True. Companies are good to mention what inspires them. Though, I also agree that the style of game Professor Layton is, is more of a genre and not just one game. If you come up with a different story, art-style, flavor, while giving people fresh puzzles; then it's a good addition to the genre. Fortunately, outside of the idea of putting a narrative with a collection of puzzles, in such a manner, even Professor Layton is a game that pays lots of homage to things that came before it. Such is the good life of how products progress and we're given more of it.
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