During the latest Level-5 Vision 2023 II event, Level-5 announced that Professor Layton and the New World of Steam has a 2025 release date window. The company also shared the first gameplay footage of the game.
The trailer showed Professor Layton and Luke solving Puzzle 017, which is titled “The Enigmatic Entrance.” Since the original six Professor Layton games appeared on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS, the new gameplay footage showed a redesigned UI used during puzzles that better adapts to the single-screen format of the Nintendo Switch.
You can watch now the first Professor Layton and the New World of Steam gameplay trailer here:
The new Professor Layton and the New World of Steam gameplay footage included a voiceover explanation of the rules of the puzzle, voiced by Yo Oizumi and Mio Imada, the voice actors of Professor Layton and Luke respectively. The rules are accessible at all times on the left side of the screen for players to review.
Other gameplay prompts for hints and a notepad function appear underneath the rules. The new gameplay footage showed Layton and Luke taking advantage of the notepad to solve the puzzle.
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam is currently in development for the Nintendo Switch, and has a global simultaneous 2025 release date window.