Pokémon for a Puzzle Professor

Two years ago (see below), I had discussed a certain crossover of Pokémon with something else that I happen to like. In commemoration of that post, I'd like to discuss another crossover. I didn't do one last year for obvious reasons (also see below). I suppose it's fine if its regularity is not too evident, but just enough to know that some people have the penchant to cross over Pokémon with other things. And I've already opened the door to it anyway with the earlier post.

This time, I'd like to discuss the crossover of Pokémon with another series that involves a professor, and a "puzzle professor", at that. With that, it should be rather clear: the "puzzle professor" involved is the one whose name is Hershel Layton and who has his own eponymous game series, Professor Layton. Aside from being a Pokémon fan in general, I'm also a fan of puzzle games, and in that regard, it's hard to pass up this series, not the least because it had appeared on the same console that Pokémon appeared on.

If the professor is to be given a Pokémon partner, it would perhaps be one of several Pokémon. Someone has suggested that Furret or Noctowl may be good candidates, the former because of its genteel ways and the latter because of its strong "masculinity". Another has suggested that Probopass is rather befitting because it much resembles the professor's own appearance; by the same token, Beheeyem is an alternate suggestion that also plays off of his intelligence. Personally, I'd collate all these suggestions and somehow think they'd all be part of his team.

When talking about Layton, it's hard to ignore his human partner, Luke Triton. As for his Pokémon partners, the suggestions above seems to practically dictate which ones he might have. The first set suggests that Teddiursa might be somehow involved, while the second might lead to suggestions of Shinx and Marshtomp, and the third might lead to its evolutionary kin Elgyem. Somehow, I can see a team forming out of these as well.

As an aside, there aren't really any Pokémon games that have gameplay like the Professor Layton series... except for one. That would be the Detective Pikachu game, for which its movie adaptation is due out in a couple of weeks or so. It's even harder still to draw parallels of the games, although likewise there is but one: it could be considered that there is a semblance of the puzzle professor to the highly expressive Pikachu. And as for my friend who played the game to completion despite not really playing Pokémon games, that friend in fact spends more time playing the Layton games. Perhaps my friend can vouch for the similarity.

The puzzle professor himself might not care too much about creatures that are beyond his domain, but for some people - including myself - some of those creatures might just fit into his domain. They might become exemplary of appearance, intelligence, or both, which are rather key to the professor's character. I'm sure some Pokémon wouldn't mind lending a hand to the professor as much as he could make them shine and excel just like himself.

One year ago: (A Late) Local Ex-Raid, 4/23/2018
Two years ago: Luffy and Infernape