Ace Attorney to be featured in "Mystery Magazine"

According to the official Japanese site, it seems that Ace Attorney is going to be featured in the March issue of "Mystery Magazine!"


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Seems like there will be interviews with Shu Takumi and Takeshi Yamazaki, director of AAI.
I think I read something about the movie being featured as well but I can say for sure.

There may also be more such as essays on the game, but again, I can't say for sure.

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(Pre?) Pre Court Event Update

Bolt Storm has had an advanced look at this week's Famitisu magazine. Sad to say, there was nothing Ace Attorney related.

So what does this mean? All DS era games were first announced via Famitisu, usually in conjunction with Tokyo Game Show, with meager exception.

So the absence of any Famitisu news, in conjunction with Capcom planning to show off an old TGS trailer (which would certainly pull attention from any new game that might be announced), I think it's safe to say that no new games will be announced.

Now, you can read this as either a good thing, or a bad thing:

• Good thing: No Ace Attorney: The Movie - The GAME. It's bad to judge, but movie tie in games tend to stink.
  
• Bad thing: No Ace Attorney 5, or Ace Attorney Investigations 2, (or Ghost Trick 2?)

Of course, just because Famitisu doesn't have anything to say on the matter, doesn't mean that nothing will come out of the event this Sunday. We've had concerts and musicals announced in the past, and there's still Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney for which we've still not seen any Layton gameplay for (Though, why would they show off Layton at a Capcom event?), not to mention the movie. Also, while I'm thinking about it. Don't expect confirmation on a western release date. This is a Japanense event, for the Japanese fans. They won't care.

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Also, it's come to my attention that some files did not make the jump to the new server. Since Croik's been for the most part unavailable, I'll take the initiative and try to put back some broken things. Right now that means the scripts 'should' be back up.

Mind you, my backup copy of CR is likely not as up to date as Croik's so I can't put back things that weren't there to begin with, namely AAI2 material. But if you see anything of note, (or rather don't see), leave a comment in this topic. I'll see what I can do to fix it.

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GS Movie soundtrack list (spoiler)

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B006ID5UEE/

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January 2012 Update

Alright, apologies folks. It's been a while since I've written an update for CR, and I'm afraid I've got no excuse, since, by golly. There's a ton of stuff happening!

First, according to Kotaku, Capcom is opening the "Capcom Bar". And in it you can have some (presumably overpriced?) Capcom game themed food. For Ace Attorney, we get a pasta and rice platter.

Now, the patter is interesting, (or at least, beyond the one sided plate-size to serving-size) in how it's ace attorney themed. The description of the patter: "Make clear who is black (guilty) or white (not guilty). Seafood Cream Pasta", actually has some more obvious meaning in Japanese according to CR's Ash:



So is the food GUILTY or NOT GUILTY of being delicious? I dunno, depends on if you like sea food and noodles.

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Next, in about a week and a half, Capcom is throwing the 10th anniversary court event. Some people are really hoping to hear 'something' about Ace Attorney 5. But honestly, I haven't heard or observed anything that convinces me that we're going to, get a new title.

To recap:

• Apollo Justice was shown off for the first time at E3. Just his standard pose however. Shown off for real at TGS and Famitisu
• AAI: Toyed around as New Gyakuten NOT Saiban, shown off at a concert.
• AAI2: Famitisu and TGS
• Layton VS. Wright: Twitter teasings leading up to TGS and another Famitisu release.

So we have had 'a' game announced not around TGS. So it's not 'totally' unprecedented. But it's not a typical M.O.

As for a new game being announced at the event, based upon what we do know...

Pros

• Japan last saw a new GS game in 2007. It's been about 5 years. (Longer if you consider it was announced in '06 I believe?) And they're celebrating their 10th anniversary? Quite the gap. (Though, I'm not sure we should be complaining, we did get Ghost Trick, GK1, GK2, and quite a few concerts and musicals in that time). But, if anything would warrant an event a new GS game, IN 3D, would.
• TGS 2012 is in September. 9 months from now. If it's ready to be shown off Capcom might not be willing to wait that long.

*Shrug*

• Currently we're just shy of two weeks until the Court Event. Leaks about titles come extremely close to the events, so 'if' we were getting a new game, it's par for the course not to hear about it yet.
• GK's director offered to help with GS5. Nothing's come of that in a really long time.
• Level-5 doesn't see a problem with pumping Layton titles along with the Vs title. Capcom 'could' do likewise?
• Takumi is, at best, undecided about returning to GS prime.
• Phoenix has been suspiciously present in Japan's Ace Attorney marketing as of late. Edgeworth's being treated as a wingman, despite having the two most recent titles, and poor Apollo...
• The event's timing is a bit strange. The original Ace Attorney showed up in Japan in August 2001. It's now Jan 2012. A bit late, but perhaps Capcom didn't think the game would get the attention it might need during the holiday rush?

Cons

• On the other hand, the only time we've had an event for a game was AAI, and that was a new series. So I don't think AAI3 might warrant that kind of fan fair.
  
• Then there's the fact that they're going to show off an old TGS court video. I'm unsure Capcom would want to show one of those off if it'd detract attention from a new title.
  
• The GS team, or at least, Takumi in particular, is working on Layton Vs Ace Attorney. If we're going to get something that isn't professionally published fan fiction like AAI, it's not going to be any time soon.

In any case, the event is coming up so we'll sure know soon what it's all about.

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Hey? Remember Ghost Trick? That awesome humorous mystery game by the same mastermind behind Ace Attorney? It's currently up for an Annie Award for "Best Animated Videogame". That's no small achievement for anything. Let alone a new IP. Go Ghost Trick!

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Finally, I'll close on some less happy news. You may have heard about some things known as SOPA and PIPA. They're some rather real, and serious legislation that's trying to pass in America which could rather easily pull the plug on fan sites such as Court-Records. Officially the SOPA and PIPA are around to stop piracy, and if come to pass could ultimately blacklist servers found of "infringing upon copyright".

But what are fan sites and works but unlicensed independent usage of a studio's material?

We've had fun with Capcom in the past. But it wouldn't take much for some clerk or self proclaimed whistleblower to shut us all down. At which point we'd be all over and done with.

The internet is a really young thing. And the modern internet has only been around since maybe 1996. We've had a good run with free speech. But freedom is not free. It must be fought and maintained. There are a lot of powerful corporations backing SOPA and PIPA, with deep pockets. It's not in our best interests to allow them to dictate policy. When you stifle speech, you stifle creativity and innovation, and I don't want to live in that future.

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GS movie story (spoiler!!)

http://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/detai ... 4094086737
I read the novel of GS movie.







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Eshiro: news "that will make fans happy" coming this month

Japanese site 4Gamer ran their annual New Year's mega-article, in which they ask a lot of japanese developers what they considered their top game of 2011, and what they expect from this 2012. Andriasang, as the incredibly valuable resource it is, has translated the article and listed the main details of each developer's comments. Among those developers is Mr. Motohide Eshiro, director of Ace Attorney Investigations and its still unlocalized sequel. Eshiro-san considers Battlefield 3 as his 2011 GOTY, says he was impressed with smartphones and social gaming's growth this year, mentions Valhalla Studios' CEO as his person of the year, hopes to promote the Devil May Cry reboot, DmC... and of course, you're reading this because you want Ace Attorney goodness. And there is. Eshiro says there are "a number of plans" for us fans coming from him this 2012, starting with the GS 10th Anniversary Event, which is scheduled for the 29th, that is, 25 days from now.

Here's the full details from Mr. Eshiro, straight from the Andriasang translation, with the AA part bolded:



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In less relevant news, Ghost Trick producer Hironobu Takeshita mentions he's looking forward to Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney, which he thinks "looks like it will become a good product". And in other news, Level-5 CEO and Professor Layton creator Akihiro Hino mentions the five new franchise games that Level-5 has in store for us this year, and be it merely a faux-pas, he does not mention PLvsAA. He does mention Fantasy Life (3DS), Cinderellife Girl's RPG (3DS), Time Travelers (3DS/PSP/PSVita), Guild 01 (3DS) and Yokai Watch (platform/s TBA). These last two were announced an entire year after PLvsAA was at Level-5 World 2011, and the previous 5 were revealed alongside our dream crossover, during 2010's L-5 Vision event. He does not mention Layton or Eleven so it's much more likely that Level-5 is trying to push the new IPs. Layton and Eleven will sell find on their own without promotions. Time Travelers et al will need all the help they can get.
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So, there's surprises coming for us AA fans to be announced at the 10th Anniversary Event, and unless Hino-san simply forgot about it, PLvsAA may not be released this year, or maybe he meant that Level-5 isn't going to publish it, and Capcom is instead. For the first news, we've had a date for a while now, January 29th, but for the latter, we'll see. For now, let us try not to panic and take this calmly.

Although if PLvsAA doesn't come out before the world ends, I will be more than slightly upset.

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GS Movie theme song "2012Spark"

the theme song "2012Spark"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBIeA2_fKcE
11:25~

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New Year's cards(Shu Takumi and Tatsuro Iwamoto)

from Nintendo Dream

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Crossover Contest Winners

The contest has ended and here are our winners:

Grand Prize: Rose and Celia Abernathy, for their AA/GT fangame!

And tied for second place with exactly the same number of votes: Brain-Hemorrhage and Mikoto-chan!

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who voted! All the entries are still up for viewing. The OC contest will be coming back this year (look for it in March) so stay tuned.

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Crossover Contest voting open!

Sorry for the delay! Voting for CR's first ever Crossover Contest is open to all! Please make sure you take in all the entries and read the instructions before casting your vote. Voting is open for the week, so tell your friends and get to it!

Good luck to the entrants and happy voting!

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