Incredibly disappointing entry in one of my favorite series. I really wanted to like Katrielle and Ernest, but they both feel very flat compared to Layton and Luke. Sherm exists, and while I enjoy him a bit, I think the game would've been better off without him. This takes the problem I had with Azran Legacy (stretching the story too thin) and doesn't do much to ameliorate the issue other than setting all of the stories relatively close to one another so that they can (sort of) come together for a big conclusion.

Worst of all, the puzzles are bad. It feels like more than half of them are gotchas in some way, which really sullies the series' reputation.