Aug 232024
We’re quickly approaching the release date of the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection, and as if that isn’t exciting enough on its own, they’ve actually released a demo.
The Ace Attorney Investigations Collection demo will let you play through the start of each game’s first case, so you can try both the start of Turnabout Visitor and Turnabout Trigger.
Progress will transfer to the full game, too!
They announced it through a new trailer that also lets us hear some of the new Investigations 2 voice lines, but I didn’t embed it here because it includes some out-of-context shots from both games that I feel could be considered spoilers (such as a scene from the first game’s final case).
This is the first time they’ve released an Ace Attorney demo since… well, since we were last getting brand-new Ace Attorney games, back on the 3DS. None of the other collections got public demos.
Since the Investigations games play differently from the rest of the series, I wonder if that’s why they chose to give it a demo – to let players experience the new mechanics for themselves. It’s great to see, and it feels like they really want to give Investigations the best chance to succeed.
Meanwhile, the official Ace Attorney website has now been updated with an official timeline that shows all of the games – excluding the crossover – in chronological order, provides information about each individual game and what collection it can be found in, and shows some basic character relationships.
(It also confirms that they do not see Athena as a main protagonist of Spirit of Justice, only of Dual Destinies, which lines up with how she’s handled in the game.)
Honestly, all of this makes me more convinced than ever that we’re getting a new Ace Attorney game soon. They’re going hard with the Investigations Collection’s marketing and making it easier than ever for players to get into the series. That timeline page feels like the sort of thing you’d bring out to prepare for a new Ace Attorney game – and I’ve still got my hopes set on the Tokyo Game Show.
Are you going to try the Investigations Collection demo? Do you think Capcom is gearing up to announce Ace Attorney 7?
I am not going to play the demo but I already bought the game. I think… it’s been long enough since I played the first game that I will actually play both, instead of skipping straight to the second. Looking forward to it! But I’d rather play and not get paused early on due to the demo ending and lose my momentum.
Good point, makes sense. It’s hard to believe it’s only a couple weeks away, though!
I still can’t believe this collection is real. Just when I think i’ll give up and potentially try to find a way to play it, Capcom somehow just pulls through.
Now that we have (almost) every game, let’s get 7 next pleeeeeeeeeeease.
I know, it’s crazy! I actually did give up and played the fan translation last year… should’ve held out just a little longer, haha.