The first episode in the Professor Layton series in its in-universe chronological order, but the fourth to be developed and published, and the last for the Nintendo DS console. It began as a prequel trilogy of video games interspersed by animated feature films continued in Professeur Layton et la Diva éternelle (2009).
Fantasy Life is a life-sim game co-developed by Brownie Brown and Level-5. After its DS version was canceled, which had a sprite art heavily reminiscent of Mother 3 (a 3D polygonal 3DS version was released in December 2012), its assets were reworked as as a bonus mode in this game called London Life, with completely different gameplay and controls from the usual Layton games. It featured cameos from other Layton games.
While the Japanese version had it unlocked when the main story is cleared, the US version had it available from the start. Its files were completely removed from all European versions, including the UK version, in order to prevent a futile delay. The button in the in-game menu to access London Life was dummied-out from the European versions as well.
While the Japanese version had it unlocked when the main story is cleared, the US version had it available from the start. Its files were completely removed from all European versions, including the UK version, in order to prevent a futile delay. The button in the in-game menu to access London Life was dummied-out from the European versions as well.