Nintendos savvy professor with the stovepipe hat marks his 3DS debut by heading to the carnival city of Monte dOr to investigate a masked villain in Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. As always, gamers join the professor and his assistants Emmy and Luke as they explore their surroundings, talk to residents, and solve dozens of logic puzzles. The investigation soon leads them to find a mysterious artifact that may explain why the professors friend disappeared 18 years earlier.