The many Hotel Dusk fans who were holding their breath about an English release of its Japanese sequel can exhale today, as Nintendo announced that Last Window: The Secret of Cape West willl be launched on the Nintendo DS this fall.

The new game is set in 1980, a year after the events of Hotel Dusk, with players once again controlling former policeman Kyle Hyde. This time around, Kyle is attempting to "solve a mystery involving his father's murder and secretive past." Like its predecessor, Last Window is being described as an "interactive novel" in which "decisions you make throughout the game will alter Kyle’s journey and result in different outcomes in the storyline."

With a variety of puzzles blended into the "film noir-esque story" along the way, Last Window will also adapt the story into text form at the completion of each chapter for players to read through in regular novel form, once again holding the DS sideways like a book.

With the recent bankruptcy of developer Cing, it was no sure thing that we'd see a localized version of Last Window, but not only does this announcement assure us that we will, we won't even have long to wait, as the target release date for the game is September 17th.