Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy

Kids can learn about puzzle solving while practicing a variety of core skills learned in school in this fun and charming adventure. A diverse range of cleverly constructed conundrums force kids to do math, carefully read and re-read instructions, clues, and hints, and employ logic and their understanding of the world in order to noodle out solutions. Their reward is a tangible sense of satisfaction. Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy teaches kids that most problems can be overcome by clear thought, perseverance, and maybe the occasional helpful hint.  

Professor Layton is a perfect gentleman, always eager to do well by others. Protective of his friends, cautious in his endeavors, and reliably clever, he prefers using his intellect over violence as a means of solving problems. His young companions Emmy and Luke clearly aim to model their behavior after the doctor and want nothing more than to impress him with their wits and moral judgment.    

Violence is discussed -- evil cartoonish characters sometimes talk in vague terms about hurting people -- but rarely shown. On those occasions when violence actually occurs, people generally aren't hurt. Machine guns fire without hitting anyone; missiles approach the camera but disappear without visual impact. One sequence depicts a character being stabbed, but the player is not in control of the action, and no blood is shown.  

A scene set in a pub allows players to briefly interact with a man who's clearly imbibed a bit too much beer and is slurring his words.