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Court Records at E3 2013

Wooster — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:27:57 EDT

This past week, Capcom showcased the latest Ace Attorney game at E3. And, thanks in no small part to fellow CR regular L~A I was lucky enough to attend this rare event. I was planning on posting this earlier but pressing personal obligations took precedent. (Not to mention getting stranded in New Jersey on the way back, but that's a separate matter). But better late then never, here are my Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies impressions.

Now, before I talk about my experiences in the Capcom booth, why not take a look yourselves. Here is a full 360 Degree Spherical Panorama of the booth. (Best viewed on mobile devices, or desktops with Microsoft Silverlight installed.

The booth was really amazing to visit. The desks were made from a real but light wood.

And actually, there was a door on them by the side of the players. It didn't feel locked, but I was too scared to get caught poking around so I didn't press the mystery of what was hidden inside the desks. (Perhaps Klavier's prized Air Guitar?)

There was a roughly life sized Phoenix beside the witness stand. Nothing interesting on the backside, he was just painted black there. I had to resist the urge to swing my arm around and fake a buddy-buddy pose with our resident witness badgerer.

The Cindy Stones *cough* CINDER BLOCKS were made of plastic or some other mould. Decidedly not concrete. Sadly, I did not spot any ladder remains.

The Witness Stand was a perfect place to take a photo opportunity.

Which we did�

Yeah, we're about as photogenic as Gumshoe is likely to get a raise. Anyways, L~A eventually yelled at me to stop taking photos and to actually sit down and play the game. So I humored him I sat down�

And then took a photo of the sweet headphones attached to the demo 3DSs, faking him out and delivering a home run!

A stern look later, and I was sitting down and playing the game. The demo was otherwise identical to the Japanese flash demo that was posted a while back. But in English (Woo!)

There are other places you can go to understand the Japanese demo, so I'll keep my thoughts to what was unique about the 3DS demo.

First, 3D. Wow. I generally play with the 3D off on my 3DS. But in Ace Attorney 5, the 3D felt, surreal. The effect is very impacting because I'm so familiar with the Phoenix and Apollo era rooms in this case particularly the lobby, and so used to them in 2D. But when you see a 3D room that was almost a pixel perfect recreation of a very familiar 2D image you brain can't get over how familiar and yet not the sensation is. Very very cool. Believe me, screenshots and 2D demos do not do the 3D justice.

And as was reported earlier the old GBA/DS soundbites and voice clips have been replaced. I'm not sure how much of my experience was based upon using high quality headphones in a noisy environment vs my traditional game speakers in a quiet environment, but the sound effects, like the typewriter, sounded a whole lot crisper then the bits we're used to. As for Phoenix's new non-Ben Judd voice actor, I think he did a swell job. I didn't find the new guy's voice polarizing in the slightest, and I think the hubbub people threw about the change of voice is a lot of fuss over nothing. Just take the voice at face value, trust me, you'll grow attached.

For character impressions, the demo was really all about Phoenix. And I don't see why it shouldn't be, the premiss of the game is his return to court. But that did mean there wasn't much room at all to get impressions on the other characters.

Apollo showed up briefly in the lobby in his new getup. It was a bit different seeing some of his court animations face on, but he wasn't around long enough to get a read on what may have changed between Apollo Justice and Dual Destinies.

Athena, despite hanging around for the full demo was also a bit difficult to read. I took it as less something about her character, and more because Phoenix was driving the demo along. She's the game's spunky female sidekick. She was smarter and more resourceful/practical in the courtroom then Maya in general, but was otherwise quiet but attentive. And again, I emphasize the quietness was possibly less due to her character and more because Phoenix was by far the most active in the demo.

The Judge is back. He was as scatterbrained as ever, and even broke the fourth wall once. Enough said.

Gaspen Payne had some cool animations, but I otherwise couldn't tell the difference between him and Winston Payne per dialog. Honestly, Winston might've been the better prosecutor, but that wasn't easy to judge since, like Athena and Apollo he didn't chat much when he didn't need to.

Which brings us to the case 1 witness: Ted Detonate. He was easily the most developed character in the demo after Phoenix himself. His testimony is about as flaky as case one witnesses tend to be, but his animations are flat out amazing. Capcom proves with Ted that they can serve a best of both worlds approach. The amazing creativity of 2D animation and its ability to jump about combined with the smoothness and detail of 3D. He's a very cool character to watch in action. Now, I wonder what's under that helmet and behind those goggles�

And finally, Juniper Woods. 'Sometimes' it was difficult to tell that she was in fact 3D and not a traditionally 2D animated character, which is really cool that Capcom could pull that off. She didn't spend much time on screen, but her testimony was unhelpfully short and needed a lot of prodding from Athena's Mood Matrix.

As for the Mood Matrix itself, you can sort of think of it as a simplified version of Apollo's Perceive system. But rather then search for tells during a particular testimony, you're looking at a 2x2 grid of emotions with the witnesses current emotion(s) resonating. Find the emotion that doesn't fit the testimony and Phoenix will shout "GOT IT!" (Which confused me since Athena was the one running the Mood Matrix). While in the Mood Matrix system the top screen showed layered images depicting the testimony that would be added to as the testimony became more clear. I assume it's not unlike the courtroom illustrations that were drawn in Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney, which only depicted as much as was known and couldn't spoil unknown details in consequence.

While at E3, we did try to get to attend the live Q/A session, but the Capcom attendant turned us away since in order to attend we had to be preregistered, implying before E3 began. So rather then break into the coolest thing happening at E3, L~A and I tried Pikmin 3 out at the Nintendo floor while the live Q/A was going on. So we missed out on that.

But outside of Ace Attorney, E3 was just amazing. We got to attend the Pokémon round table, The Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses concert, and had a private interview with Sakurai about Smash Bros. Not to mention try out a ton of awesome games that won't be on the market for but a while now like Pikmin 3, Sonic Lost World, Donkey Kong Country Jungle Freeze, Mario 3D World and many many more. (Personal recommendation? The Wonderful 101 for Wii U. Control a crazy angry mob (of superheroes) and fight robot aliens with cool influences from Viewtiful Joe, Pikmin, and Katamari. How is anything about that not epic?!)

But yeah, it was an amazing trip and I couldn't be more thrilled that I got to see all the amazing Ace Attorney things there. If you get a chance, stop by Capcom's Message Board and tell them how much you appreciate them bringing Dual Destinies to us. This looks like a solid game with the top notch localization we've come to love and respect from them. They deserve some hugs for that in exchange for how hard and insensitive us fans can be at times. I'm sure they'll appreciate some thank-you's.

Svensson: Fans should push for Dual Destinies retail release

Bolt Storm — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:26:13 EDT

Though Dual Destinies is currently slated only for a digital release, Capcom�s Chris Svensson has acknowledged that the door isn�t fully closed on a physical one. Posting in the Capcom-Unity forums, Sven had this to say:

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In the days after we announced AA5 for the West being digital only, and the requests of others for a physical release, we mobilized our US team to put together possible options that may address the concerns.

As a part of that process, Eshiro-san and I have met mulitple times, including the morning where he gave the interview where he made the statement above. I was not quite ready to open the possibility to folks until we had a few more ducks in a row but Eshiro suggested he mention the potential in an an interview he was having that afternoon.

So, if you�d like to be heard, you can post on this thread (I�ll leave it open), PM me on Capcom-Unity or hit up my twitter (@chrissvensson) as many folks already have. I need some additional ammo and these requests fit that need.

If things go well and demand is there, in a few weeks I may be able to present an option that puts the ball back in the fans� court (in �tennis� terms, not �of law� terms). I want to stress the word �may� so as to not misrepresent the situation or promise anything. We are trying. Again, timing and pricing would be at a disadvantage to the digital option as an assumption you should make.

On the AAI2 front, Eshiro is very much a man who could push make that happen so I�m glad who whoever asked that question, did so, but I�ve got nothing more I can add there. I feel the point above is valid.

Again, it�s worth stressing that this is no guarantee of a physical release, even if there�s fan demand - however, the fact that Sven has provided an official route to requesting it, as well as held ongoing discussions with Eshiro, is encouraging.

If you want to show your support on Capcom-Unity, you can do so by posting in the topic there; otherwise, hit him up on Twitter and keep spreading the word. Who knows what might happen?

Dual Destinies will be English-only in Europe

Bolt Storm — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:26:40 EDT

Some bad news for European players - the European release of Dual Destinies will feature only an English localization.

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La prueba era casi irrefutable: los colegas de Revogamers se hacían eco desde Los Ángeles del comentario del productor japonés del juego. Ante la reacción de los seguidores españoles de la serie, Gamereactor se ha puesto en contacto con la central europea de Capcom para intentar corroborar el anuncio de Eshiro-san, en caso de que hubiera margen de rectificación o de que las palabras del productor en EEUU pudieran no aplicarse al mercado español.

De la consulta ha llegado la respuesta a nuestros compañeros de Gamereactor Alemania. Lars Kühme, director senior de relaciones públicas para Europa Central en Capcom, confirma que "así es. Phoenix Wright 5 sólo tendrá versión en inglés".

[quote">The evidence is irrefutable: our buddies at Revogamers heard as much from the Japanese producer [Motohide Eshiro"> for the series at E3. Gamereactor got in touch with Capcom's European branch to try and corroborate it, in case there had been some mistake or misunderstanding.

Our partners at Gamereactor Germany received a response. Lars Kühme, senior director of public relations for Capcom in Central Europe, confirmed that "that's true. Phoenix Wright 5 will only have an English version."[/quote">

Sad news, though perhaps not unexpected if Capcom's aiming to have the European version release alongside the American one.

GS5 new poster

JapaneseGIRL — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:29:41 EDT

https://twitter.com/CL217/status/345080078012665856

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Today's AA E3 Event Summary

ADA McCoy — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:35:40 EDT

The Capcom Live Stream was today, here's some new info as well as some info that was implied but not confirmed.
Slight spoilers for returning characters, localized names, and plot elements.

[spoiler=">1.The Length of Dual Destinies is about the same as Trials and Tribulations
They wouldn't specify on the amount of cases, but he said that it would have roughly the same amount of content as T&T and would take 25-30 hours to complete.

2. The Jurist system will not be returning.
Apparently the Jury will not be returning. No details about how that plot line changed at the moment.

3. Sam Reigel is officially back as Phoenix Wright
I think we guessed this already based on the English trailer, but the man who voiced Phoenix in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is returning as Phoenix.

4. Simon Blackquill is a convicted prosecutor who uses psychological manipulation on his opponents and the Judge.
Again, something I think we already kind of knew, but it's been confirmed.

5. The recurring Stepladder joke returns in Dual Destinies.
Eshiro confirmed that the Stepladder joke returns in some form, but that the players have to find it for themselves.

6. Maya hinted as a returning character? (No denial of Maya)
When asked if Maya would return, Eshiro simply said something along the lines of "I wonder about Maya...", being deliberately vague. In light of his response to the question about Gumshoe, this seems to indicate Maya will return (as if we didn't know that already).

7. Detective Gumshoe will not be in Dual Destinies (Most likely)
When asked about Gumshoe, Eshiro said that he didn't know what Gumshoe was up to these days, and another Capcom host said something along the lines of "Well, you can't have every character come back in every single game". This means that Gumshoe probably won't appear.

8. Simon's Detective is named Detective Fulbright.
Fulbright's motto is "In Justice We Trust!". Fulbright is immune to Simon's psychological manipulation because he's too oblivious to know Simon is trying to manipulate him.[/spoiler">
Things that Capcom said they could not answer:
When the game will be released
Cost
DLC

AA5: Digital only explained, physical release possible

Blademaster_Orca — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:43:03 EDT

According to an interview on Polygon with Motohide Eshiro, the real reason for a lack of a physical release in the west is due to the game's development schedule, and wanting a quick release in the overseas market following the Japanese release. From the article:

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Last month, Capcom announced Dual Destinies, the next title in the Ace Attorney franchise, would be released in North America as a downloadable only title this fall. At the time, Capcom said the reason for the lack of boxed product was because "historically it's been tough to attract long term retail support for Ace Attorney titles."

Eshiro said the digital-only release was due largely in part to the game's development schedule.

"The reason we are releasing the game as digital only is not primarily due to a lack of retail support," he said in a recent interview. "One of the main reasons we went for a digital version is it wil be more convenient for the users. We felt that if someone will be interested in Dual Destinies they will want to get it right away, and if we offer a digital version, instead of going to a store however many miles away, they can just download it directly to their 3DS."

He also says a physical release is still possible:

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Eshiro added that if there if fans push hard for a physical release, Capcom will consider releasing a physical boxed version of Ace Attorney � Dual Destinies.

Why we didn't get AAI2

SilentBobX — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:53:21 EDT

The guys at Kotaku chatted with series producer Motohide Eshiro and got the skinny on why AAI2 didn't make it to the states.

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"The main reason was just scheduling," Eshiro told me through a translator at E3 today. "Also, the staff for Ace Attorney Investigations 2�after they finished developing the game, they were disbanded and went to different teams, so they weren't in a position to localize."

Don't know if this is old news or new news. More in the link:
http://kotaku.com/why-ace-attorney-inve ... -512745313

PW:AA-DD at E3 - more English names confirmed

Jay Mysterio — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:04:47 EDT

Just got this from Capcom, looks like we'll see some more Dual Destinies goodness at E3, likely just English versions of what we've already seen but better than nothing and hopefully we'll get a firm release date:

[quote="Capcom"">Come join us at this year�s E3 Expo to experience all new versions of forthcoming releases DuckTales: Remastered, Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara and Lost Planet 3 as well as the debut of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney � Dual Destinies. And what�s more, we have a big surprise to share with you. To find out what it is you�ll have to head to booth # 2101 in the South Hall of the LA Convention Center.

For new assets from Capcom�s E3 line-up, (apart from the surprise one of course), head on over to our press extranet.

See you in LA[/quote">

Also, some more English names:

Jin Yuugami - Simon Blackquill
Barashima Shingo - Ted Tonate

And from the official 'Fact Sheet':

[spoiler="Fact Sheet"">GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW
Courtroom hero Phoenix Wright returns in the release of Phoenix Wright�: Ace Attorney� - Dual Destinies this Fall. Previously announced for the West as Ace Attorney 5,
the title will be available to purchase as a digital download exclusively via the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS�.
The much loved gameplay and features from previous titles in the series are for the first time in stunning 3D, bringing the trials to life and putting players directly in the
heart of the action. Players will need to investigate crime scenes to uncover clues before heading to court and presenting evidence, challenging witnesses and unraveling the
truth behind each of the cases.
Joining Phoenix is the young attorney Apollo Justice and his new Assistant Attorney Athena Sykes, whose unique ability to psychoanalyze witnesses introduces a brand new
element to proceedings. Using Athena�s �Mood Matrix� players can detect the emotional state of a witness and judge whether they�re surprised, angry, happy or sad. By
comparing this feeling with the evidence the witness is giving players can point out contradictions between their emotions and challenge the testimony.
The first case in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies sees events begin in a destroyed court room and it�s down to Phoenix and his team at the Wright Anything
Agency to discover the cause of the destruction. Players will have to battle it out in court against Gaspen Payne, as they defend the accused Juniper Wood.
Further episodes will continue to test players� abilities to uncover evidence, expose witness inconsistencies and ultimately ensure justice is done.

FEATURES
? Memorable characters return � Phoenix Wright is back along with the familiar faces of young attorney Apollo Justice,
rival and prosecutor Miles Edgeworth
? Bring the drama to life on the Nintendo 3DS � The stunning 3D visuals bring the characters and environments to life.
Change the view of a crime scene in 3D and zoom in on areas to uncover hidden evidence and clues.
? OBJECTION! � Search crime scenes for clues, present and review the evidence in court, challenge witness testimonies
and unravel the truth across the different cases
? Psychoanalyse the witnesses � Detect emotional states of witnesses such as bomb disposal expert Ted Tonate and
analyze their mood using Athena Sykes� �Mood Matrix�. Compare how the witness is feeling to the evidence their giving
and if there�s any contradiction the testimony can be challenged and the truth revealed
? EUREKA! � The unique and comical scripts, complete with all the usual plot twists and eccentric characters that have
become a stable to the Ace Attorney series create the base for this latest courtroom drama
? Intuitive interface � It is now easier than ever before to investigate crimes and analyze the evidence with the updated
in-game interface and game flow system, including a new feature that allows gamers to review their conversation
history.[/spoiler">

Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies - JP site updated

Bolt Storm — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:12:25 EDT

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The official GS5 site just got updated, bringing with it a voice cast for the game, info on some new systems, and a little more on cases 2 and 3. This post'll be updated as we translate it.

The announced cast:
Phoenix Wright: Takayuki Kondou
Apollo Justice: KENN
Athena Cykes: Megumi Han
Jin Yuugami: Shunsuke Sakuya
Gouzou Ban: Biichi Satou
Miles Edgeworth: Eiji Takemoto
Gaspen Payne: Hisashi Izumi
The Judge: Bunmei Tobayama

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The official site also gave us some more hints to case two, and a new use for the Mood Matrix. Yumemi Tenma, Trucy�s friend, is called upon to testify - but she�s utterly terrified of ghosts. So terrified, in fact, that she�s convinced the murder scene was crawling with them! All the Mood Matrix can pick up is �Fear�.

Apollo uses the Mood Matrix to point out that the ghost Yumemi thought she saw riding some sort of wheel in the air was actually the room�s chandelier.

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Later, Kumabee starts sweating in court when the topic of Tenma Tarou comes up, and Apollo�s bracelet picks up on something. Before he can focus, though, Jin�s hawk Gin pops up out of nowhere and attacks poor Polly! The site notes that under these conditions, Apollo can�t possibly use his Perceive ability.

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Lastly, the site introduced the �Thought Route� (??????? kangae ruuto) system, which you probably saw in last week�s trailer.

When the trial has reached its climax, Apollo and the others might find that though they know the truth, they still can�t quite nail the true criminal. When this happens, Apollo reviews the facts that have come to light and uses them to build a train of thought leading to a new deduction. The player is presented with a series of choices of varying kinds (items connected to the case, facts that were revealed in court, etc.) and must choose the correct one to advance the reasoning towards one final fact.

(As an aside, there�s nothing saying this system is unique to Apollo, he�s just the example provided.)

Finally, the site teased case 3, taking place in some sort of school in the middle of a festival. The place is plastered with all sorts of stuff related to law, crime, and prosecutors, and if you look in the back, you can see a live performance being advertised. I wonder who might pop up here�?

CapcomJapan livestream Jun. 17

JapaneseGIRL — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:54:07 EDT

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http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv140238634

Gyakuten Saiban 5 special

Guests...
Producer Motohide Eshiro
Scenario Director Takeshi Yamazaki

Japan... Jun. 17 20:00 ~ 21:00
Eastern Daylight Time... Jun. 17 7:00 ~ 8:00
Pacific Daylight Time... Jun. 17 4:00 ~ 5:00
Western European Summer Time... Jun. 17 12:00 ~ 13:00