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Have you ever wanted to find out, with 100% certainty who was better at trivia, men or women?  Well Nintendo is finally going to settle that score for us with their latest challenge, Ladies vs. Gents.  It’s a puzzle contest using the brain bending puzzles in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. 

Beginning today in San Francisco’s Union Square shopping Center, from 11am to 6pm, men and women will play through a fun and challenging selection of the new game’s puzzles at this free event. Men’s and women’s scores will be tallied and compared throughout the day to determine which gender has the top puzzle-solving chops.

Events will be held throughout this week in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia to determine which gender has the ability to best solve the puzzles found in the game, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, which launches on Sept. 12th for the Nintendo DS.

In addition to the game itself there will be costumed actors there in authentic period clothing interacting with people and contestants will enter red phonebooths that would be found throughout London to solve the many puzzles they’ll be faced with. 

For more information about the event, including a teaser video, check out http://www.professorlaytonds.com/ladiesvsgents/. 

Source: Nintendo Press Release

I don’t fully understand the reasoning behind it but Nintendo has announced that the third installment in the Professor Layton series, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future will be released on September 12th for North America.  I’m not confused that Nintendo is releasing the game, I am confused because they pushed the release date up a week from September 20th.  Maybe the good Professor can solve this riddle for me. 

I remember when Metroid Prime 3 was pushed back one week.  I about went crazy.  What can you accomplish with a week difference in time?  I guess it may have something to do with shipping the game to stores.  If anybody can provide an explanation for this, fell free to let me know.