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February 8th, 2010

Wakana's Name and Case Names - Revealed in ONM

In my copy of Official Nintendo Magazine there was a review of AAI, and the case names and Wakana's first name have been officially revealed! (I'll scan it later)

Spoiler:

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February 7th, 2010

Justice for All Wii early in the US, due out Feb. 15

Remember when Capcom US announced that they would take the WiiWare Ace Attorney games to the US? They announced a January release date for PW:AA, a March release date for JFA and a May release date for TaT. We all asked ourselves: Why will it take two months between game and game, when it takes only 1 in Japan, and it even includes the English localization? Well, it seems Capcom US realized it was a stupid idea, and has moved up the release of Justice for All a month early, to February 15. That's next Monday!

Source (Joystiq)

Press Release Email (from GoNintendo) wrote:

Just wanted to let you know that the launch date for the WiiWare™ version of Phoenix Wright™ Ace Attorney™: JUSTICE FOR ALL has been moved up! That’s right. This Capcom classic will be available for download on February 15, 2010 and it’ll cost 1,000 Wii Points™. Don’t miss out on this suspense-filled, mind boggling adventure that will leave you addicted!

In Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: JUSTICE FOR ALL, Phoenix Wright has had six months of experience and five court victories under his belt. But none of that will do him any good against the ruthless new D.A. in town. Franziska von Karma wants revenge and she's ready to take Phoenix down at any cost!

Each game in the series presents twisting storylines and intriguing gameplay with comical anime stylings. Players will collect evidence, weed through inconsistent testimonies and overcome corrupt agendas to ensure that justice prevails! Present evidence with the wave of the Wii remote or press suspicious testimonies by wiggling it. These games can be played via single-player and will also have multiple save slots for you and your friends.

Trials and Tribulations comes out February 23 in Japan, with Rise From The Ashes for AA1 releasing March 16, with US dates of May for both. Could this early US release mean we can expect TaT for March and 1-5 for April? Fingers-crossed, everyone!

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February 6th, 2010

Voting Is Open!

Voting is now open on the Fanfiction Contest!! Happy voting~

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February 4th, 2010

Ghost Trick Interview with Shu Takumi

Game's Radar has recently posted an interview with Shu Takumi, Visionary, Director, and Writer of the four court based Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice games, about the new DS title coming out Ghost Trick.

Despite supposedly being an interview about Ghost Trick, the interviewer asks a lot of questions and makes comparisons to his better known Gyakuten Saiban series. It's really worth a read, as it's somewhat rare to get an interview with Takumi in English. Plus, if the Ace Attorney series are any indication, Ghost Trick should be a great companion game.

Thanks Matt C. for the heads up.

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February 4th, 2010

Famitsu Feb. 3 (Takumi's comment)

We've got a lot of Ghost Trick / Ace Attorney news today it seems. The following lines appeared in the latest issue of Famitisu in an interview with Shu Takumi.

Quote:

ファミ通：
ところで、『逆転裁判』シリーズは今後どのように展開していくのでしょうか？

Famitsuu: By the way, how will the Gyakuten Saiban series develop from now on?

Quote:

巧：
僕の口からはなんとも言えませんね。
僕自身は、『ゴーストトリック』のシリーズ展開があるかもしれないし、新しいものを作るかもしれません。
『逆転裁判』を作ったときも、シリーズになるとは思っていなかったし、何が起こるかは遊んでくれる皆さん次第ですね。

Takumi: I can't really say anything about it. For me, there might be the development of the Ghost Trick series, or maybe I'll making something new. Even when we made Gyakuten Saiban, we didn't think it would become a series, so what will happen is up to the people playing our games.

翻訳がおかしかったら直してください！

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Thanks Ash for the Translation.

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February 3rd, 2010

Fanfic Contest Entries are up! Voting begins Friday

The entries to CR's first fanfiction contest are now up!! Voting is not open yet because I don't want anyone to get overly anxious and start clicking tickies after just skimming the entries. One in particular is on the long side, so please take your time reading all of them, so you'll be ready for when the poll officially goes up Friday evening.

Good luck to all our entrants! Please don't disclose which fic is yours until the contest is over.

Happy reading!

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February 2nd, 2010

iPhone GS new screens

GS Yomigaeru Gyakuten(PW:AA) episode 3~5

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/233/233673/
http://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G004989/20100202047/
http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2010 ... 40206.html

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February 2nd, 2010

Waruho-kun Strap discounted on Play Asia

Not big news or anything but I found the Waruho-kun Strap they posted on Play Asia a couple of months ago on special from $14.90 to $9.90. If you've been wanting this for a while, then you've got 9 more days to get it. Enjoy. :phoenix:

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February 2nd, 2010

AAI Nintendo Channel Demo out now

Hey, folks. Today, I was surfing GoNintendo, when I noticed that today's Nintendo Channel updates included not only an AAI Gameplay Trailer, but under DS Demos, a spanking new "Ace Attorney INVESTIGATIONS: Miles Edgeworth" (they capitalize INVESTIGATIONS for some reason) demo, playable on your DS RIGHT NOW!

I tried it out, and it's the same than the Flash Demo, but it ends just before Jacques Portsman's first Confrontation. And instead of a Main Menu (where you select "New Game" and "Load Game"), there's an image explaining the game's controls.

So, nothing new in this demo, just cleaner graphics, less content and DS playability. Enjoy!

By the way, according to the Nintendo Channel, distribution of the demo ends 2/7/2010.

P.S: You can download this demo if you live in the US or if you set your Wii's country to United States, even if you don't live there. Just a FYI.

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February 2nd, 2010

Fanfic Contest Update

So you may have noticed that today is Feb 1st annnnnnd...fanfic contest entries aren't up yet! I'm still communicating with my judges, and it turns out we may have to alter the format of the contest a little. But I'll try to get them up for viewing if not voting by tomorrow.

Thanks for your patience!

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Ace Attorney Investigations, out in February!