I got this game for christmas a couple of years ago and at the time I hadn't heard of the game, I'm not sure why because I'm quite an avid Nintendo fan, so this must have completely slipped straight through my gaming radar, so I was slightly confused when I opened it up, but I'm really glad that I got it now.
There is only one proper mode on this game which is the main story mode, but it's a rather long story mode and to complete all the puzzles can literally take a good year if you decide you're not going to cheat and look for the answers online.
The story starts with Professor Layton and his young apprentice Luke driving to the small town of St. Mystere where you are going to solve the mystery of the Golden Apple. Basically the late Baron Reinhold hid the Golden apple before his death and he wrote in his will that whoever can find it will inherit his rather large fortune. But, while Layton and Luke are in the town they get sidetracked by many other issues such as murders and the like, but apparently all of these problems can be solved by solving a massive amount of puzzles throughout the plot. The puzzles are all very different and some of them can be very challenging, but none of them are little gimmicky ones that they have added because they have been running out of ideas.
A couple of things that definitely need a mention are the graphics and the sound. Particularly in the cutscenes, they look and sound so charming it is really one of the major factors that makes this game brilliant.