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by Stephen Kelley, posted on 19 December 2010 / 1,859 Views

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Since we already ran an article about Sega’s New Toilet Videogame initiative, I was hard pressed to find a suitable entry for this week.  Thankfully Konami did my work for me by announcing a new game in the point and click adventure / puzzle genre.  Called Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights, a sense of Déjà Vu might overwhelm you as you find out the details. 

The game follows a man by the name of Jean Pierre Lautrec, a 19th century Parisian archeologist, and his ragtag group of assistants including a pet monkey named Kiki, and a university student named Sophie Couberti.  They travel the French country-side solving puzzles.  Hmmmmm, that sounds eerily like another series of games that many folks like to play, namely the Professor Layton series.  While not calling Konami out on outright plagiarism, this does seem a bit too similar to be a coincidence.  Just in case, let’s check our chart:

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Yeah, looks like winner!  Copy or not, I’ll definitely play it as I can’t get enough of these kind of games!  Here are some screenshots as well:

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14 Comments

Farmageddon
Farmageddon (on 20 December 2010)

Yeah, and she looks so innocent. Poor girl.

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Salnax
Salnax (on 20 December 2010)

What is that man doing with that girl? I'm not saying anything, but a guy with a mustache like that, and she's supposedly a student, and they are both used to dealing with monkey business...

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IxisNaugus
IxisNaugus (on 19 December 2010)

I've yet to get into the Professor Layton series but I reckon I'll enjoy so it's in my list of games of grab. Strangely enough though, I'm more interested in Doctor Lautrec off the bat then with Layton, which only caught my attention in the first place because of the extremely positive reception. It's probably the character design, I can be pretty shallow sometimes, and I just think Sophie is adorable.

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masschamber
masschamber (on 19 December 2010)

@spdk1 yes Fighters History is the Street fighter rip off, anyway a I could think of some perfect taglines for this LIke Professor Layton...BUT WITH A MUSTACHE

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 19 December 2010)

@ podings I was always under the impression that it was a weird mix of 19th and 20th century or somesuch....hmmmmmmmmmm Like some kind of alternate steam punk world.

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Farmageddon
Farmageddon (on 19 December 2010)

It's obviously his evil twin brother. I mean, just look at his stare. And a college student, uh? How convenient.

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BradyBunch80
BradyBunch80 (on 19 December 2010)

solving puzzles is a bit generic too eh?

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Podings
Podings (on 19 December 2010)

Layton is not 19th century. >:( It takes place in a conveniently stylized version of 50s-to-modern London.

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MetalGear_94
MetalGear_94 (on 19 December 2010)

If it's as good as professor Layton, I'll buy it

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Aiddon
Aiddon (on 19 December 2010)

wow, Konami is creatively bankrupt

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Cueil
Cueil (on 19 December 2010)

I don't know but in a head to head like that clearly the winner is the rip off

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 19 December 2010)

that was that game that data east did that ripped of Street Fighter right?

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masschamber
masschamber (on 19 December 2010)

anyone remember Fighter's History?

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