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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Has Crossed 1 Million Sales

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May 222024
 

I finished The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles with a glowing review of the second game over two years ago, and I’ve been talking about it ever since.

Ace Attorney is my favorite series, and The Great Ace Attorney 2 rose up above the rest to become my favorite game. I love it.

So I’ve been thrilled to see The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles receive the praise and success that it deserves, especially since that should mean a bright future for the series overall.

Now it’s crossed another milestone that shows just how popular it is.

Capcom keeps track of what they refer to as “Platinum Titles,” releases that have sold at least 1 million copies. Well, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles just got onto the list.

While 1 million sales might not seem huge compared to Capcom’s bigger series, it’s incredible for a series like Ace Attorney. For reference, the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (the 2019 collection, specifically) is at 3.3 million sales. The series as a whole (which includes every Ace Attorney release, re-release, and collection) has seen a total of 11 million sales.

So for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles to cross 1 million within 3 years, that means it’s really doing well.

As we discussed last year when I explained why I have high hopes for Ace Attorney’s future, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles was allegedly only projected to sell 300k copies by 2025. Now it’s crossed 1 million and we’re still only in 2024. It’s amazing (and well-deserved).

(Other claims say it was projected to hit 650k sales by 2025, but even if that’s true, it’s still beaten that by a wide margin.)

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – Ace Attorney is doing better than ever. I’ve got my fingers crossed for a new game announcement this year, but even if that doesn’t happen, I’m confident that it’s coming.

While I believe Ace Attorney 7 will be the next game in the series, and probably an Investigations duology bundle next after that, news like this makes me think our chances of getting another Great Ace Attorney game are rising as well. Capcom asked in a survey if fans would want another Great Ace Attorney game, and it’s clearly a success. Personally, I want a Great Ace Attorney Investigations more than anything, but I’d be delighted by any announcement!

Celebrating All Things Mysterious: Fatal Twelve

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May 032024
 

It’s time for our first review of Celebrating All Things Mysterious 2024, and the first game we’ll be looking at is Fatal Twelve.

Fatal Twelve is a visual novel available for Switch, PS4, and PC.

It follows a teenage girl named Rinka who is transported in her dreams to a place called the Court of Fate. There, she learns that she and eleven others died on the same day. Now the twelve of them have a chance to change their fate – by eliminating the others until only one remains.

To eliminate another participant, you must know their name, cause of death, and regret. This, along with other rules of the Court of Fate, brings them into conflict with each other.

While Fatal Twelve is described as a mystery game, and there are certainly elements of mystery in it, I’d say it’s more of a character-driven thriller. It’s often less about investigations and more about reacting to the lengths participants will go to in order to get information about another. It’s filled with plenty of tense, suspenseful moments, and by the time I was on the path to my first ending, I was thoroughly invested.

There are several endings based on your choices throughout the game, although it doesn’t branch as much as you might expect for a game with this premise. That’s probably because the main focus here is really the characters.

Fatal Twelve’s greatest strength is how it shows the stories of the characters in this twisted game of fate. While Rinka is the main character, a few other characters get viewpoint sections as well, and others develop as they interact with them. It does a great job of showing that even characters who might seem deadly and ruthless are as human as anyone.

While there are some romantic elements, especially due to one of the other girls being in love with Rinka, and that’s an important part of the story, it’s not so prevalent that I’d call this a romance game. It’s just one more aspect of the characters’ humanity.

Overall, Fatal Twelve was an enjoyable game with an intriguing premise. I’m still not sure if I should call it a mystery, but it’s unusual take on a death game premise makes it a good choice to kick off this year’s event nevertheless.

Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon Localization Also Confirmed

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Apr 192024
 

Sometimes it feels like similar news comes in waves for no apparent reason, and it’s that time again.

Hot on the heels of Idea Factory’s announcement that otome game 9 R.I.P. will be localized this fall, publisher dramatic create released an otome announcement of their own.

Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon, originally released for the Vita as an expanded re-release of a PSP otome game, will be out for the Switch and PC later this year.

Best of all, the official website confirms that subtitles will be available in Japanese, English, and Chinese, which means we have another otome localization to look forward to!

Back when I started getting into otome games, it felt like such a niche genre that you could buy every localized title that came out and still have only a handful each year. Now the years have been stacked! I’m definitely not complaining, though, but I’m starting to build up a notable backlog for otome games alone.

This one sounds like an interesting story, with the heroine traveling through time back to the Meiji era, so I’ll definitely have this on my list to check out. Are you interested in Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon?

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