Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Also known as: Layton Kyouju to Kiseki no Kamen (JP) Developer: Level-5 Publishers: Level-5 (JP), Nintendo (US/EU) Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: February 26, 2011 (original), February 6, 2013 (Kiseki no Kamen Plus) Released in US: October 28, 2012 Released in UK: October 26, 2012 Released in AU: October 27, 2012 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has regional differences.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Professor Layton's first (albeit a bit rough) jump into 3D, where he and his flunkies are summoned to a desert city in the middle of nowhere because a strange masked man keeps threatening residents and tourists with malicious stage magic. Just another average day for the professor, it seems.

In 2013, a Kiseki no Kamen Plus version was released on the Japanese 3DS eShop which added a couple of new cutscenes, new puzzles, and features that were previously only in the overseas versions of Miracle Mask.

To do: Add more! Graphics, audio, text, and so on (if there's any). More regional differences. Rip the models of the Dummy character and the unused corn that showed up in prerelease photos. Once more screenshots and information are gathered for the region-locked StreetPass mode, it MIGHT need its own subpage like Azran Legacy's secret room. Does something for the UK Kiosk demo need to be made? There's a good amount of prerelease content too.

Unused Graphics

Bottom Screen Maps

g107.xi, g112.xi, g207.xi, g212.xi, and g221.xi in lt5_b.fa/gmp are all early Touch Screen maps. g107 and g112 appear to be maps for areas within Monte d'Or and have their own nighttime variants, and g221 appears to be for the school from the past (possibly an unused nighttime version given the dark blue background).

E3 Demo Leftovers

lt5_b.fa/menu has two parts of a generic thank-you screen typically seen in 3DS game demos at E3, labeled e3_thank_a.xi and e3_thank_b.xi.

000.xi and 001.xi in lt5_b.fa/menu/e3_title_a.xp are top screen background graphics for the E3 demo's title screen. try_a_bg.xp in the menu subfolder has the same files.

Volume Sprites

vlm_old.xa in lt5_en.fa/menu/en has old graphics for the volume settings. Interestingly, they feature a sprite of young Layton, whereas the final ones have his adult self.

Early	Final

Story Puzzles

Temporary Puzzle Graphics

These two images are present in lt5_en.fa/nazo/en/bg. The first one appears under n057b.xi and n079b.xi, and the second one appears under n060a.xi, n063a.xi, n078a.xi, n079.xi, and n105a.xi. The text reads "puzzle (temporary) image".

Daily Puzzles

Tile/Tetraton

d02_tetraton_bg_chr.xi and d02_tetraton01_ani_hat.xi in lt5_en.fa/nkl/en/bg are early versions of Layton's blocks and hat.

Trains and Trainspotters

d17_park_chr.xi d17_park01_bg_a.xi in lt5_en.fa/nkl/bg are some placeholder sprites as well as what appears to be an early bottom-screen background.

Pipework Patchup

_d20_colony01_bg_b.xi in lt5_en.fa/nkl/bg is an early version of the input screen's background. From the looks of it, the puzzle was initially meant to have something to do with space and possibly repairing spaceships rather than fixing the pipes of a park fountain.

Bronev's Unseen Eyes

Despite not playing a big role until Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy, Miracle Mask marked the first appearance of the Targent organization's infamous leader Leon Bronev. Looking at the texture file for his face reveals that he has eyes under his sunglasses, although he never removes them in Miracle Mask and only does so late in Azran Legacy.

Interestingly, his Miracle Mask eye graphics are rather different from his Azran Legacy ones, such as the fact his eyes are a dark blue here instead of the reddish-brown used there.

Miracle Mask	Azran Legacy

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Alternate NPC Names

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Are there any languages that use these names? And do they exist within the game files for the European release as well?

40_001200.xs in lt5_en.fa/txt/en/40 contains the text for the character profiles, with a name before each entry to indicate who it belongs to. While the US version uses all of the EU names, there are a few in there that aren't used in either and bear no resemblance to the characters' Japanese names.

Entry	Internal Name	Actual Name (US/EU)
text000042	Alderman	Rich Billson/Rhys Williams
text000070	Fang	Maurice/Hannibal
text000076	Chuckles	Yukkles
text000088	Bumble	Stumble/Bungle

Regional Differences

Character Names

...But does it make sense? The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

Japanese	Meaning	English
ランド・アスコッド	Lando Ascad	Randall Ascot
シャロア・レドール	Sharoa Ledore	Angela Ledore
アルフォード・ダルストン	Alford Dalston	Alphonse Dalston
奇跡の紳士	Gentleman of Miracles	The Masked Gentleman
ロナード・ブルーマイル	Ronald Bluemile	Leonard Bloom
シバロフ	Shivarov	Sheffield
ナゾーバ	Nazoba	Nana Grams
ライス・オルトビセン	Reis Ortovisen	Rich Billson
ヤッタイ	Yattai	Guy
ゴンゾ	Gonzo	Gustav
ギラン	Guillian	Drake
ダンチョー	Dancho	Tyrone
パンチョン	Panchon	Sterling
ヌーデン	Nuden	Mordy
コッペリア	Coppelia	Collette
チルチル	Chiruchiru	Maurice
ジャグラー	Juggler	Juggles
パック	Pack	Puck
トリッキー	Tricky	Yukkles
マカロン	Macaron	Cookie
モミノキー	Mominoki	Firth
コマー二	Commani	Stumble
オージー	Aussie	Artie
ミカ	Mika	Michelle
ナルキス	Narcissus	Conner
ハインリヒ	Heinrich	Humbert
ダンフィン	Dunfin	Dougal
コリー	Corey	Mr. Collins
ブロネフ	Broneph	Bronev

US and EU

US	EU
Rich Billson	Rhys Williams
Guy	Jean-Paul
Madame Lapushka	Ludmilla
Tyrone	Ringmaster
Sterling	Waltham
Mordy	Mordaunt
Hanna	Hannah
Collette	Pirouette
Maurice	Hannibal
Cookie	Bonnie
Firth	Tannenbaum
Madelaine	Serena
Stumble	Bungle
Artie	Beaufort
Conner	Narcisse

Additional Mode

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: What exactly are all the features? How does it work? What does it look like?

The Japanese version features a StreetPass-related mode where players can make their own profile and connect with other people. This was removed in the international versions.