Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

Layton and Luke arrive at the town to see they are too late, as a mysterious man is using the power of the mask to turn people to stone.

Layton and Luke task themselves with solving the mystery of Montdol and the Mask of Miracles.

This fifth game in the Professor Layton series makes more use of the physical button controls for puzzle-solving as opposed to just the touchscreen.

To take advantage of the hardware capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS, the characters are rendered in polygons outside of cutscenes, as opposed to sprites, in addition to other polishings of the interface.

Beside the regular adventure where you traverse the town, talk to the characters and solve puzzles, there are several mini-games that get gradually unlocked as you play and find the unlockable items: Bunny - after a while, you will stumble upon a circus bunny that isn't performing well and decide to help it along.

This will require constant training of new moves which will become available over time as you acquire them.

After you teach the bunny new moves, you will be able to instruct it to use those moves during the theatrical performances.

Theatrical performances consist of a director telling you what the story is about and what he wants to see in each scene, and you will have to instruct bunny to act accordingly, providing you have taught it the moves necessary to perform the full play.

Robot - after you acquire a toy robot from one of the street vendors, you will be able to play levels that will become gradually available.

Levels are rectangular in shape and you can move your robot left, right, up or down through the field of squares.

Each movement uses some of the battery and you have to reach the end square before the battery depletes which still gives you a lot of time for trial and error.

Single movement will move your robot by three

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask for Nintendo 3DS is currently worth €43.28 loose, €11.50 complete in box, and €17.50 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, loose is €43.28 and CIB is €11.50 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask is currently worth €43.28 loose, versus €39.86 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.