Trivia / Professor Layton and the Curious Village

• Executive Meddling: The European version of this game was heavily marketed by Nintendo of Europe as a Brain Age-style puzzle compilation instead of an adventure game with quirky characters, to the objections of Level-5 president Akihiro Hino. This is best demonstrated by its cover art: While the American version◊ is similar to the Japanese cover and focuses on the characters and setting, the European version◊ pushes Layton into the corner and emphasises the puzzles instead. In the end however, this turned out to be a good thing as Europe became Professor Layton's biggest international market by a wide margin, and all future American covers take cues from the European ones.
• Orphaned Reference: The awkward half-staircase that just leads to a bookshelf in the Reinhold Manor (which also doesn't really obscure the fact that the bookshelf hides a secret room) exists because earlier versions of the room had that staircase lead to the lounge. In the final game, the lounge was moved upstairs, a change which also possibly explains why Don Paolo was able to leap from the lounge's window and escape without injury.

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