Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (2009)
(I have only just started the game and I only know some spoilers so please, if there鈥檚 something besides the existence of the hallucinogenic train gas you鈥檙e not sure if I know about, please assume I do not, thank you 馃憤)
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Just discovered a poll for a Lego Molentary Express set.
If it was real, I would buy it in a heartbeat!!
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Hey everyone! Just thought I'd make a quick post to let you know that...
The complete, definite, will-not-be-edited-again-in-the-future, FINAL translation of London Holiday, is finally here for your enjoyment!
AND it comes this time with an in-character fan-translation that DOESN'T read like Google Translate!
For those who didn't know, Professor Layton and the London Holiday is an official prologue to Diabolical Box; it's a short slice-of-life story in which Luke and Layton are just having some good time solving puzzles, and at the end, they receive the letter from Schrader which starts the events of DB. This game is not really lost content per se, but it's still part of the more obscure Layton media, since we non-Japanese fans have no legal way of playing it ourselves unless we buy the Japanese version of DB.
This isn't really some breaking news or anything, but I still thought it was worth warning you that this is it -- if you wanted a fancy in-character translation, you finally have it!
I will make a small shoutout to @call-me-rucy who helped every now and then with the more accurate translation when I had doubts on how a few idioms here and there were meant to be interpreted. Thanks again for your help, and sorry for using you like this xD I do wish I could send you DMs for reasons other than just asking for your Japanese knowledge hahaha
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When I say that this won't be edited again, I mean that the only way this web page will ever be further edited in the future is if someone else shows up at some point and asks me to change something. Perhaps I took too many liberties in the fancy fan-translation compared to the original text in one or two specific occurrences, or perhaps someone will want to translate this transcript into another language that isn't English, in which case I would absolutely accept to add it! (and you would be credited for that additional translation, obviously)
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I heavily suggest you take a look at it if you haven't already, because it provides quite a bit of lore and funny/wholesome moments! We notably get the full story of how Schrader heard about, and then tried to acquire the Elysian box (...story which contradicts the fact that he would already own it in Eternal Diva, by the way), but it's not the only fun lore crumbs this prologue to DB gives us :)
Also, for the fans of the puzzle theory -- I suggest you take a look in particular at what Luke says when he solved puzzle 09. It sure is intriguing that he would mention walking from island to island on foot as if he were... Physically doing it?? Or at least had the impression that he could experience it somehow???
Heh, puzzles and hint coins have mind powers anyway, for all we know perhaps some of them can trap you inside your own mind for a bit while you're solving them. Deliciously horrifying, so much potential for fanfics/comics and lore analysis. So shameful that nobody would have thought of taking advantage of this by throwing puzzles at someone with the specific intent of slowing them down by trapping them in a trance for a bit. smh, Level 5. smh.
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FINISHED DIABOLICAL BOX YESTERDAY!! God why are the stories so sad. Explain that to me. WHY ARE THEY SO GOD DAMN SAD鈥硷笍鈥硷笍 shed a tear at the first game and cried the entire pacific ocean in this one wow. Also why is there like 3 whole plot twists in this game damn bro 馃槶馃槶!! Other than that, i really enjoyed it. Plus the puzzles were muuuch harder in this one arghh
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It's Professor Layton NPC Appreciation Week! @layton-npc-appreciation-week is once again hosting this lovely event and, for the first time, I'm going to be trying my best to finish all the prompts! o7
Today's prompt was Curious Village/Diabolical Box, so I figured a good start would be Professor Layton And The Precocious Children. I've always loved the designs for the kids in these games!
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