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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice Release Date & Demo

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Aug 122016
 

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice received a new trailer celebrating the characters’ special abilities… and its Western release date!

Spirit of Justice will be available from the Nintendo eShop on September 8. That’s less than a month away!

Better yet, Capcom announced a Spirit of Justice demo, which you can download on August 25.

The announcement also gives information on Ema (a Forensics Investigator at last!), Trucy (the prime suspect in a new case), and Bonny de Famme, Trucy’s co-star who is called upon as a witness in her trial.

If you aren’t caught up on the Ace Attorney series, the Phoenix Wright Trilogy and Dual Destinies are on sale in the Nintendo eShop from now until August 18 for $16.49 and $11.99, respectively. Both are fantastic, although you should begin with the trilogy if you’re new to the series. If you’re unsure, I’ve written a guide on the order to play the Ace Attorney games.

You’ll still need to get Apollo Justice physically, but then you’ll be set for Spirit of Justice!

Based on the Japanese release, the full game takes up about 6,624 blocks, or 828 MB. Check your SD cards to make sure you have enough room.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice is probably my most-anticipated game of the year. (The only reason it didn’t make my list is because it wasn’t confirmed for 2016 at the time.) August 25 and September 8 can’t come soon enough!

Will you play the demo for Spirit of Justice when it comes out?

The Year of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

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Aug 052016
 

Phoenix-Wright-Ace-AttorneyThe Ace Attorney series was created with a near-future setting, and that future is now here. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney takes place in 2016.

This Wednesday, August 3, was the date of Phoenix Wright’s first trial, The First Turnabout.

As you can see from the Ace Attorney case timeline, Phoenix will take on his tragic second case next month with Turnabout Sisters, Turnabout Samurai occurs in October, and of course Christmas will be marred by Turnabout Goodbyes.

This is the year of Phoenix Wright, and not only because Spirit of Justice comes out next month and the anime is airing now.

Strangely, it goes further.

In February, an actor died after being stabbed by a samurai sword during rehearsal. In June, a parrot became a potential witness in a murder case. Several strange parallels have haunted 2016.

Then again, there was a parrot witness in 2014, too, so maybe it’s not so eerie. It also happened in 1942. (And here we always thought Phoenix’s cross-examination of the parrot was absurd!)

If you have no idea what any of this is about, you should play Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, available for the Nintendo DS, on iOS, or as part of the Phoenix Wright Trilogy on the Nintendo eShop. It’s a series well-worth playing.

For Ace Attorney fans, how does it feel to be living in the first game’s setting? What do you think about 2016’s odd coincidences? Did you ever expect parrots to be so helpful in real-life cases?

And the most important question of all… are you looking forward to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice?

New Details About Ace Attorney 6’s DLC

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May 182016
 

Turnabout-Across-Time-LarryAlong with Ace Attorney 6’s English title and release window, we learned earlier this week that there will be a DLC called “Turnabout Across Time” as well as the two bonus episodes.

Now we know a little more about it.

Turnabout Across Time will be free for the first few weeks after Spirit of Justice’s Japanese release. According to the announcement, it will be a “complete volume” with investigation and trial sections.

It features, Phoenix, Maya, Edgeworth, and… Larry!

Larry is probably the unannounced returning character we heard about, but there are more possibilities I’ll get to soon.

Capcom released a special 11-minute trailer introducing the DLC case. This video is rather insane, but it’s a fourth-wall-breaking skit meant to advertise the DLC, so its contents shouldn’t be taken literally. (Apparently Capcom has made these before. Here’s an amusing one for Apollo Justice.)

All right, let’s take a look at the Turnabout Across Time skit, uploaded by Bolt2nd.

I emphasized that it intentionally breaks the fourth wall, because some people took the trailer’s ridiculous tone to mean the case can’t be canon. (And Oldbag probably won’t appear in the case, since the trailer used her 2D model, unlike Larry.)

The basic gist of the trailer is that the DLC case will involve time travel (probably not for real), and someone whose name begins with “M” will get married.

This character is someone who has appeared in both the original trilogy and the Investigations games. As a result, the most popular possibilities are:

  • Larry (His Japanese name is Masashi.)
  • Edgeworth (Mitsurugi)
  • Franziska (Mei)
  • Maggey (Mako)

Even though Larry is in the case, it’s probably not him. The later part of the video shows Larry was actually being kicked out of the ceremony.

Many people are really hoping it’s Maggey marrying Gumshoe. And you know, I hope so too. I’d like to see Gumshoe again, and it would be nice for those two to get a happy ending after everything they’ve been through.

(However, it’s possible Larry faked the clues entirely, and there is no returning character getting married, just the couple seen in the video.)

7 minutes of Turnabout Across Time gameplay has also been uploaded by Calios.

I’m so happy we can investigate anywhere again.

What do you think of Turnabout Across Time? If it comes West, will you play it? And who do you think is getting married? Let me know in the comments.

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