Ace Attorney Investigations manga to be released in France

French Ace Attorney fans, it's time to rejoice! Kurokawa will start the publication of the 4 Ace Attorney Investigations mangas in July!
The first volume will be released on the 5th of July.

Here's the blog post from the Kurokawa Editions's blog (in French)





Source: Editions Kurokawa.

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No playable Demos from Capcom at E3

Nintendo World Reports that, while Capcom is attending E3, none of the games they'll show for Nintendo systems will have playable demos.

Considering Level-5 is not showcasing at E3, it's safe to assume that, should Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney even gets announced officially in English there, it has no chance of being playable. However, screenshots, trailers, or even just a verbal nod are not yet out of the question.

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Nintendo Dream article

I took a glance at the mag section and saw that there was a AA5/AA 10th anniversary story in Nintendo Dream, April issue.

Can we take it as a confirmation that it is coming to a Nintendo platform?



The article runs down the history of the series, talks a bit about the iOS announcement, movie, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney info and screenshots etc…

Though the article said that AA5 platform is undecided at the moment.

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NY Asian Film Fest to Screen Ace Attorney

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interes ... e-attorney

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New Ace Attorney Merchandise at the Capcom Shop in Japan

Capcom Official Shop
New Merchandise
http://www.4gamer.net/games/136/G013660/20120427131/
http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/481/481988/

Postcards


Stickers




Badges


Chocolate

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Ace Attorney Movie English Review

Hi folks,

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Matter of fact, I just registered so I could get this info out to y'all. ^_~

I'm one of the anime/manga bloggers for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (the daily paper of record for this little ol' rock out here in the middle of the Pacific), and my partner, Wilma Jandoc, just posted her review of the subbed Ace Attorney movie in our Otaku Ohana blog. Just to confirm, and contrary to other reports online, this weekend's screenings at the Hawaii International Film Festival constitute the official U.S. premiere of the film, not AM2 in June. (Yes, we got a DVD screener copy from HIFF. No, we can't share it, sorry. ^_~) You can find it at http://ow.ly/agKLf.

Sadly, I've yet to see it myself. I work this weekend, so I can't catch either of HIFF's screenings, sigh. Planning to wrangle the DVD away from her soon, though. ^_~

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Liars and Ace Attorney Investigations 2

For the most part, Court-Records.net has been rather silent on the topic of wanting Ace Attorney Investigations 2 in English. It's not because we don't want to play it, or aren't excited about the prospects. (Believe me, I'm dying to play a new game in our lawyer game series!)

The reason we haven't been saying much on CR, is because when we do receive tips it's mostly because of Capcom's Senior Vice President, Christian Svennson or "Sven" as he's known on the forums there, was responding to fans questions about when AAI2 would get localized.

Here's where things get sticky. As a Capcom employee, he's bound by a "Non-disclosure agreement" (Often abbreviated as an NDA), basically meaning he's not allowed to disclose internal details to those outside the need to know basis (often meaning authorized fellow employees and partners).

It can be hard for fans to understand why NDAs are important, but the best way I can put it is, which is more exciting for you? Learning about a game on a random Tuesday, or with fireworks and fan fair at E3? If games are leaked before the big day, they loose a lot of their steam/chatter and that can stunt sales. The first Ace Attorney for the DS was sold almost exclusively by word of mouth. If that didn't happen we could've easily not gotten Justice for All, and from there the rest of the saga. (There are other reasons why NDA is important, but I feel this is the one most people will readily understand)

Now, while an NDA is a very important thing, it can also cause problems/misconceptions. Silence on a topic can cause fans to think a project or franchise has been abandoned. When Capcom Japan sold the Street Fighter franchise to Capcom USA and the first thing to come out of that deal was Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix there was concern that the deal was a throw away and the franchise was as good as dead no longer being owned by Japan. That sort of gossip can do more harm to a company then staying silent. Lost, the former Capcom ambassador to the fans, did his best to dispel that rumor, while not saying a word that that game was effectively practice for Street Fighter IV.

Sometimes you can deal with the NDA and bad gossip, without violating either. Sven's response to this and AAI2 was to periodically disclose non-mission critical developments that could've mostly been inferred by anyone thinking logically without his input.

Here's what I know thus far:

• AAI2 is not going to be released on the DS. The costs of localization out weigh the forecasted return on that game.
• Sven's been trying to convince the higher ups to localize AAI2 on a non-DS platform.
• The higher ups are not easily convinced. (I theorize putting the game on another system means potential buyers might not have access to the back catalog, thus locking out current fans, never mind the costs of localizing AND porting)
• If any further progress is made or not, Sven won't say. (Here we hit the hard NDA limit)

Sven's a good guy. And it's awesome that he's shared that much with the fans.

The reason we haven't shared that much is because it's too easy for wide eyed fans to read it as "OH YES, SVEN SAYS WE'RE GETTING AAI2!", "OOOH, WE'RE GETTING AAI2 ON THE 3DS AS A DOWNLOAD!", "PFT, CAPCOM'S A LIAR, WE'RE NOT GETTING AAI2".

That's not what he said, and I refuse to let Court-Records be willfully responsible for spreading misunderstanding and potentially ruin a man in consequence.

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That brings us up to today.

On Capcom's forums there was a guy pretending to represent the Make a Wish Foundation, an organization who's mission is to provide kids who are often terminal cancer patients with their one wish before they die. He alleges that he called Sven's work number, talked with him, and got out of it that AAI2 is likely not coming out in English within a year. The con has since paraded around Capcom's forums that AAI2 is dead.

The guy LIED about representing the Make a Wish Foundation and used that to MANIPULATE the good graces of another man. I am wildly disgusted, and this is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping could be avoided. It can be very aggravating to have to wait to learn if a game you love will come out, but that is never an excuse to resort to willful deceit and manipulations. Sven's a cool guy and it's a tragedy someone felt they could take advantage of his semi-open communications like this.

If you want to see progress on AAI2, there's MUCH better and ethical ways to do it. I'd recommend Operation Objection It's a group native to the Capcom site that's pushing for a localization. There's no better petition then the one on Capcom's door step, eh?

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When's Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney coming out?

Oh, come on. Everyone wants to know when this cross over is coming out, but Level-5 x Capcom have been suspiciously mum on a date other then 2012. But we can do better then that. Here's a recap of events so far.

• Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney was announced in October 2010 at the Level-5 Vision event.
  
• The game goes mostly silent until Tokyo Gameshow September 2011, with a vague 2012 Release Date
  
• Phoenix gameplay is premiered at the October 2011 Level-5 World event, and is touched on again in the January 2012 GS Anniversary Event

So what does this mean going forward? Professor Layton is as close to a Mario as Level-5 gets. Assuming there's going to be a Level-5 World/Vision event this year (And if tradition holds, we won't learn about the October event until August) I would find it highly suspect if Layton's gameplay was not premiered then, if not teased at Tokyo GameShow. Yes, it's a long time until then, but remember we didn't see much focus on Phoenix and his gameplay until leading up to Ace Attorney's anniversary event. It would be extremely fair for Layton to be shown off at a time that's convenient for Level-5.

So, here's the expected turn of events this year.

1. Level-5's event is announced in August
2. TGS is September 20-23rd
3. Level-5 Event in October - Focusing on Layton gameplay

So great, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney is coming out in Japan in October!

Nope. Does it make sense to end marketing a collaborative game with focus on just one character and his gameplay? Nah, the Level-5 event green lights the earliest they can start marketing both franchises together again. Could that mean November?

On the far end of the scale assuming Layton vs Ace Attorney is still on track for a 2012 release date; The last games Capcom and Level-5 both released for the 3DS in in 2011 were early-mid December, Monster Hunter and Inazuma 11. December 10th and 15th respectively. So Mid December is a reasonable last ditch effort.

Realistically, Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney is looking at a late Fall / Holiday release date.

As for in English? Who knows. E3 starts June 5th in two months. We could learn something then, or maybe nothing until after the Japanese release. In either case, expect a lot of nothing for the time being.

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Ace Attorney Movie in Nintendo Power

Hey guys. I casually buy Nintendo Power Magazine and in this year's April edition, they actually talk a little bit about this movie.
Here's what they had to say:



And then it has a little screenshot of the movie of Phoenix presenting some sort of paper as evidence.
Looks like there won't be any dubs, just subtitles. Which is what we like to see.
As for showings, they're saying that it'll be screened exclusively at a convention in California. Looks like it won't be showing anywhere else.
I guess all we can do is hope and pray that is makes it to DVD/Blu-ray in America.

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Captivate 2012

This isn't really news, but rather more of a heads-up. Captivate 2012, Capcom's annual show, is going on in Rome right now. The embargo for the show lifts on the 10th, but it's entirely possible a few things will leak out ahead of then. Please note that there has been no word of plans for Ace Attorney things at the event - while it is possible something AA-related will rear its head there, it's not particularly likely, especially given that Captivate tends to focus on western-relevant news, and GS5, GK2, and PLvsAA are unlikely to have localizations announced right now for their own respective reasons. That said, if anything does come out of the event, it will of course get its own news post.

UPDATE: The earlier piece about a possible AAI port seems to be a false alarm - it would appear someone mislabeled photos from a past year's event. Sorry for any confusion!

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