Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is a point and click puzzle adventure game on Nintendo's DS system. The first installment of the Professor Layton series tells Professor Hershel Layton and his young apprentice Luke Triton's quest to find the Golden Apple, a mysterious inheritance hidden somewhere in the village of St. Mystere.
== Plot ==
The game begins with Professor Layton and Luke on the road in the professor's Laytonmobile. They talk about a letter from a mysterious Lady Dahlia of St. Mystere. After talking about the letter and solving a rather puzzling map's secrets, the two arrive at the village. At the village, the pair meet numerous puzzle-obsessed denizens who speak of riddles and secrets all leading up to the mysterious "Golden Apple", the treasure of the Late Baron Augustus Reinhold. The pair make their way to Reinhold Manor and meet many of the family of the late baron. Layton and Luke begin to investigate the citizens of St. Mystere, solving whatever questions and puzles the people throw at them.
As the game proceeds onward, the two begin uncovering secrets of the town wether it be the abandoned amusement park or the strange blank wall, located in front of the looming tower over St. Mystere. As night falls over the town, Layton and Luke help out some of the citizens and find themselves in a chase with a strange man, holding a large sack. They chase down alleyways and through the cramped villa near, however much to their avail, the old man escapes. But, Layton gets a quick glimpse on the contents of the sack: Ramon, the fieldworker of Reinhold Manor, was seemingly dead while lying in the sack.
Failing at catching the kidnapper, the two head back to the inn and rest for the night. As dawn rises, Layton and Luke return to Reinhold Manor to discuss next steps. At the manor they find that Inspector Chelmey, London's finest detective sent to investigate the case, was actually the mysterious and brilliant Don Paolo, Professor Layton's self-proclaimed arch-rival. He escapes the manor and Layton and Luke make haste to solve this mystery. With helpful hints from some of the citizens uptown, the pair find access to the tower located at the north end of town. Once reaching the tower's entrance, Layton opens the door and the two fall into the basement of the tower. Inside, they meet the man who kidnapped Ramon and the old, tired man tells them of St. Mystere's true history. The town's citizens do not actually exist and are actually robots designed to build a community for the late baron's daughter, Flora. These citizens were built and maintained by the old man, Bruno.
With the new-found information regarding St. Mystere's past, Professor Layton and his apprentice walk up the tower, solving the toughest riddles of the game. At the very top of the tower, the two find a cool and well-kept cottage. Layton and Luke enter the cottage and find themselves face-to-face with the young Flora Reinhold. Layton quickly realizes the entire mystery and speaks out that Flora is in-fact, the Golden Apple, the treasure of St. Mystere. While acquainting with her, a loud crash is heard and the professor runs to the window. Don Paolo, now equipped with his massive and deadly flying machine, attacks the tower, crushing most of the weak foundation. Layton, Luke, and Flora begin running down the spiral staircase down below, but only Luke makes his way to the bottom of the crumbling flight of stairs. 
Layton and Flora stay behind and head back to the cottage. Inside, Layton looks around the room for anything of value and use. He asks Flora for a string and takes a rack for the curtains in the finely-crafted room. He then breaks apart the over-sized globe in the room and builds of a small, but functioning glider. The two take flight and Don follows. Don and his machine begin tossing out giant spiked balls to attack and attempt to kill Layton. Layton, quick on his toes, finds his way dodging the attacks. He brings the glider close to Don's machine and rams into the back of the strangely constructed device. Don's flying machine goes in smoke and flies off into the distance, whereas Layton with Flora fall onto the ground.
Now that they've been grounded, Layton and Flora reunite with Flora and Flora thanks them for saving her live. While hugging Layton, the professor notices an odd birthmark near Flora's shoulder. Layton and Luke take Ms. Reinhold back to Reinhold Manor to discuss where Flora'll go now that someone has come and made the young Flora smile again. At the manor, Layton gather's the group in front of the portrait of Flora in the foyer of the large home. Luke pushes the painting in a certain spot, and the bookcase near-by begins to reveal a secret pass. 
The group enter and find a room filled with golden jewels and treasure. The voice of the late Baron Reinhold his heard and the professor begins conversing with him. The voice tells Flora that she can have this lost fortune, but the town of St. Mystere will begin to shut down... permanently. After careful consideration, Flora declines the heads with Professor Layton on his adventures. The three leave Reinhold Manor and all of the citizens of the mysterious St. Mystere see Flora off as she enters the Laytonmobile and leaves the town forever.
== Gameplay == 
The overall game play of Curious Village is based around regular point and click adventure games. The player uses the stylus and taps on various objects to do certain actions. In the beginning of the adventure, the professor describes how the game works and what to do in the over world of the game. Tapping on the suitcase enters Layton's Trunk, a place to find various collectibles thus far and allows a point to save the game's progress.
=== Puzzles ===
The game offers over 130 puzzles for the player to solve; (An extra 27 more available via Nintendo Wi-Fi connection) each puzzle is solved in a variety of ways from drawing lines, mathematics, or trying to move puzzling sliding blocks. All of the puzzles require the touch screen to do various things for these puzzles whether it be moving objects or writing numbers or letters. The game also offers three hints per puzzle to help assure the player can solve a puzzle. Solvling puzzles earn "Picarats" for the player. Picarats are a minor reward that measure the difficulty of a puzzle (rated 10 - 99 with 10 being easy and 99 being the hardest possible) as well as offer a special reward(s) for a player to obtain so many throughout the game's course. These special rewards are found in the bonuses section of the game and offer unique profiles of the characters, sound test, a player for the game's cut-scenes, and more.
== Puzzle List ==
# 	Puzzle Name 	Type 	Picarats
1 	Where's the Town? 	Circle Answer 	10
2 	The Crank and Slot 	Multiple Choice	15
3 	Strange Hats 	Multiple Choice	10
4 	Where's My House? 	Circle Answer 	20
5 	Digital Digits 	Write Answer 	50
6 	Light Weight 	Scale 	50
7 	Wolves and Chicks 	River 	40
8 	Farm Work 	20 	Write Answer
9 	One Poor Pooch 	Matchstick 	35
10	Alphabet 	Write Answer 	30
11	Arc and Line 	Write Answer 	20
12	Make a Rectangle 	Draw Line 	40
13	Sinking Ship 	Write Answer 	30
14	Which Chair? 	Multiple Choice	30
15	How Many Are Left? 	Write Answer 	10
16	Triangles and Ink 	Write Answer 	40
17	Five-Card Shuffle 	Multiple Choice	30
18	Of Dust and Dustpan 	Matchstick 	10
19	Parking Lot Gridlock	Sliding 	30
20	Unfriendly Neighbors	Draw Line 	50
21	Pill Prescription 	Write Answer 	30
22	Pigpen Partitions 	Draw Line 	30
23	Juice Pitchers 	Pitcher 	40
24	Milk Pitchers 	Pitcher 	50
25	Equilateral Triangle	Placement 	25
26	Bottle Full of Germs	Write Answer 	20
27	Bickering Brothers 	Placement 	40
28	Find the Dot 	Circle Answer 	30
29	Five Suspects 	Write Answer 	20
30	One-Line Puzzle 1 	Circle Answer 	30
31	Racetrack Riddle 	Write Answer 	30
32	Candy Jars 	Write Answer 	30
33	Light Which One? 	Circle Answer 	20
34	How Many Sheets? 	Write Answer 	40
35	Strange Dots 	Write Answer 	20
36	Too Many Mice 	Write Answer 	30
37	Brother and Sister 	Write Answer 	40
38	Island Hopping 	Draw Line 	20
39	One-Line Puzzle 2 	Circle Answer 	30
40	How Old Is Dad? 	Write Answer 	30
41	Spare Change 	Write Answer 	10
42	The Camera and Case 	Write Answer 	50
43	Three Umbrellas 	Write Answer 	20
44	Stamp Stumper 	Draw Line 	50
45	Puzzled Aliens 	Write Answer 	30
46	On the Run 	Draw Line 	20
47	On the Run 	Circle Answer 	40
48	Cats and Mice 	Write Answer 	25
49	1,000 Times 	Write Answer 	20
50	OTTF? 	Write Answer 	20
51	The Town Barbers 	Multiple Choice	10
52	Find a Star 	Shape Search 	30
53	Fish Thief 	Multiple Choice	35
54	Monster! 	Placement 	20
55	The Odd Sandwich 	Write Answer 	20
56	The Lazy Guard 	Write Answer 	30
57	Cut Which One? 	Multiple Choice	30
58	Get the Ball Out! 1 	Sliding 	30
59	The Longest Path 	Draw Line 	50
60	Weighing Cats 	Multiple Choice	30
61	Pin Board Shapes 	Pin Board 	40
62	The Mysterious Note 	Multiple Choice	40
63	How Old Is Mom? 	Write Answer 	20
64	Odd Equations 	Write Answer 	30
65	What's E? 	Write Answer 	50
66	Birthday Girl 	Write Answer 	60
67	The Chocolate Code 	Write Answer 	40
68	Find the Pentagons 	Write Answer 	40
69	Chocolate Puzzle 	Write Answer 	30
70	The Shattered Vase 	Placement 	10
71	Sausage Thief 	Multiple Choice	40
72	The Sound of Silence	Circle Answer 	40
73	How Many Squares? 	Pin Board 	40
74	A Broken Window 	Multiple Choice	30
75	The Wire Cube 	Write Answer 	40
76	A Tile Square 	Write Answer 	30
77	Which Job? 	Multiple Choice	20
78	Water Pitchers 	Pitcher 	60
79	Apples to Oranges 	Sliding 	40
80	Too Many Queens 1 	Chess 	20
81	Too Many Queens 2 	Chess 	40
# 	Puzzle Name 	Type 	Picarats
82 	Too Many Queens 3 	Chess 	60
83 	Too Many Queens 4 	Chess 	80
84 	Which Boxes to Move?	Write Answer 	30
85 	Weekend Getaway 	Write Answer 	50
86 	Squares and Circles 	Write Answer 	30
87 	Ferris Wheel Riddle 	Write Answer 	50
88 	In a Hole 	Write Answer 	30
89 	Which Way? 	Shape Search 	30
90 	Get the Ball Out! 2 	Sliding 	50
91 	Pattern Matching 	Multiple Choice	40
92 	Wash Up 	Maze 	40
93 	Over the River 	River 	30
94 	Get the Ball Out! 4 	Sliding 	70
95 	A Magic Square 	Write Answer 	60
96 	Take the Stairs 	Sliding 	30
97 	Princess in a Box 1 	Placement 	60
98 	Card Order 	Placement 	70
99 	33333! 	Pin Board 	70
100	Seven Squares 	Write Answer 	70
101	Splitting It Up 	Electric 	40
102	Aces and the Joker 	Write Answer 	40
103	Wood Cutouts 	Draw Line 	40
104	A Sweet Treat 	Draw Line 	30
105	Rolling a Three 	Write Answer 	30
106	How Many Glasses 	Write Answer 	20
107	A Worm's Dream 	Sliding 	30
108	Not Knots 	Multiple Choice	50
109	Laziest Man on Earth	Search 	30
110	The Vanishing Cube 	Matchstick 	20
111	Mystery Item 	Matchstick 	40
112	My Beloved 	Placement 	50
113	Pet Hotel 	Matchstick 	50
114	Tetrahedron Trial 	Multiple Choice	40
115	Odd Box Out 	Circle Answer 	40
116	The Largest Total 	Write Answer 	50
117	Painting a Cube 	Write Answer 	30
118	Red and Black Cards 	Write Answer 	40
119	Red and Blue 1 	Sliding 	40
120	Get the Ball Out! 3 	Sliding 	40
121	Diamond in the Flag 	Write Answer 	40
122	The Next Die 	Multiple Choice	40
123	Tons of Triangles 	Write Answer 	40
124	Missing Number 	Write Answer 	40
125	Rolling the Die 	Write Answer 	80
126	Red and Blue 2 	Write Answer 	70
127	Perimeter Perplexer 	Write Answer 	50
128	Number Lock 	Placement 	60
129	Four Balls 	Sliding 	70
130	Too Many Queens 5 	Chess 	99
131	Heavier or Lighter? 	Placement 	99
132	Princess in a Box 2 	Sliding 	80
133	Finish the Equation 	Placement 	70
134	Land Disputes 	Placement 	80
135	Royal Escape 	Sliding 	99
W01	From Five to Four 	Matchstick 	0
W02	Treasure Chests 	Multiple Choice	0
W03	How Many Nines? 	Circle Answer 	0
W04	Aliens? 	Write Answer 	0
W05	Nose to Nose 	Write Answer 	0
W06	Cut the Cake 	Write Answer 	0
W07	Soccer Ball 	Write Answer 	0
W08	What's Hidden? 	Write Answer 	0
W09	A Smaller E 	Write Answer 	0
W10	Layton's Hatbox 	Multiple Choice	0
W11	The Clock's Chime 	Write Answer 	0
W12	A Fearsome Foe 	Write Answer 	0
W13	The Vanishing Tower 	Placement 	0
W14	The Egg-nigma 	Write Answer 	0
W15	The Lost Hat 	Write Answer 	0
W16	The Lazy Student 	Write Answer 	0
W17	Image Equation 	Write Answer 	0
W18	Chicks and Hens 	Write Answer 	0
W19	Jersey Numbers 	Write Answer 	0
W20	Find the Volume 	Write Answer 	0
W21	The Knight's Escape 	Draw Line 	0
W22	Lion vs Cheetah 	Write Answer 	0
W23	Silence Is Golden 	Write Answer 	0
W24	Special Order 	Write Answer 	0
W25	Morning Greetings 	Write Answer 	0
W26	Bright Idea 	Placement 	0
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