During the Level-5 Vision 2015 -The Beginning- event earlier tonight, CEO Akihiro Hino announced that the next Professor Layton game, called "Layton 7" in Japan, will be for smartphones.

Vietgame.asia - The screenshots shows us a look at the game Layton 7, that involves cards and fortunetelling, where players will have to use their wits and skills to figure out who the “Vampire” is.

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More details on Layton 7 will be revealed in the near future. The game will release this summer in Japan for iPhone and Android devices. A Nintendo 3DS version of the game was originally supposed to be released as well, but no mention of it was made during the reveal.

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