Professor Layton and The New World of Steam was not originally in the plans, but Nintendo helped push for it. Professor Layton and The New World of Steam's surprise announcement on the Nintendo Switch was well-received ever since it was revealed in 2023. The puzzler franchise's only entry on the system was Layton's Mystery Journey in 2019, and even that was a re-release of the 3DS title that originally came out in 2017.