Professeur Layton et le Masque des Miracles (France)
Nintendo 3DS
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Reviewed in 2012
78
✪ Reviewed on March 16, 2024
72
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on 3DS, first Layton on the console. Descole and the mysteries of Monte d'Or in the Professor's first 3D adventure. Successful transition to 3DS, splendid animated cutscenes.
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Category
Adventure1 player7+
Description
Professor Layton investigates miracles and curses in Monte d'Or in this first 3D entry revealing the professor's mysterious past. Published by Level-5, released in France in November 2012. Varied logic puzzles, storyline revealing Layton's youth, cel-shaded 3D visuals. French version.
Professeur Layton et le Masque des Miracles review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
The animated sequences are produced as genuine short films. Drawn frame by frame, with crowd movement, changes of axis and full lip synchronisation, they sometimes run for several minutes and have nothing of the cheaply animated illustration. Their repeated presence imposes on the rest of the game a level of finish that pulls even the most ordinary shots upwards.
Fairground timbres impose themselves everywhere, including where they are unwelcome. Carousel organ, marching brass, cymbals and bass drum accompany strolls and threatening scenes alike, and that cheerfulness maintained beneath unsettling sequences produces a constant unease. The device recalls the circus music of horror films, applied here to a game for all ages.
The series sets itself a rule and keeps it to the end: nothing supernatural will be admitted. Every apparently impossible wonder receives an ordinary explanation in the end, a hidden mechanism, an accomplice, an optical illusion, a long-prepared arrangement, and the statement of those solutions takes up at least as much room as the wonders themselves. That discipline gives the story an honesty rare in the genre.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,74 GB📅23/11/2012
Published by Level-5
Professeur Layton et le Masque des Miracles (3DS) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Is Professeur Layton et le Masque des Miracles still worth playing in 2026?
The first Layton built for 3D, the Miracle Mask drops the professor into the city of Monte d'Or, against a backdrop of unsettling miracles and revelations about his past. The structure blends finely chiselled logic puzzles, exploration and polished cutscenes, with a shift to polygonal 3D that modernises the presentation without betraying the spirit. The measured pace and the hushed tone of the series stay intact. For a fan of puzzle adventures or of Layton, the title offers one of the saga's best balances between story and puzzles on the console.
