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Tales of Arise Release Date, Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Confirmed

Apr 212021

I’d intended to blog today about Sony reversing its decision to shut down the PS3 and Vita stores, but we have some exciting announcements to discuss instead!

Tales of Arise got a new trailer today, as well as a release date!

Yes, it’s still coming out this year, on September 9 in Japan and September 10 worldwide.

It will be released for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam).

The new trailer revealed two of the game’s party members, one of whom is accompanied by an owl that appears to be this game’s mascot character.

(I tend to find mascots annoying, but the owl is cute enough that I might like it. Maybe. We’ll see.)

A Famitsu interview, translated by Gematsu, confirmed that there are still unannounced party members as well. It also confirmed that there is no more victory screen after battles, which means no more victory screen banter, but there will be post-battle party banter on the field.

That’s not all! In addition to the trailer, we also have a 7-minute gameplay footage video!

Some fans were concerned the combat system would be completely different from past Tales games, but the gameplay footage gives a good look at some basic battles and it seems pretty Tales-like after all.

Tales of Arise looks fantastic! I’m so excited to play this on September 10…

…but even as I was still reeling from the thrill of Arise getting a release date at last, what popped up on my Twitter feed but a casual announcement of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles!

That’s right, it’s really happening!

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles includes both The Great Ace Attorney and its sequel, and it will be out on July 27 for the Switch, PS4, and PC (Steam) for $39.99.

It also includes bonus content, including 8 mini-episodes, that was originally DLC.

I was worried it would be digital-only, but the Switch version is actually getting a physical release in the west. There is also a $59.99 “Turnabout Collection” that bundles The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles together with the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. That is digital-only in the west.

(I would have expected it to be the other way around, but okay.)

The official announcement has also introduced many more people to the wonder that is Herlock Sholmes. Please, please stop blaming (or praising) Capcom for that name. As goofy as it is, it’s been a time-honored tradition for avoiding Sherlock Holmes copyright issues for over 100 years.

Since The Great Ace Attorney comes out on the same day as Neo: The World Ends With You, yet another game I’m still stunned about, I’ll need to decide which to play first! If you told me a year ago I’d be trying to decide whether I wanted to play the TWEWY sequel or Dai Gyakuten Saiban in English first, I’d have laughed. And then cried.

I’m ecstatic that we’re finally getting The Great Ace Attorney and its sequel in English! And I can hardly believe we got that announcement and the Tales of Arise release date in the same morning!

Are you excited for either or both of these games? Let me know in the comments!

No News From the Ace Attorney Concert, But…

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Apr 122021

There was an Ace Attorney concert this past weekend, and many fans thought a new game or collection might be announced at it.

Following the reports from the ransomware attack on Capcom that Dai Gyakuten Saiban 1 & 2 would be released in a new collection and localized, together with Taiwan rating The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles earlier this year, fans have been eagerly waiting for an official announcement.

The concert seemed likely, especially since the concert announcement said it would feature music from Ace Attorney and The Great Ace Attorney, the first time the English title for Dai Gyakuten Saiban had ever been used by an official Capcom source.

Well, the concert came and went without any announcements.

However, it did leave us with more reason than ever to believe the localization news is real. At the concert, they used several titles from Dai Gyakuten Saiban that weren’t direct translations of the Japanese titles, and even referred to a character specifically by the localized name “Albert Harebrayne.”

What makes that even more significant is that Albert Harebrayne was one of the localized character names from the leaked (stolen) data.

So while The Great Ace Attorney collection hasn’t officially been announced yet, let alone its localization, it’s all but official at this point. I feel like it’s safe to say Capcom knows that we know and is just waiting for the right time to announce it. Personally, I can’t wait to finally get a chance to play the Dai Gyakuten Saiban games in English!

Do you think we’ll get Dai Gyakuten Saiban localization news soon?

Stolen Capcom Data Says Dai Gyakuten Saiban Localization is Confirmed

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Nov 162020

Earlier this month, Capcom’s servers were hit by a ransomware attack that targeted a significant amount of data and information.

Now some of that stolen information has appeared online… and it includes what appears to be confirmation that we’ll finally get Dai Gyakuten Saiban in the west.

Dai Gyakuten Saiban, also known as The Great Ace Attorney, is a historical spin-off starring Phoenix Wright’s ancestor. It and its sequel were released for the 3DS exclusively in Japan.

Since the information was stolen from Capcom, I’m not going to link to the reports and screenshots that have been going around, but we should still talk about it. Basically, it shows a new Ace Attorney collection for the Switch and PS4 that includes Dai Gyakuten Saiban and Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2, with references to an English localization of the digital version.

(Screenshots suggest they’ve sidestepped any potential legal trouble by using the good old Herlock Sholmes fallback.)

Of course, this is even sketchier than a typical leak, and it’s possible these were old plans Capcom since scrapped. It’s terrible that this happened, and I hope they’ll be able to recover from the attack and find the people responsible.

If it’s true, however, I’ll gladly do my part to help Capcom out by buying a copy of that collection!

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