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In just four short years, Level-5 went from small startup studio to one of the premier RPG developers in Japan, and have since enjoyed immense critical and commercial success. In early 2007, the company released its first fully self-funded and self-published title in Japan, ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Curious Village|Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]'', which has since enjoyed incredible commercial success, shipping more than 840,000 copies to retail, and has officially transitioned Level-5 into both a developer ''and'' publisher of interactive video game entertainment in Japan.

==~~Current development~~==

==Development in the late 2000s==

Level-5 ~~currently have~~ at least eleven titles in development, seven for the [[Nintendo DS]], two for the {{PlayStation Portable}} and two for an unannounced ~~console~~. ~~Recently it has~~ announced a new ''Professor Layton'' trilogy taking place before the events of ''Professor Layton and the Curious Village'' of which the first game [[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the ~~Devil's Flute~~|Professor Layton and the ~~Devil's Flute~~]] ~~will be~~ released ~~later this year~~. Level-5 was also the producer of a movie based on the ''Professor Layton'' series called ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva|Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva]]''. It ~~also~~ continued to collaborate with [[Square Enix]] on {{DQ9}}, the first mainline entry the series has seen exclusively on a handheld, which released in July 2009. ''[[Wikipedia:Inazuma Eleven 2|Inazuma Eleven 2]]'' is the peculiar [[Wikipedia:soccer|soccer]] RPG which combines unique stylus driven soccer action with the RPG pedigree Level-5 is known for and ~~will~~ be similar to its predecessor. As for the PlayStation Portable it ~~is releasing~~ ''Ushiro'' a horror-RPG where you take the role of a spirit and ''Cardboard War Machine'' a more kids oriented game where you build your own in-game robot. In May 2008, Akihiro Hino also announced Level 5's first self-published console game, ''Inazuma Eleven Break!'', ~~currently in development for a TBD console~~.

Level-5 had at least eleven titles in development, seven for the [[Nintendo DS]], two for the {{PlayStation Portable}}, and two for at-the time unannounced consoles. It announced a new ''Professor Layton'' trilogy taking place before the events of ''Professor Layton and the Curious Village'', of which the first game ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Last Specter|Professor Layton and the Last Specter]]'' was released in 2009. Level-5 was also the producer of a movie based on the ''Professor Layton'' series called ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva|Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva]]''. It continued to collaborate with [[Square Enix]] on {{DQ9}}, the first mainline entry the series has seen exclusively on a handheld, which released in July 2009. ''[[Wikipedia:Inazuma Eleven 2|Inazuma Eleven 2]]'' is the peculiar [[Wikipedia:soccer|soccer]] RPG which combines unique stylus driven soccer action with the RPG pedigree Level-5 is known for, and was be similar to its predecessor. As for the PlayStation Portable, it released ''Ushiro'' a horror-RPG where you take the role of a spirit, and ''Cardboard War Machine'' a more kids-oriented game where you build your own in-game robot. In May 2008, Akihiro Hino also announced Level 5's first self-published console game, ''Inazuma Eleven Break!'', which was eventually cancelled.

==Dragon Quest Games==

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 In just four short years, Level-5 went from small startup studio to one of the premier RPG developers in Japan, and have since enjoyed immense critical and commercial success. In early 2007, the company released its first fully self-funded and self-published title in Japan, ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Curious Village|Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]'', which has since enjoyed incredible commercial success, shipping more than 840,000 copies to retail, and has officially transitioned Level-5 into both a developer ''and'' publisher of interactive video game entertainment in Japan.
-==Current development==
+==Development in the late 2000s==
-Level-5 currently have at least eleven titles in development, seven for the [[Nintendo DS]], two for the {{PlayStation Portable}} and two for an unannounced console. Recently it has announced a new ''Professor Layton'' trilogy taking place before the events of ''Professor Layton and the Curious Village'' of which the first game [[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute|Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute]] will be released later this year. Level-5 was also the producer of a movie based on the ''Professor Layton'' series called ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva|Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva]]''. It also continued to collaborate with [[Square Enix]] on {{DQ9}}, the first mainline entry the series has seen exclusively on a handheld, which released in July 2009. ''[[Wikipedia:Inazuma Eleven 2|Inazuma Eleven 2]]'' is the peculiar [[Wikipedia:soccer|soccer]] RPG which combines unique stylus driven soccer action with the RPG pedigree Level-5 is known for and will be similar to its predecessor. As for the PlayStation Portable it is releasing ''Ushiro'' a horror-RPG where you take the role of a spirit and ''Cardboard War Machine'' a more kids oriented game where you build your own in-game robot. In May 2008, Akihiro Hino also announced Level 5's first self-published console game, ''Inazuma Eleven Break!'', currently in development for a TBD console.
+Level-5 had at least eleven titles in development, seven for the [[Nintendo DS]], two for the {{PlayStation Portable}}, and two for at-the time unannounced consoles. It announced a new ''Professor Layton'' trilogy taking place before the events of ''Professor Layton and the Curious Village'', of which the first game ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Last Specter|Professor Layton and the Last Specter]]'' was released in 2009. Level-5 was also the producer of a movie based on the ''Professor Layton'' series called ''[[Wikipedia:Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva|Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva]]''. It continued to collaborate with [[Square Enix]] on {{DQ9}}, the first mainline entry the series has seen exclusively on a handheld, which released in July 2009. ''[[Wikipedia:Inazuma Eleven 2|Inazuma Eleven 2]]'' is the peculiar [[Wikipedia:soccer|soccer]] RPG which combines unique stylus driven soccer action with the RPG pedigree Level-5 is known for, and was be similar to its predecessor. As for the PlayStation Portable, it released ''Ushiro'' a horror-RPG where you take the role of a spirit, and ''Cardboard War Machine'' a more kids-oriented game where you build your own in-game robot. In May 2008, Akihiro Hino also announced Level 5's first self-published console game, ''Inazuma Eleven Break!'', which was eventually cancelled.
 ==Dragon Quest Games==