For those who like numbers, my final time was 21 hours 57 minutes. During that time I found 129 puzzles and solved 110 of them. That’s over four hours more than the time recorded on the previous two games. Although that statement is based on the current time listed for the first two, not the time listed when I originally beat them. No, I haven’t completed every puzzle.

So anyway, the puzzles are good. That’s key, but what really impressed me is the story. The Prime Minister disappears in an explosion after a time machine demonstration backfires. Luke and the Professor get a letter from Luke ten years in the future, and they’re off on an adventure. It’s clear from the start that things are going to get crazy, and they definitely do.

I enjoyed the plot a lot, and that’s definitely helped by the characters. There are some great new characters, but new characters aren’t ignored either. I was surprised to actually learn about Professor Layton’s backstory. It’s difficult to discuss that without spoiling anything, but it really is incredible.

With fun gameplay and surprisingly great storylines, I now consider Professor Layton among my favourite series. Really good stuff.

On a side note, after beating the game I threw together a list dedicated to everyone’s favourite Don. But if you haven’t played all three games, beware. There be spoilers.

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A table would have probably helped keep this list more compact. Well, that’s something I should consider next time I generate a report of this size. Filtering out “dupe” and “adupe” would have helped as well, but I didn’t realize there would be this many when I started.

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You may notice that I’ve gone back to posting these as blogs. I feel that they’re easier to keep track of that way; and I expect to publish reports less frequently as problems are fixed, so they’re probably not going to overshadow whatever else I post in my blog.

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If you have anything you me to create a report on, just ask. These are pretty easy for me to do, although they can take a long time to execute, particularly those dealing with character or issue pages.

Objects appearing in 0 issues

Please take a look a look at the list and see if you can help out. Some simply need to have the appropriate issues attached, but some may need to be deleted.

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Note: Due some errors in file_get_contents()’s attempts to open HTTP streams, this list may be incomplete. I’ll work on implementing cURL and making other improvements so this isn’t a problem in the future. And yes, this query will be run again sometime. Any pages that are missing here should appear in a later query.

Objects appearing in 0 games

• Delete
• Alpha Particle Accelerator Cannon
• Disposable Pick
• Corvette
• Arblade Custom
• Khalim’s Will
• Silver Sword of Gith
• Covenant SuperCruiser
• Morion Blade
• Lycan Teeth
• DELETE
• Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device
• Nerf Gun
• Gouryu Kai
• Church Attire
• Krucifear
• Prysyllia
• Tulip and Daisy
• Gaia
• Jubal
• Prysyllia Live
• Rod
• Red Star
• Flying Exploding Gas Container
• Beast Liver
• Beast Fangs
• Mutagen
• Razor
• Beverage Coaster
• Ectoplasmic Goo
• Chili
• Hash Browns
• Mama Juana
• Band-Aids
• Scion xB
• Plasma Launcher
• Cupcake
• Zaku
• Donburi
• Kama
• Ferox
• Poutine
• Blackhawk Tatang
• Osprey
• Barbell
• Bean Bag Chair
• Spirit
• Gel’ziaber Stone
• Maserati
• Ham
• Lettuce
• Dual Parachute Thrusters
• Multi-lock Missile Launcher

I will also run this query on person pages an annoying API limitation is fixed.

Some tips for handling these pages:

• The URLs must include the URI scheme; in most cases this means it should start with http://. If it doesn’t include that, it’s treated as a relative URL and won’t work the way you expect it to.
• Some of these look valid, and may behave appropriately on Giant Bomb. However they may include leading or trailing spaces or tabs, and other services may not handle this correctly. Help fix this by removing all leading and trailing whitespace.
• I have not checked for dead links, only invalid ones.

Companies with possibly invalid websites