Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, known in Japan as Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (レイトン教授と奇跡の仮面 Reiton-kyōju to Kiseki no Kamen?), is a puzzle adventure video game developed by Level-5. It is the fifth game in the Professor Layton series, the second in the prequel trilogy of games, and the first in the series to be developed for the Nintendo 3DS.[1] The game was produced by Akihiro Hino and composed for by Tomohito Nishiura. Akira Tago provided the game's puzzles, of which there are 150 in addition to 365 made available for download via Nintendo Network. The game's ending theme, "Mysterious Flower", was composed by Yumi Matsutoya. Miracle Mask was released as a launch title for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on February 26, 2011, becoming the best-selling game on the day of the system's launch with over 117,000 copies sold. The game was released in Europe on October 26, 2012, and in North America on October 28, 2012, both in retail stores and as a download via the Nintendo eShop. On February 6, 2013, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Plus was released exclusively for the Nintendo eShop in Japan, which contains new puzzles and added cutscenes.
