Mar 072016
This weekend gave us a huge amount of Ace Attorney 6 news.
The biggest announcement was probably the return of Maya Fey, but we also have cover art, a new trailer, the Japanese release date, pre-order bonus information, a demo, and more characters.
The box art, pictured to the right, features Phoenix, Maya, Apollo, and Nayuta. When Nayuta was first revealed, his gender was in doubt, but he’s been confirmed as male.
It’s still unclear if a second main prosecutor will be featured, but Nayuta’s place on the cover suggests he’s the most prominent. It seems as though he will appear at least once in Kurain, while Leifa will appear at least once in Japan/California.
We don’t know who the detective will be yet, either. Fans went a little crazy over “detective Jesus,” but the character in question is just a witness (possibly the culprit). Let’s cross our fingers for the return of Gumshoe, Ema, or both.
Maya will be Phoenix’s assistant in Kurain, as she went there to further her spiritual training. She looks a lot like she did in the trilogy, though not identical, since she’s older.
Check out adult Maya in the new trailer, subtitled by Bolt2nd.
Apollo’s assistant will be Athena. So far, they’ve only referenced Phoenix and Apollo as playable characters, which means Athena probably won’t lead a case this time.
We don’t know how many cases there will be (I’m hoping for 6), but two bonus “non-canon episodes” are available as pre-order bonuses. One is set in Kurain and features Phoenix versus Edgeworth, while the other is set in Japan/California and features Apollo versus Klavier.
The Kurain episode also includes Pearl, while the Japan/California episode has Jinxie.
I like Jinxie, but I didn’t know she was popular enough to warrant a return, even in a bonus case. And is that Pearl and Bokuto on the stand together? Will Ace Attorney 6 have cross-examinations of multiple witnesses?
The wording suggests these bonus episodes won’t be full-length cases, but they’ll still have investigations and trial sections. With any luck, they’ll be pre-order bonuses in the West as well… and perhaps made available as DLC later on.
Like in Dual Destinies, each attorney has an alternate DLC costume, also available as pre-order bonuses: Phoenix gets Furio Tigre’s suit, Apollo gets a boarding school uniform, and Athena gets a Trés Bien waitress outfit.
Ace Attorney 6 is set for June 9 in Japan, with no word yet on its localized release date. Japan also has a limited edition, which includes a CD, tote bag, art book, and keychains.
An Ace Attorney 6 demo is available and can be played in your browser. It’s entirely in Japanese, but it’s worth a look to get a feeling for the game.
What do you think of the latest Ace Attorney 6 news? Share your thoughts on Maya, the bonus episodes, and everything else in the comments below.
If there’s one nice thing about having digital-only in America, it’s that we’ll get those pre-order bonuses as DLC as opposed to actually having to go out and pre-order the game.
Anyway, this is very exciting! And it’s nice to juxtapose this and, say, Color Splash and see that this game is taking care to reference and work off of its previous iterations. Not only as the DLC costumes, but, y’know, Maya coming back and all. And obviously she doesn’t die from that creep attacking her in the restaurant. Or even trapped in the hospital for the rest of the case, since she appears right by Wright’s side.
It looks like we’ll have at least one case in the game with Apollo & Athena back at home, with them undergoing some kind of crisis. I wonder if they’ll adapt whatever court mechanics happen in Kurain.
Sounds great!
Unless they tie it to digital pre-orders or something.
Yes! Some good video game news is nice to see in the midst of the Color Splash nightmare. Of course, not all fans are happy. I’ve seen people complaining Maya hasn’t changed enough, complaining about her return, and even complaining there’s too much content. -_-
The Kurain court mechanics seem to involve the water pool. Unless Leifa brings the pool with her, I’d be surprised if the mechanic was adapted. I expect the cases back home will stick to Perceive and the Mood Matrix.
Hopefully they’ll finally discuss Apollo and Trucy’s relationship, too, especially since it seems like the Gramaryes will be important to at least one case.
wot the hell is a digital pre-order
The pre-load thing? Has that been tied to bonuses before? And has it been done for Non-Nintendo games on the 3DS? 😮
Too much content? That could be sort of valid… if getting a new Ace Attorney wasn’t a relatively rare thing.
Maya is fiiiiine. And people were begging for her return as the #1 thing they wanted to see all the way back in Dual Destinies. I have full confidence there is enough material to make Maya relevant, especially given the game’s setting. (I know folks think her story was finished at the end of Trials & Tribulations, so why keep bringing her back if she’s done? Similar complaint people have for Wright himself.)
Well there might be other weird customs that don’t involve the damn water pool, like cross-examining two dudes at once like you pointed out.
Will the Gramaryes be important? You could see references to them at the office back in Dual Destinies, too. Didn’t make ’em important then. Though I do hope they, uh, discuss that relationship. Say, have we seen Trucy yet in AA6?
maybe she is the victim in the case ?
Trucy? I saw some worries about that, especially since the home office is facing some sort of crisis which seems to have Athena upset.
I’m not sure if pre-loads have ever been tied to pre-order bonuses on Nintendo games, or whether pre-loads are possible for non-Nintendo games on the 3DS. I just thought I should mentioned the possibility.
Has it been confirmed AA6 will be digital-only like Dual Destinies was?
Well, I saw concerns that having two locations, two playable characters, two assistants, etc. would be too much… for some reason.
I think introducing the Kingdom of Kurain alone provides the potential for more story involving Maya, not to mention any character development she’s undergone in the years since Phoenix last saw her.
I do hope cross-examining multiple witnesses returns. 😀 One of my favorite PLvPW features.
I think the Gramaryes will be important because one case seems to involve Trucy’s magic show, and because the Gramarye poster showed an additional Gramarye they’ve never shown before.
Come to think of it, you’re right. I don’t think we’ve seen Trucy yet.
No, Capcom has not confirmed how AA6 will be distributed in North America.
But it’s the most likely possibility.
Dual Destinies had three of everything besides location (and does location matter that much?). Trials and Tribulations bad Past & Present, as did Apollo Justice.
I still hope for physical copies.
I assume the people afraid AA6 will have too much content are the same people who feel Dual Destinies’ story suffered from having three playable characters.
what do you think is the conection between Apollo and the new prosecutor ?
I’m still not sure there is a connection between them at all. Nayuta probably has a reputation for being tough, since he’s an international prosecutor.
You know, I asumed you had already saw that a new witness appears in the first case of AA6, that guy with a guitar and if we also added that the girl dress as a bunny in the case of Apollo, so far they seem to be the killers, so what I am trying to say is, really? so eas? hat is this, DD?
The singer seems likely to be the culprit (and he looks like a hilarious witness), but you think the bunny girl is the killer in the magic show case? Why?
well, in some footage with the mood matrix we can see she is happy about something involving a trick (which involves a coffin, and we can say that inside that coffin the victim die) and for some reason she is happy about it, not to mention that she has that vibe around her that makes me suspect about her
Hmm, I see. I’m not convinced yet… especially since it will probably be a longer case with several witnesses, since it isn’t the first case.
I hope the cases would be hard, I mean seriously, in DD all i need to beat the phantom was a bloody knife and some earrings? why they can´t be like in AAI
Dual Destinies toned the difficulty down way too much, but I think I heard they listened to fan criticisms about that and intended to make AA6 tougher again.
I hope so
I found it:
“Because many people said AA5 was to easy, they’re now carefully checking how they present hints to the players.” – Court-Records
I see…. well that is something good
It also looks like we can freely investigate locations again, which is another welcome change back to the old format. 😀
freely investigations? like in AAi ?
No, I mean like being able to investigate things anywhere, unlike how Dual Destinies only let you investigate crime scenes.
Ohh, I see, by the way, had you seen this ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIGHgrDOZiI
Yes, I just saw it this morning! It looks interesting… and of course I’m very happy to see Blackquill.
he looks pretty much the same, except no handcuffs, I guess in a year you don´t cahnge that much
Haha, yes. I hope he appears within the game itself, too, and not just the prologue.
So far the prosecutors are Gaspen, Nayuta and Klavier Edgeworth (for the dlc) so there are chances we may see Blackquill
I hope so. 😀 He’s one of my favorites.
https://www.google.com.ar/search?q=simon+blackquill&biw=1280&bih=843&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnqvmoxMrLAhWJHJAKHT95AXEQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=simon+blackquill+sprites&imgrc=iUcziEMZXMmkHM%3A
Thank you, Samantha-dono
You’re welcome, Prosecutor!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xE4RZ0qzqQ
chech this out and thell me what you think
Hahaha, that was pretty funny. I would point out, though, that Maya isn’t from the Kingdom of Kurain, so she might easily have never known about their issues with defense attorneys until recently.
Makes sense, but i should warn you, this guy defense apollo justice til death, so be careful how you talk to him
What do you mean?
let´s just said that DD is not precisely his favourite game and he pretty much hates everything about it, and i have a feeling that the same would go for AA6
Ah, gotcha. I’ve seen that sentiment a lot, although personally I love DD.
but aparently, a lot of people complain that is knda a step back for AA, what do you think ?
In terms of gameplay, yes. Dual Destinies made a lot of things too easy, and I really missed being able to investigate every area.
As for the story, though… I know a lot of people complain about it, but DD’s story is one of my favorites in the series.
yes, it is better than JFA, at leats to me and also, tomorrow, the anime
I didn’t get a chance to see the anime. Did you?
yes, but with subtitles in spanish
How was it?
real great, a good opening, good music (they made a remix of the objection theme of the first game) they change a few thibnns (mostly time of death, but nothing relevant) from nbow on, saturdays would be AA saturdays
Interesting. I’m glad it got off to a good start!
have you read ? they confirmed Emma and trucy
Yep, I saw that yesterday morning! I wonder if that means no Gumshoe, or if both will appear.
who knos, but We also have a new witness for Apollo s case (most probably the culprit)
Do you think that new character resembles the so-called “Green Gramarye” who got people’s attention earlier?
He does look like that gramyrye, but then again, it would be too simple, abd I also have a feeling that this case wont end well
Oh? What do you think will happen?
Guilty and we can asure that this case takes place while Phoenix is gone
Hmm, what makes you think it will have a guilty verdict?
Apollo needs to lose a case eventually, what better way to start ? Besides, we still don´t know the other cases, maybe it is for the plot
True. It’ll definitely be interesting to see. 😀
I’ve heard some people theorize that there will be no “filler” cases this time, and all the cases will tie to the plot. What do you think?
Better lie that, i like to get to the point, that is where the action is
And it makes sense, since the game is divided between two protagonists and locations.
that new witness looks a lot like Robert Downey Jr., don´t you think ?
Hmm, somewhat.
http://www.court-records.net/
Always an excellent resource for Ace Attorney news.
yeah, but it seems that Edgeworth and Blackquill would have important roles for the 3rd case
Because of the art? I hope so, although it isn’t clear yet. People have pointed out that Klavier appears on the art for Dual Destinies, and he only had a small cameo role.
hey a cameo is better tan nothing by the way did you read about the tittle for the american versión ? Spirits of Justice
Yep! I think it sounds good!
did you check the final tráiler ? what the hell is Phoenix doing as a prosecutor ?
I just saw that! Maybe it’s a situation similar to Trials & Tribulations Case 5, where Edgeworth filled in as defense attorney.
for that to happen, they would had to have another judge
True, a judge that either doesn’t know Phoenix or would play along.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/bafe0ec93ed7bbf057a7fa538e7d5c96/tumblr_o74bm3G3vN1sd0d7go1_500.png
Am i seen those things ?
Wow, where did you find that? Was it in one of the trailers?
it´s a tumblr post, but maybe it´s just fanmade according to what some people tell me, but it would be quite interesting for Trucy of all people to have those psychelocks
Yes, it would be an interesting twist.
did you read ? we have Larry back for the dlc case, turnabout across time
Yep, I saw!
what do you think of it ?
I think it sounds fun! And I hope the “M” character in the DLC is Maggey, returning along with Gumshoe.
http://www.court-records.net/? have you read this news ?
Yeah! I’m excited about Blackquill!
its civil war, to the ace attorney style, whcih team are you ?
As much as I like Phoenix, I have to go Team Apollo if that’s where Blackquill is.
Although who knows? If Edgeworth ends up teaming up with Phoenix, that would make it a lot tougher of a decision.
Well, I am team Phoenix
apparently this is because of some ownership of evidence, what does that mean ?
Hmm, I don’t know.