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* Is Claudia [[spoiler:a robot cat or a real cat?]]
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* Is Claudia [[spoiler:a robot cat or a real cat?]]cat?]]
** It's implied that [[spoiler:she's also a robot, which is why Luke wasn't able to talk to her.]]
** It's implied that [[spoiler:she's also a robot, which is why Luke wasn't able to talk to her.]]
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* When Claudia escapes at the start of Chapter 2, how on EARTH does she get across the river right outside the Manor? That really makes little sense.
** Maybe someone picked her up and carried her across? Though given how she belongs to Lady Dahlia and all, you'd think that anyone seeing her would take her back to the manor... But that's all I've got.
** At that specific point the river doesn't seem ''too'' wide, and there's a boat in the middle. It's possible Claudia simply jumped in the boat on one side and out the other. Alternately, she could have swum (while most cats don't particularly ''like'' water, they can still swim a little), although if [[spoiler: Claudia is also a robot]] then you've got me there.
** Maybe someone picked her up and carried her across? Though given how she belongs to Lady Dahlia and all, you'd think that anyone seeing her would take her back to the manor... But that's all I've got.
** At that specific point the river doesn't seem ''too'' wide, and there's a boat in the middle. It's possible Claudia simply jumped in the boat on one side and out the other. Alternately, she could have swum (while most cats don't particularly ''like'' water, they can still swim a little), although if [[spoiler: Claudia is also a robot]] then you've got me there.
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* When Claudia escapes at the start of Chapter 2, how on EARTH does she he get across the river right outside the Manor? That really makes little sense.
** Maybe someone pickedher him up and carried her him across? Though given how she he belongs to Lady Dahlia and all, you'd think that anyone seeing her him would take her him back to the manor... But that's all I've got.
** At that specific point the river doesn't seem ''too'' wide, and there's a boat in the middle. It's possible Claudia simply jumped in the boat on one side and out the other. Alternately,she he could have swum (while most cats don't particularly ''like'' water, they can still swim a little), although if [[spoiler: Claudia is also a robot]] then you've got me there.
** Maybe someone picked
** At that specific point the river doesn't seem ''too'' wide, and there's a boat in the middle. It's possible Claudia simply jumped in the boat on one side and out the other. Alternately,
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* This Headscratcher applies to all games, but I'm listing it here because it appeared here first: How do people present Layton and Luke with puzzles? The impression I get from tthe game is that they describe the puzzles to you, but that doesn't seem like it could work with the more visual puzzles. For instance, take the puzzles where you slide blocks into the right positions. How are those presented in-universe? Do people go around with pictures of them? And if so, how does Luke and Layton explain the answer to things like sliding block puzzlers? I ''guess'' you could explain verbally how you'd move the blocks, but it's be hard to keep up unless you had physical blocks to move around.
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* This Headscratcher applies to all games, but I'm listing it here because it appeared here first: How do people present Layton and Luke with puzzles? The impression I get from tthe the game is that they describe the puzzles to you, but that doesn't seem like it could work with the more visual puzzles. For instance, take the puzzles where you slide blocks into the right positions. How are those presented in-universe? Do people go around with pictures of them? And if so, how does Luke and Layton explain the answer to things like sliding block puzzlers? I ''guess'' you could explain verbally how you'd move the blocks, but it's be hard to keep up unless you had physical blocks to move around.
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** Or'look at this puzzle' goes with the villager pulling out an actual 3D sliding puzzle.
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** Or'look Or 'look at this puzzle' goes with the villager pulling out an actual 3D sliding puzzle.
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** Or'look at this puzzle' goes with the villager pulling out an actual 3D sliding puzzle.
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** Or'look at this puzzle' goes with the villager pulling out an actual 3D sliding puzzle.puzzle.
*Is Claudia [[a robot cat or a real cat?]]
*Is Claudia [[a robot cat or a real cat?]]
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* Baron Reinhold apparently created enough ridiculously human robots to populate the town of St. Mystere, and had his daughter grow up among them, to the point that they're really the only ones she can call family. And then set up the inheritance such that if anyone takes it, the robots will stop functioning and will essentially die. And Flora and Layton can't have that. So the question is, did the Baron ''intentionally'' set things up so that ''the entirety of his family's estate and wealth'' will go to waste? And he prides himself on ''intelligence''?
** [[AbsentMindedProfessor Intelligence doesn't mean wisdom.]]
** As noted in WMG, this may have been a SecretTestOfCharacter. Makes sense to me imo.
*** The whole town is a SecretTestOfCharacter. Proving that Layton and Flora are good people? Fine. Doing it in a way that ensures that she'll never see a cent of her inheritance if she ''passes''? Not so fine.
*** The test isn't about ensuring she has wealth to live comfortably. The test is about ensuring she has love to live well. Besides, if they -really- need the money, they can ask the robots if it's okay to take the money.
** It's possible that he thought once Flora found a suitable guardian, their purpose would be fulfilled. Flora, Luke, and Layton, however, happened to see them as their own people, and didn't go through with it.
** It's also possible, though a bit of a stretch, that Bruno could figure out a way to rewire the robots if Flora really needs the money for whatever reason.
* If Bruno and the Reinholds know that they are the only ones in St. Mystere who aren't robots, why does Bruno have to operate in such secrecy? Why doesn't he just present himself as the "town doctor" and implant memories in the robots of coming to him for every little ache and pain, and wait for them to report for regular maintenance? It wouldn't even have to interfere with the plot of the game; Simon could still break down, and Layton and Luke could still run across Bruno carrying Ramon in a bag. The only difference would be that they would end up investigating the "mysterious doctor" instead of the "mysterious random guy," and the townsfolk wouldn't feel terrorized. Plus, Bruno would get to live out in the open as a distinguished member of the community.
** I feel like Bruno's response to this idea would be: "Shit! Why didn't I think of that!".
* The apple tattoo. I accept the fact that it would only mark Flora as the true golden apple when she smiled, but the fact that this isn't explained bugs me. Is the Baron a wizard?
** It's not a tattoo, it's a birthmark. The fact that it's in the shape of an apple is probably what prompted her father to dub her the Golden Apple. Now, why it only appears when she's happy is another matter altogether...
** Perhaps Flora is just very expressive when she's happy, and laughing/smiling hard enough causes her neck/shoulder muscles to stretch in [[ContrivedCoincidence just the right way to make the birthmark look like an apple]].
* Inspector Chelmey gives Layton a puzzle at least once, [[spoiler:but the "Chelmey" here is really Don Paolo]].
** Sure, [[spoiler: Don Paolo doesn't like Layton]] and theoretically has no reason to give him a puzzle based on that, but [[spoiler: "Chelmey" has no reason to dislike Layton and Don Paolo is trying to keep up the disguise]]...
* When Claudia escapes at the start of Chapter 2, how on EARTH does she get across the river right outside the Manor? That really makes little sense.
** Maybe someone picked her up and carried her across? Though given how she belongs to Lady Dahlia and all, you'd think that anyone seeing her would take her back to the manor... But that's all I've got.
** At that specific point the river doesn't seem ''too'' wide, and there's a boat in the middle. It's possible Claudia simply jumped in the boat on one side and out the other. Alternately, she could have swum (while most cats don't particularly ''like'' water, they can still swim a little), although if [[spoiler: Claudia is also a robot]] then you've got me there.
* This Headscratcher applies to all games, but I'm listing it here because it appeared here first: How do people present Layton and Luke with puzzles? The impression I get from tthe game is that they describe the puzzles to you, but that doesn't seem like it could work with the more visual puzzles. For instance, take the puzzles where you slide blocks into the right positions. How are those presented in-universe? Do people go around with pictures of them? And if so, how does Luke and Layton explain the answer to things like sliding block puzzlers? I ''guess'' you could explain verbally how you'd move the blocks, but it's be hard to keep up unless you had physical blocks to move around.
** Perhaps Luke and Layton improvise with whatever materials are on hand to show someone how they'd solve the puzzle?
** Or'look at this puzzle' goes with the villager pulling out an actual 3D sliding puzzle.
** [[AbsentMindedProfessor Intelligence doesn't mean wisdom.]]
** As noted in WMG, this may have been a SecretTestOfCharacter. Makes sense to me imo.
*** The whole town is a SecretTestOfCharacter. Proving that Layton and Flora are good people? Fine. Doing it in a way that ensures that she'll never see a cent of her inheritance if she ''passes''? Not so fine.
*** The test isn't about ensuring she has wealth to live comfortably. The test is about ensuring she has love to live well. Besides, if they -really- need the money, they can ask the robots if it's okay to take the money.
** It's possible that he thought once Flora found a suitable guardian, their purpose would be fulfilled. Flora, Luke, and Layton, however, happened to see them as their own people, and didn't go through with it.
** It's also possible, though a bit of a stretch, that Bruno could figure out a way to rewire the robots if Flora really needs the money for whatever reason.
* If Bruno and the Reinholds know that they are the only ones in St. Mystere who aren't robots, why does Bruno have to operate in such secrecy? Why doesn't he just present himself as the "town doctor" and implant memories in the robots of coming to him for every little ache and pain, and wait for them to report for regular maintenance? It wouldn't even have to interfere with the plot of the game; Simon could still break down, and Layton and Luke could still run across Bruno carrying Ramon in a bag. The only difference would be that they would end up investigating the "mysterious doctor" instead of the "mysterious random guy," and the townsfolk wouldn't feel terrorized. Plus, Bruno would get to live out in the open as a distinguished member of the community.
** I feel like Bruno's response to this idea would be: "Shit! Why didn't I think of that!".
* The apple tattoo. I accept the fact that it would only mark Flora as the true golden apple when she smiled, but the fact that this isn't explained bugs me. Is the Baron a wizard?
** It's not a tattoo, it's a birthmark. The fact that it's in the shape of an apple is probably what prompted her father to dub her the Golden Apple. Now, why it only appears when she's happy is another matter altogether...
** Perhaps Flora is just very expressive when she's happy, and laughing/smiling hard enough causes her neck/shoulder muscles to stretch in [[ContrivedCoincidence just the right way to make the birthmark look like an apple]].
* Inspector Chelmey gives Layton a puzzle at least once, [[spoiler:but the "Chelmey" here is really Don Paolo]].
** Sure, [[spoiler: Don Paolo doesn't like Layton]] and theoretically has no reason to give him a puzzle based on that, but [[spoiler: "Chelmey" has no reason to dislike Layton and Don Paolo is trying to keep up the disguise]]...
* When Claudia escapes at the start of Chapter 2, how on EARTH does she get across the river right outside the Manor? That really makes little sense.
** Maybe someone picked her up and carried her across? Though given how she belongs to Lady Dahlia and all, you'd think that anyone seeing her would take her back to the manor... But that's all I've got.
** At that specific point the river doesn't seem ''too'' wide, and there's a boat in the middle. It's possible Claudia simply jumped in the boat on one side and out the other. Alternately, she could have swum (while most cats don't particularly ''like'' water, they can still swim a little), although if [[spoiler: Claudia is also a robot]] then you've got me there.
* This Headscratcher applies to all games, but I'm listing it here because it appeared here first: How do people present Layton and Luke with puzzles? The impression I get from tthe game is that they describe the puzzles to you, but that doesn't seem like it could work with the more visual puzzles. For instance, take the puzzles where you slide blocks into the right positions. How are those presented in-universe? Do people go around with pictures of them? And if so, how does Luke and Layton explain the answer to things like sliding block puzzlers? I ''guess'' you could explain verbally how you'd move the blocks, but it's be hard to keep up unless you had physical blocks to move around.
** Perhaps Luke and Layton improvise with whatever materials are on hand to show someone how they'd solve the puzzle?
** Or'look at this puzzle' goes with the villager pulling out an actual 3D sliding puzzle.
