Professor Layton Ports Coming to the Wii U?

Level-5, the company behind the Professor Layton series, were among a handful of companies that participated in a discussion, conducted by Famitsu, about the Wii U.

Overall, the game developers were all very excited for the possibilities associated with Nintendo’s new hardware. Not only does the system up to par with the PS3 and XBox 360, but also it provides an interesting new challenge due to the controller. A lot of the developer’s are interested in what types of gameplay they’ll come up with using the new controller.

Both Level-5’s Akihiro Hino and Jiro Ishii were among those who commented on the Wii U, and hinted at the possibility of the popular Professor Layton series common to the new console.

According Hino-san, because stylus-based games can now be played on a console, due to touchpad on the Wii U controller, Level-5 can consider porting the DS games to the Wii U. He also said that the new console could expand the type of game that could be played, and that he’d like to think about new games as well. So perhaps we will see more than just ports, but entirely new Professor Layton games for the Wii U.

Ishii-san was excited seeing Zelda in HD, as were we all, but he’s also excited about how the controller could change the way people play board games and card games.

Source: Andriasang