Layton Brothers: Mystery Room now free on App Store

The Professor Layton spin-off Layton Brothers: Mystery Room is available now on iOS devices. The free download includes a prologue and two cases, with extra bundles of cases for sale.

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The Professor Layton series has moved to iOS with a new spin-off starring Layton's crime-solving son. Layton Brothers: Mystery Room is available now as a free download, which includes the prologue and two cases. In-app purchases offer another seven cases to solve.

The two free cases sound pretty grim. The first case is "The Hand Sandwich," in which a woman was found murdered at a seaside hotel, with her hand resting inside a sandwich. The second, "The Bungled Burglary," features two prime suspects and a missing murder weapon. If you like those, you can get the "Case File Pack 1" with cases 3-6 for $2.99, or "Case File Pack 2" with cases 7-9 for $1.99.

You play as Inspector Alfendi Layton, with his assistant Detective Constable Lucy Baker--because Laytons always have assistants, clearly. They're members of Scotland Yard, tasked with solving the hardest cases in the titular "Mystery Room." You'll be collecting and examining evidence, noting contradictions, calling out witnesses, and then facing off against the criminals in a final showdown. You might notice that sounds a lot like Phoenix Wright, but with a police officer investigating instead of a lawyer.

Finally, the announcement promises a complete story that will reveal Layton's "secret" if you complete all nine cases. Presumably it has something to do with his brother, given the title and the fact that we've only heard about one Layton here.

You can pick up the game from the App Store. The game is requires iOS 4.3 or later and is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad.

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    June 27, 2013 2:30 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Layton Brothers: Mystery Room now free on App Store.

    The Professor Layton spin-off Layton Brothers: Mystery Room is available now on iOS devices. The free download includes a prologue and two cases, with extra bundles of cases for sale.

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      June 27, 2013 5:04 PM

      Why is it Layton Brothers? Did Layton have a son that became a psychopathic killer and the other son must stop him??

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      June 28, 2013 8:34 AM

      Probably close to half way through this thing. It kinda sucks. It doesn't get any better past the free content. I've never played a Layton game, but this is vastly inferior to something like Ace Attorney. The animation is sparse. The concept that they catch the killer in the first 3 minutes, then it's just putting it together is mind numbing. No real satisfaction from anything and no possibility of failure.

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        June 28, 2013 5:38 PM

        Its a game designed for cellphones so that sounds about right.

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