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Level-5's 'Vision' event, in trailers
We'll forgive you if you weren't up late this past Friday evening watching the livestream of Level-5's "Vision" event with us -- it was kind of in the middle of the night. The Japanese publisher showed off several of its upcoming titles, and revealed a few neat surprises (Ghost Watch, anyone?). Luckily for you, Level-5 has now released all the trailers from Vision and we've compiled them below the break for your viewing pleasure.
Level-5 spins off 'Layton Brothers Mystery Room' for iPhone
If you were looking forward to the DS game Mystery Room ... you're now looking forward to an iOS game, starring Professor Layton's son. Level-5 has reworked the game into a mobile Professor Layton spinoff, and announced the new game at its Level-5 Vision conference. Just as it was before the shift, Layton Brothers Mystery Room is about conducting investigations of crime scenes by tapping on areas of interest with the touch screen. It seems a lot more grounded in reality than the main Layton games -- look, there's a dead body and everything.
'Ghost Watch' unveiled at Level-5 Vision event
As terrified as we are of ghosts, we can't help but find the one in Level-5's just revealed "Yokai Watch" ("Ghost Watch") to be particularly adorable. A brief trailer of the game slash anime slash manga project rolled at the end of the Japanese publisher's "Level-5 Vision" event this evening (early afternoon in Tokyo), teasing out a game where a young boy finds a watch that allows him to see ghost, then befriends a ghost and -- of course -- partners with the apparition to -- what else -- make friends with other ghosts. A tale as old as time, we say. Level-5 isn't revealing platforms for the game or a launch window just yet, but we're just gonna go ahead and put it all out there right now: today on Jaguar. Boom.
'Level-5 World' will be streamed
Level-5 bailed on TGS this year in favor of "Level-5 World," an event devoted entirely to its own games. Luckily for those of us who were only in Tokyo for TGS (or who haven't been in Tokyo at all!), the publisher is streaming the event, including the "Level-5 Vision" press conference. The Vision conference will begin at 11:00 AM Japan time on Saturday, October 15 (10PM EDT Friday night) -- this will be when the company announces a new title and reveals other news. After that, the World event will continue for two days with stage events detailing all its games. The Ustream URL hasn't been announced yet, but we'll be sure to update when Level-5 gets around to that, so you can stay up and watch.
