Professor Layton and the Last Specter cover

Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Critic score6 critics
First release
Nov 26, 2009
Publisher
LEVEL-5, Nintendo
Genres
Point-and-click, Puzzle, Visual Novel · Mystery, Historical
Platforms
Nintendo DS

Last Specter is the fourth game in the Professor Layton series, and is a prequel that takes place three years before the first trilogy, detailing how Professor Layton met his apprentice, Luke Triton. The game includes over 170 puzzles. Professor Layton and the Last Specter also includes an additional role-playing game entitled Professor Layton's London Life, available from the start of the game. London Life, in which players interact with various characters from the series in a town called "Little London", was advertised to contain over 100 hours of content. London Life was removed from the European versions of the game in order to prevent a significant delay of the game's release for translation.

Also known as Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute, Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call, Professor Layton und der Ruf des Phantoms, Professor Layton 6
… See more, Professor Layton and the Spectre's Flute, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue, El profesor Layton y la llamada del espectro, Professeur Layton et l'Appel du Spectre

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Details

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Release dates
Nintendo DS
Nov 26, 2009
Nintendo DS
Oct 17, 2011
Nintendo DS
Nov 25, 2011
All 4 release dates
Nintendo DS
Dec 01, 2011
Age ratings
PEGI 7ESRB E10+
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view, Text
Keywords
detective, story driven, prequel, pixel art, single-player only
… All 11, voice acting, young protagonist, puzzle games with stories, adapted to - anime, dead multiplayer, nintendo ds tag mode

At a Glance

Critic Score
84

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 27 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 27 Oct 2026