Yay! I love your preposterous puzzles that I'm too stupid for!

And really, there's nothing about Professor Layton that couldn't be done in a video game 20 years ago, except as a Kotaku commenter points out, the charming audio and visuals of the game make for quite a bit of its appeal!

http://kotaku.com/5350564/professor-layton-as-an-8+bit-game#c15140071