--- product_id: 1232072 title: "Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - Nintendo DS" brand: "nintendo" price: "R1970" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1232072-professor-layton-and-the-unwound-future-nintendo-ds store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Immersive soundtrack & voice acting Hand-drawn animated sequences 165+ brain-teasing puzzles Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - Nintendo DS **Brand:** nintendo **Price:** R1970 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🕵️‍♂️ Crack the future’s mysteries before anyone else does! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - Nintendo DS by nintendo - **How much does it cost?** R1970 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1232072-professor-layton-and-the-unwound-future-nintendo-ds) ## Best For - nintendo enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted nintendo brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Smart Hint System:** Stuck? Use the innovative 'superhint' feature after three hints to keep your momentum without frustration. - • **Dynamic Weekly Content:** Stay ahead of the curve with exclusive weekly downloadable puzzles available for a limited time post-launch. - • **Artistry Meets Adventure:** Experience richer hand-drawn animations and enhanced voice acting that elevate the narrative immersion beyond previous titles. - • **Endless Puzzle Challenge:** Over 165 unique puzzles seamlessly woven into a captivating storyline to keep your mind sharp and engaged. - • **Vibrant World & Characters:** Dive into a London filled with eccentric NPCs and a soundtrack that perfectly complements every twist and turn. ## Overview Professor Layton and the Unwound Future is a critically acclaimed puzzle adventure for Nintendo DS/DSi featuring over 165 new brain-teasing puzzles integrated into a time-travel storyline. Enhanced with hand-drawn animations, voice acting, and a smart hint system including a 'superhint' option, it offers an immersive experience. Weekly downloadable puzzles extend gameplay, while a cast of eccentric characters and an evocative soundtrack enrich the atmospheric London setting. ## Description Product Description Professor Layton receives a letter asking for help from Luke. The strange thing is that this letter is from 10 years in the future, and the Luke in question is not Professor Layton’s young apprentice, but rather his older self. According to the future Luke, the London of the future has been brought to the brink of ruin by Professor Layton’s future self, who is the head of the largest crime syndicate in town. It seems the only man who can save London and stop the evil Professor Layton of the future is Professor Layton himself. .com Professor Layton and the Unwound Future is a unique puzzle adventure for Nintendo DS and DSi in which the player reveals the game's story and unravels its mystery little by little with each puzzle successfully solved. The third US release in the popular Professor Layton game franchise, Unwound Future contains the same addictive gameplay, hand-painted art style graphics and invocative music as its two predecessors, making it a must-have title for both new puzzle players and longtime fans of the series. Additional features include: 165 built-in puzzles, easy to use hint and game save systems and additional puzzles available for download on a weekly basis for a limited time following game launch. StoryProfessor Layton and the Unwound Future places the professor and his trusted apprentice Luke at the center of a spellbinding adventure after they receive a strange letter – sent by Luke 10 years in the future. According to this message something is askew in the days to come. The London of the future is in chaos and disarray, and according to Luke, the only person who can help set things right is Professor Layton. An all-new Professor Layton puzzle adventure that mixes in the prospect of time travel. View larger.Gameplay Like all games in the Professor Layton series Professor Layton and the Unwound Future is a single player puzzle adventure. Puzzles are essentially brainteasers touching on a large variety of puzzle types, including spatial orientation, logic, riddles and many more. The game's story reveals itself as the player successfully solves a minimum number of puzzles that she/he faces using the DS stylus to move throughout the game's hand-drawn style game environments. Success at puzzle solving earns the player in-game coins. A certain number of coins can also found by simply exploring the game environment. Players are given multiple chances to solve puzzles and when stuck can choose to spend coins in order to buy hints. The game keeps track of puzzles found, puzzles solved, the player's score and playing time, and features easy-to-use save functionality, a journal for note keeping and an area to save items found for later use. In addition to the game's 165 built-in puzzles, additional puzzles will be available for download on a weekly basis for a limited time after game launch. Key Game FeaturesMore than 165 new puzzles weave seamlessly into the storyline, challenging player with fun, brain-teasing logic puzzles and riddles, and even new types of puzzles This game features significantly more hand-drawn animated sequences and voice acting than the previous installment of the seriesPlayers who are still stumped with a puzzle after three subtle hints can select the new "superhint" option to point them toward a solutionAs with previous incarnations in the franchise, weekly downloadable puzzles will be available after launch for a limited timeA large cast of eccentric non-player characters, as well as an invocative soundtrack designed to match the varied game environments and gameplayAdditional Screenshots 165 brain-teasing puzzles. View larger. In-game hint system. View larger. Eccentric characters. View larger. Additional downloadable puzzles. View larger. ## Features - A large cast of eccentric non-player characters, as well as an invocative soundtrack designed to match the varied game environments and gameplay - More than 165 new puzzles weave seamlessly into the storyline, challenging player with fun, brain-teasing logic puzzles and riddles, and even new types of puzzles - This game features significantly more hand-drawn animated sequences and voice acting than the previous installment of the series - Players who are still stumped with a puzzle after three subtle hints can select the new "superhint" option to point them toward a solution - As with previous incarnations in the franchise, weekly downloadable puzzles will be available after launch for a limited time ## Images ![Professor Layton and the Unwound Future - Nintendo DS - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81GvkTHK0dL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: I bought the 3DS itself in Korea, can I put this chip in and will it still work fine?** A: Ds games such as this, even on the region-locked 3ds, are suposed to be region-free so I wouldn't imagine that the game wouldn't work on the 3ds fine. I play the game on my 3ds and it runs with precision so yes I do believe it should work just fine. **Q: Does this game contain multiple saves?** A: yes, 3. **Q: Can this be played on a 3 ds** A: Yes, all Nintendo DS games play on the Nintendo 3DS, 3DS XL, and 2DS systems. :D **Q: Would this be suitable for a 4 year old? Any other game suggestions for this age? The options seem pretty slim!** A: No. This is a fun game, but I would recommend it for age 10+. The puzzles is the game are what we would consider riddles and brainteasers. They're very tricky more often than not. I would suggest something like Olaf's Quest (from Frozen) or an I Spy game that they make for the ds or 3ds. If you want something simpler than that I would suggest something similar to Tetris or a matching game for the ds. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars "Nothing livens up a den of iniquity like a potted plant" *by B***P on Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014* It wasn't broke, and thus they didn't fix it; If I had to describe this game in a single sentence, that would be it. For those unfamiliar with "Professor Layton", this is the third entry in a cute little stylus-only game series, where, like the popular "Nancy Drew" games, you solve an overarching mystery as you passively walk around town, poke at random things for clues, and talk to people.Unlike "Nancy Drew", however, there is zero challenge in where to go next, who to talk to, and how to progress. This is actually more similar to "The Island of Dr. Brain", for anyone who's actually heard of that. All real challenges in the game are presented as a series of varied brainteasers, such as sliding blocks, mazes, word puzzles, trick questions, and other things you might expect to see on the back of a cereal box. This may initially sound like a major turn-off for people who don't generally play puzzle games. Such was the case for me; I gravitate heavily towards more exciting genres such as platforming, racing, or action-adventure, so when I was gifted the first game in the series, "Curious Village", I wasn't expecting to like it all that much.Little did I know how hopelessly glued I would be to my DS for the next few days.While there were some rare cases where ambiguous wording had me crying foul, on the whole the puzzles in this series are quite good, and the third entry doesn't disappoint. There is a wide variety of puzzles to solve, and for people who can't --or don't want to--figure out certain types of puzzles, there is a generous hint system in which you trade "hint coins" for a series of hints that slowly nudge you in the right direction. New to this game is the addition of a fourth hint, the "Super Hint", which costs two coins and virtually gift-wraps the solution for you. Hint coins are scattered everywhere on the map, so unless you're really abusing the system, or never bother to poke anything with your stylus, you won't likely find yourself running out. Also new to this game's puzzles is an upgraded memo system that allows the use of different colors and pen widths.As is par at this point, there are three optional minigames accessible in the trunk; a "Mad Libs" style story book where you place stickers to create cohesive stories, delivery quests in which you place bungee cords to bounce a parrot to a goal, and a series of top-down maps in which you guide a toy car and collect items. They're all cute and welcome additions, and while the parrot one may test your patience, none of them are complete duds like "Diabolical Box's" tea minigame. In my humble opinion, the only good thing about that one was the hilarious failure dialogue.This game series is very addictive not only because it encourages the "just one more puzzle" mentality, but because of the presentation. There are few genres where presentation is of comparable importance to gameplay, and this is one of them. Like the last two games, the environments are presented as charming 2D paintings, the townspeople all have unique quirks, and all music is generated almost exclusively with some combination of piano, music box, violin, and...accordion. To Level-5's credit, they managed to make yet another default puzzle theme unobtrusive enough that you don't feel the burning need to mute your DS after you've been stuck sliding blocks around for thirty minutes straight.And then there's the story. While playing these games, I often question myself whether I care more about progressing the story so I can play puzzles, or breezing past the puzzles so I can see what happens next. "Unwound Future" follows the adventures of Layton and Luke, intrepid alliterative duo and blatant Sherlock/Watson homage, as they receive a cryptic letter signed by Luke himself, ten years in the future. As usual, following this one little lead brings our heroes into a much larger mystery, with many parallel oddities looming over it. What follows is an intentionally bizarre tale filled with plenty of plot twists, violations of common sense, deep soul-searching, and flagrant abuse of the number ten.Like every other aspect in this game, the story has a much higher degree of polish than in previous titles. There are plenty more fully animated cutscenes (think Ponyo), and plenty more fully voiced lines of dialogue. The writing is genuinely funny and often self-referential, and the plot is certainly engaging, though as usual, you'll need to willingly suspend your disbelief at some of the more nonsensical things that happen. This being the conclusion of a trilogy, some questions you might have had left over from the first two games get answered, and the stakes are also raised higher than usual.I can't say much more about what actually happens in the story for fear of spoiling it, but I must warn that they took the general tone of the past two stories and injected it with bovine growth hormones. Yes, that means it's funnier and more mysterious and more epic, but this also means it's darker. Significantly darker. Hoo boy. I'd actually suggest heeding the E10 rating on the package. The writers pulled this off in part by making this adventure very personal to our heroes themselves, and for the first time, you actually get a glimpse into Layton's backstory. The result of all this includes some surprisingly upsetting implications and a whole lot of emotion near the end.Now, I am aware that the majority of human beings worship fiction that yanks their heartstrings to the Seven Wonders of the World and doesn't bother to neatly replace them afterward. If you're one of those people, fear not; you'll love "Unwound Future". But if you're a freak of nature like me, who would rather be able to sleep peacefully after beating a game at 1AM on a work night, then don't say I didn't warn you. And I'm the person who fell over laughing at the end of "Titanic". True story.If this were an RPG or really almost any other genre, I wouldn't have even bothered warning you all about this. But to those who hadn't seen the trend in the first two games' stories, the idea that a cutesy and wacky puzzle game could be so emotionally impacting will come as a shock. Yes, the main character is a tea addict with no outdoor voice, an absurd top hat, and tiny black eyes that look like they belong on a teddy bear. Yes, you will empathize with him. No, I have no idea how they pulled that off.Angry ranting from my still-raw emotional wounds has now concluded. Despite my rage over it, it really is a well-done game in a well-done series, and I don't think it deserves less than five stars. If you're looking for a different kind of game experience, and can handle being forced to think to progress the story, then I'd definitely recommend it. Besides, I can't not recommend a game when I went out and bought the sequel shortly after beating it. Here's hoping for a Smash Bros. cameo. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Professor Layton Yet *by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2010* The latest entry in the Professor Layton series is pretty much the perfect portable game, assuming of course that you're into puzzle solving. It's fun and quick to pick up and play, with high production values and a ton of content. If you've played earlier entries in the series, then you won't be too surprised by this one - it follows a fairly similar formula. Professor Layton and Luke (his faithful assistant) travel to London in order to see a demonstration of a brand new invention: the Time Machine. Things go a little haywire with the demonstration, and then a few days later the Professor receives a letter in the mail from Luke - sent from 10 years in the future! This kicks off a whole adventure of puzzle solving, and things only get crazier from there.This game has 12 chapters, and a total of 165 puzzles - which should be enough to keep anyone busy for a while. There's a hint system available in case you get stuck, just like previous entries in the series. As you play through the game, you'll collect coins that can be used to purchase hints if you're having trouble with a puzzle. If you're REALLY stuck then you can buy a super hint - which is a new addition to the series and pretty much just tells you the answer to the puzzle. So don't worry too much about getting stuck and frustrated.Professor Layton and the Unwound Future is a lot of fun to look at. They did a fantastic job with the art style and animation, and there's even some decent voiceover work. If you're a fan of the Professor Layton series then you should pick this game up immediately. If you haven't played any of the previous entries and you're into puzzle game, then definitely give this one a shot. You don't need to know about any of the previous games in order to enjoy it, and it really is one of the more polished DS games available. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the first three games. *by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2020* Although I was sent the European version, it still worked fine on my system. I noticed no difference, if there even was any, to anything. The game itself is fantastic, with everything fans have come to love about Layton since the beginning. The assorted and memorable cast, the wonderful animations and, of course, the puzzles. Be aware that this game is the third in the series, so I'd recommend playing The Curious Village and The Diabolical Box, as some characters are reoccurring throughout the series and some references and jokes might be missed. Even so, it does stand on it's own as a standalone story, though people who have followed the series from the beginning will be more satisfied with its conclusion. If you love the series, don't hesitate to pick this game up. ## Frequently Bought Together - Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo DS) - Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call (Nintendo DS) - Professor Layton and The Curious Village (Nintendo DS) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1232072-professor-layton-and-the-unwound-future-nintendo-ds](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/1232072-professor-layton-and-the-unwound-future-nintendo-ds) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Africa* *Store origin: ZA* *Last updated: 2026-06-03*