Has the English title been finalised?

Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:48 pm

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I see all the magazine scans with the screen shots on the website, but they are all in Japanese. Even the title artwork is in Japanese. I was wondering if they ever finalized the English version of the title. Have they confirmed it to be Perfect Prosecutor, or Turnabout Prosecutor?

Honestly, I think the best title would be this, and by keeping up with the series titles by far:
Miles Edgeworth: Ace Prosecutor

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Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:14 pm

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I really don't know.I prefer Turnabout Prosecutor though :P

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Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:17 pm

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Perfect Prosecutor will have me wanting hot chicks with handguns, aliens claiming to be Elvis, and top-secret Gumshoe cloning facilities. D:!

Turnabout Prosecutor is a pwn'er title, in my opinion.

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Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:01 pm

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Where exactly did the title "Perfect Prosecutor" come from? When the rumors first started that was what it was being called, but that title hasn't been on any of the magazine scans or anything, has it?

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Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:15 pm

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From a marketing standpoint, I'd expect the "Ace" to be in there just to help let people know it's the same series. (Yes, WE all know, and general gaming enthusiasts will, but brand recognition is GOOD. Heck, prosecutors ARE attorneys -- it might even just get the "Ace Attorney" moniker.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:48 am

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About a year ago I kept imagining a prosecuting game called "Miles Edgeworth: Pompous Prosecutor", because it describes him well, and it's also an alliteration just like Ace Attorney. But Perfect Prosecutor sounds nice too.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:58 am

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Since it hasn't been confirmed for US release, there is no official English title yet. So I'd expect to see a lot of variations on a theme.
Turnabout Prosecutor is closest to a direct translation of Gyakuten Kenji. I imagine Perfect Prosecutor is more of a Ace Attorney alliteration type translation. It doesn't reflect the real meaning of the original, but it's probably a lot closer to what the real title would be.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:02 am

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Turnabout Prosocutor is a translation of the Japanese name, like if they called the Ace Attorney series Turnabout Trial.

It might have some kind of thing where the initials (other than "Miles Edgeworth") are 2 of the same letters like "Miles Edgeworth: Perfect Prosectutor", or it could be called "Miles Edgeworth: Ace Prosecutor" or something diffrant.

I'm guessing it will have his name in the title though.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:48 am

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It's going to be called Perfect Prosecutor...

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:43 am

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I like "Professional Prosecutor", myself. It's classy but doesn't have that high-and-mightyness associated with "Perfect". Especially if the game takes place after 3-5.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:07 pm

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PollyxD wrote:

It's going to be called Perfect Prosecutor...

It hasn't been confirmed.

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Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:11 pm

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Yeah, there's nothing official on it as of yet. It just came from some articles reporting the news IIRC.

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:32 am

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I'm rather curious myself. Where did this "localized" title of Perfect Prosecutor originate?

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:48 am

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Gwiffen wrote:

I'm rather curious myself. Where did this "localized" title of Perfect Prosecutor originate?

Probably someone just making it up for the sake of alliteration.

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:39 am

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Gwiffen wrote:

I'm rather curious myself. Where did this "localized" title of Perfect Prosecutor originate?

It was made up by 8bitJoystick when they were reporting on Famitsu leaks- there is no evidence whatsoever that the game's being called that.

I don't think it's a very good name, at any rate.

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:42 am

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I'd say it's the "perfect". It doesn't fit right.

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:43 am

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I think the name should depend on the time the game takes place. If it's before AA1 then definately Perfect Prosecutor since he was a jerk at the time who indeed thought he was the perfect prosecutor. If it's after the AA3 then go ahead and call it Ace Prosecutor

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:46 am

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It's around GS3, as confirmed in Famitsu. Tuesday translated the article.

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Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:14 am

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It should be AWESOME ATTORNEY!

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Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:51 am

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Heh, I didn't like Perfect Prosecutor when I first heard it, just because of the negative connotations "Perfect" has in the AA world, I thought they'd change it to Pro(fessional) Prosecutor as well, to keep the alliteration but get rid of the "perfect" but if it is set during the middle of game one, then Perfect might still fit.

But then again, they might want to tie it in with the other AA games (like how they kept the Gyakuten in the JP name), so they might use Ace Attorney, heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if the called it:
Ace Attorney:
Miles Edgeworth:
Perfect (or whatever) Prosecutor

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Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:32 pm

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DarknessLord wrote:

Heh, I didn't like Perfect Prosecutor when I first heard it, just because of the negative connotations "Perfect" has in the AA world, I thought they'd change it to Pro(fessional) Prosecutor as well, to keep the alliteration but get rid of the "perfect" but if it is set during the middle of game one, then Perfect might still fit.

But then again, they might want to tie it in with the other AA games (like how they kept the Gyakuten in the JP name), so they might use Ace Attorney, heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if the called it:
Ace Attorney:
Miles Edgeworth:
Perfect (or whatever) Prosecutor

Isn't that a bit long, even for PW standards like: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Justice for all. This title was little too long for me, so...

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Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:39 pm

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It was part of the joke, I ment it to be unreasonably long.

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Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:52 pm

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I like Ace Prosecutor, myself. Perfect Prosecutor would be more appropriate if the game took place around PW:AA, since he was still obsessed with perfection then. Besides, Ace Prosecutor has a better ring to it.

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:15 am

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I'd prefer the title to start with P to keep the alliteration aspect. I like perfect prosecutor because of the association of the word "perfect" with the Von Karma's and by extension Edgey...

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:34 am

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I have no objections to it's new style of gameplay, although some of my friends seem to not like it.

I'll be angry if they change the generic courtroom look, however. They have to use the same sprite and background cooperation as they did in GS1-GS4

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:07 am

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Wrighteous Fury wrote:

I have no objections to it's new style of gameplay, although some of my friends seem to not like it.

I'll be angry if they change the generic courtroom look, however. They have to use the same sprite and background cooperation as they did in GS1-GS4

...AJ's courtroom looks differant that PW's.

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:20 am

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Superninfreak wrote:

Wrighteous Fury wrote:

I have no objections to it's new style of gameplay, although some of my friends seem to not like it.

I'll be angry if they change the generic courtroom look, however. They have to use the same sprite and background cooperation as they did in GS1-GS4

...AJ's courtroom looks differant that PW's.

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:22 pm

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They can just re-do a better version from the old courtroom sprites whilst attempting to make sure it's not that similar to the Apollo Justice courtroom; making it looked like the court renovated by then.

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:54 pm

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They could just call it Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney, since prosecutors are still technically attorneys.

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From a marketing standpoint, I'd expect the "Ace" to be in there just to help let people know it's the same series. (Yes, WE all know, and general gaming enthusiasts will, but brand recognition is GOOD. Heck, prosecutors ARE attorneys -- it might even just get the "Ace Attorney" moniker.

Ah, well said.

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Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:52 pm

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I'm not too impressed with the Perfect part but I really do like the Miles Edgeworth: Ace Prosecutor idea though.

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Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:43 am

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I won't be surprised if it'll be "Miles Edgeworth: Ace Prosecutor/Attorney"

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Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:47 am

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I don't see what is wrong with "Perfect Prosecutor."

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Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:07 am

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To me, Perfect Prosecutor is more fit to a game featuring the von Karmas.

I prefer Turnabout Prosecutor.

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Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:50 pm

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Miles Edgeworth isn't a Turnabout Prosecutor. It sounds a little awkward. If anything, it'd make sense to make it Ace Attorney, seeing as prosecutors are attorneys, too.

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Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:16 pm

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Cup O' Godot wrote:

To me, Perfect Prosecutor is more fit to a game featuring the von Karmas.

I prefer Turnabout Prosecutor.

Hm, I wouldn't want a game about Manfred, but a game revolving around Franziska would be nice.
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Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:48 pm

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Tinker wrote:

Miles Edgeworth isn't a Turnabout Prosecutor. It sounds a little awkward. If anything, it'd make sense to make it Ace Attorney, seeing as prosecutors are attorneys, too.

I'd rather it have a different name from Ace Attorney, or at least add/change something (aside from the character name, of course) to further establish it as a spin-off and not just as another game in the series.

Besides, if they just stick with the AA title and someone plays this game first, it could give them the wrong impression about the other games. I mean, if it's called 'Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney', and it doesn't focus on trials/court scenes, isn't that a bit misleading?

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Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:47 am

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I think "Turnabout Prosecutor" wouldn't be as good of a title as "Perfect Prosecutor" since not everyone who isn't a fan knows that "Gyakuten" in Gyakuten Saiban actually means turnabout.. Not many people (in North America and Europe, of course) even know that it's Gyakuten Saiban in Japanese..

In short

Gyakuten/Turnabout is the Japanese thing

Having an alliteration in the subtitle is the English thing

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Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:34 am

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Ace Attorney is just fine. As far as everybody knows, Edgeworth is a Prosecuting Attorney. Easy.

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Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:40 pm

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The Japanese title is Gyakuten Kenji so it's definitely Turnabout Prosecutor. The person who posted the news on NeoGAF admitted that it was just alliteration. Personally I think Capcom USA will either keep this name (or give it a similar one) to avoid confusion with the main titles, or they'll just stick with Ace Attorney.

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Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:43 pm

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Perfect Prosecutor sounds a bit strange to me. I mean, sure Edgeworth is arrogant, but I don't think he comes out as a perfectionist.

Also, I think the name on the forum section should be changed since we have no idea if the game will actually be called "Perfect Prosecutor;" it might confuse new ppl looking at the forum that the fan speculated title is the official name.