You may have never played Professor Layton and the House of the Dead Mirror, but thanks to some dedicated fans, you may soon be able to.
Before the advent of smartphones, Japan was a leader in mobile phones. They can do things that are commonplace today, like email, stream live videos, take photos, and even play games. There are also deep games, and even big-name games like Final Fantasy are released exclusively on Japan-only phones (also known as Keitai phones), like Final Fantasy 7, Pre-Crisis – and some Kingdom Come Kingdom Hearts Coded games, the most famous of which is the original version of Kingdom Hearts Coded (the rest are just mini-games). Many of them have been lost, though, as almost none were released outside of Japanese phones, leaving fans to fill in the gaps.
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That’s exactly what fans are doing with Professor Layton and the House of the Dead Mirror, a hitherto unfinished Japanese mobile game. Gaming preservationist RockmanCosmo revealed last week that his companion Yuvi had acquired a junky Fujitsu F906i phone that happened to have all six chapters of the Professor Layton mobile game. RockmanCosmo explains: “Previously we only had the first three chapters. English translations will be made in due course!” The phone used for the game is in very rough condition – it looks like it survived a house fire – —so honestly, it’s a miracle that the entire game has been preserved at all.
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It’s a shame that more of these games are no longer available today, as one of my favorite games, Ni no Kuni, received a Keitai mobile game that was basically an Earthbound clone. There’s even a Persona 3 spin-off, which actually got a Nintendo Switch and PC port back in June, so if you’re interested in older Japanese phones ahead of the unofficial translation of the Professor Layton game Are you curious about its features, then this is the best place for you to start.
