Level-5 shares new details on Lady Layton - story goals, new pacing, different approach and more

The following info comes from a Famitsu interview with Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino...

- the protagonist has changed from Professor Layton to his daughter, Katrielle
- this game will have a female touch while keeping the series’ atmosphere intact
- Hino hopes the game will show a brand new side of the franchise
- puzzle-solving will deviate from the past style of solving a grand mystery
- the new concept is “high-speed comical puzzle solving story”
- Kat will solve small mysteries happening in London
- the timeline will become clear within Katrielle’s story
- if Professor Layton and Luke were “teacher and student”, Kat and Sharo (the dog) will be more like “detective & assistant”
- Kat will be a funny person due to her fantastic imagination in solving puzzles
- Sharo will give clear and straight explanations of what Kat said
- the story will be almost like a well-paced comedy
- Luke’s appearance and his relations with Kat and Sharo have some points Hino can’t reveal as of yet
- when the voice cast for Lady Layton was decided and the recording ended, Hino became confident that this is a good game
- voice actors and actresses like Kasumi Arimura, Koji Yakusho, Meisa Kuroki and Kentaro Sakaguchi will provide voices
- Hino is very glad Layton reached its tenth anniversary, and never thought he’d be creating a new entry at this point
- Hino is thankful for fans’ support
- Lady Layton’s production is going smoothly, and Level-5 will do its best to be a full-fledged title in the Layton series