gave Luke a terrible voice. Just terrible.
Actually, would the code for unlocking the vault in the first game work between the US and European version? If it doesn't then that would probably be the biggest deciding factor.
The only other sucky part is that the TRU by me has a completely abysmal DS selection; they'll have Layton, assured, but I don't know if they'll have anything else worth buying.
I was hoping to use this deal with Devil Survivor, but I was in there yesterday, and it didn't look like they carried it.
I went to gamestop yesterday and he told me I could pick it up Wednesday, but they were only getting like 4 copies. So I pre-ordered that shit then and there.
Congratulations, you're part of the problem. I'll waltz right into Toys R Us and find it easily without stooping to the BS pre-order song-and-dance. TRU is doing a Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off on Wii and DS games, too.
Hey, fuck you. When you buy my games for me you can tell me where to buy them. I don't drive and the nearest non-gamestop game store would require me to make a separate bus trip.
Great, the last Prof. Layton game ate away at my mind and my life. Now this one is coming out while I am in the middle of Shadow Complex. This may have to wait, but I will definitely have to buy it right off the bat. The makers deserve all of my monies and the more Layton games that come out, the better.
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Here is a sample puzzle from Diabolical Box to get your taste buds tingling!!
The puzzle reads:
"Train stations are an especially good place for dramatic farewells, aren't they?
Below is a picture of a man and woman bidding each other a tearful good-bye. Somewhere within this picture is a single unrealistic detail."
It's pretty blurry yes, but I will admit it was pretty darn blurry on the DS too. The blurryness shouldn't affect being able to solve it though!
Answer:
The man is holding up a window that can't possibly have enough room to slide up without going through the roof!
That's awful. What a stupid puzzle.
Maybe it's on runners that take it along a diagonal path like a garage door. Maybe his window is split in half unlike the one next to it.
I'm currently playing the first one, about 45 puzzles in. I'm not doing too bad so far, maybe my brain hasn't atrophied after college as much as I thought. I've only had to resort to gamefaqs once though... that goddamn slidling tile puzzle of the apple. Never could do those things.
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Oh god, I had forgotten about the alien puzzle. Fucking hell that puzzle was shitty. I knew what the object was and I couldn't remember the name of it, so I just went with a guess of what I thought I remembered it being and it worked. That isn't fair for little kids who haven't used that device in school yet. They won't know what it is, what it really does, or what it's called.
Now, that bullshit apple slide puzzle, that can go to hell. I think I finally solved it by closing my eyes and just dragging a fuckload times.
At the least we could have gotten a diagram instead of just the two dudes chatting it up.
Right. A circle is not a line. They could've mentioned twisting, or the fact that the hole and line were being done simultaneously.
Still I can't imagine another word for that device. In my mind it's fairly mundane, you use it in school and see it in pirate/treasure hunt movies.
I don't think the game is aimed at little kids. I'd say it's way too fucking hard for anyone younger than their mid to late teens.
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Wait wait wait...
Doesn't this come out Monday?
It does, right?
Earlier, this thread said it comes out Monday...Wikipedia says the same...
WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THIS, GUYS?
This is a clickable link to my Steam Profile.
My mum is going to be doing a painting from this game too.
Also it should be in monday Raiden333. I'd try another store if I were you. Nintendo loves having their stuff arrive sunday so they can sell it on monday.
Odd, our local GameCrazy actually had a table-top display out, so I figured it was big enough to not worry about pre-ordering. May have to ask about it next time I'm up there.
This is a clickable link to my Steam Profile.
Congratulations, you're part of the problem. I'll waltz right into Toys R Us and find it easily without stooping to the BS pre-order song-and-dance. TRU is doing a Buy 1, Get 1 Half Off on Wii and DS games, too.
Decisions.
I'm in the same boat. I think its safe to say it will be massively popular in the UK, given the original is still in the top 10 each week. So if you were thinking of holding back to support the local release then I wouldn't bother.
I think if Grainer Games get the US version in before the official release I'll get it.
They seem to have got a lot less good on US imports lately, though.
Which would be convenient for anyone also picking up Metroid Prime Trilogy...
CAG is reporting the deal does work with Wii and DS games on Toys R Us's website, but it hasn't been confirmed in-store yet. The only other sucky part is that the TRU by me has a completely abysmal DS selection; they'll have Layton, assured, but I don't know if they'll have anything else worth buying.
I say you should import because the European version of the first game gave Luke a terrible voice. Just terrible.
Actually, would the code for unlocking the vault in the first game work between the US and European version? If it doesn't then that would probably be the biggest deciding factor.
I was hoping to use this deal with Devil Survivor, but I was in there yesterday, and it didn't look like they carried it.
Hey, fuck you. When you buy my games for me you can tell me where to buy them. I don't drive and the nearest non-gamestop game store would require me to make a separate bus trip.
That's awful. What a stupid puzzle.
That was being modest. And your title says you're a guy. Even if you are a woman, a true lady would never pretend to be a man in such a way.
I feel so stupidly accomplished when I can figure out a logic puzzle in under ten seconds, and the hour-long head scratchers are just as rewarding.
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