{"id":136790,"date":"2026-04-10T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199737"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:30:00","slug":"new-professor-layton-trailer-is-our-best-look-yet-at-the-upcoming-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/10\/new-professor-layton-trailer-is-our-best-look-yet-at-the-upcoming-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"New Professor Layton Trailer Is Our Best Look Yet At The Upcoming Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b9d7e515c88e4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b9d7e515c88e4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b9d7e515c88e4\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"cP05Iaq_eP8\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cP05Iaq_eP8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Level-5 showcase might not have been overflowing with release dates, but it <em>did<\/em> give us a new look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/professor-layton-and-the-new-world-of-steam\">Professor Layton and The New World of Steam<\/a>, with the confirmation that it&#8217;s still on track for 2026 (thank <em>god<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The new trailer is our best look yet at the upcoming puzzler, diving deep into Layton and Luke&#8217;s adventures in Steam Bison and introducing a bunch of side-characters we&#8217;ll meet along the way \u2014 keep an eye out for the Don Paolo cameo! Things stay pretty cutscene-focused for the most part, but there&#8217;s a nice little bit of gameplay slotted into the middle, showcasing even more of those all-important puzzles.<\/p>\n<p>We also got a reminder of the game&#8217;s main Japanese voice cast (we already know about Yo Oizumi and Mio Imada, let&#8217;s not forget) and the confirmation that the theme song is being penned by none other than composing <em>legend<\/em> Joe Hisaishi, renowned for his work on Studio Ghibli titles like <strong>Porco Rosso<\/strong>, <strong>Princess Mononoke<\/strong> and <strong>Spirited Away<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While Level-5 president Akihiro Hino wasn&#8217;t able to provide a firm release date, he confirmed that the game is &#8220;nearing completion&#8221; and announced no change to the current 2026 release window.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be keeping an eye out for more information over the coming months, while Level-5 continues &#8220;focusing on the visuals and overall presentation&#8221; as well as the <em>itty bitty<\/em> job of localisation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:188379,172673 @ 1775835060 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of the new trailer? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Today&#8217;s Level-5 showcase might not have been overflowing with release dates, but it did give us a new look at Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, with the confirmation that it&#8217;s still on track for 2026 (thank god). The new trailer is our best look yet at the upcoming puzzler, diving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}