Pains me to hear it called a failure, it’s such a delightful game. While the Western release years after was not part of initial development, it’s also a landmark game in English localization history. The script brilliantly handles the puns and other specific quirks of the original Japanese while also setting a standard tone for this series and similar games that followed. For example, I don’t know if Kansai-ben was translated into a US Southern accent in a video game before this one, and now it’s a common shortcut.
Ace Attorney became a hit IP only because Capcom pushed past the “failure” of first game, according to former dev
Submitted 1 day ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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Ashtear@lemm.ee 1 day ago
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I don’t want to came off as simping for Capcom because they’re are a corporation and thus are only profit-driven. But I do want to give credit where credit is due. Greenlighting a sequel despite the first attempt being a flop is not something that many publishers would do. This wouldn’t be the last of Capcom’s unorthodox decisions. When the industry was laying off workers left and right, Capcom actually increased their employees pay. If that increase was actually a substantial increase or not I don’t know but other companies won’t even consider increasing employee pay by a cent.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also the First Ace Attorney fucking slaps and has the best sound track by far. Their “Flop” was an incredible game.
Yermaw@lemm.ee 1 day ago
The upbeat music that plays once you hit out with some evidence that puts you on the attack. I’ve never felt so emotionally hyped and invested from a text-reading game.
RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Only they’d come back around to Mega Man a bit more
ICastFist@programming.dev 23 hours ago
Poor Rock’s been languishing for ages, with Trigger being abandoned in space for 25 years now :(
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If anyone is done with the official series and wants some more, some indie games that nicely follow its success:
Gyakuten Live, a fan game based on Love Live School Idol - three cases in, generally based around lower-stakes crimes but with surprising escalation
Occult Crime Police, a series based on small town paranormality
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane, takes place in a world of magic where rules of spells are often a form of evidence.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 day ago
Your post is so criminal without links:
ninroms@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
A relatively new one is Paper Perjury which I would definitely recommend
Maultasche@lemmy.world 1 day ago
While the final case is probably not as good as other final cases in the series, it probably has one of the best filler chapters with the Steel Samurai
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Steel Samurai is my homey, protecting the mean streets of New Neo-Tokyo
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I love the first game lol. Glad the series made it though. Too many titles for me to continue with it, but I do be coming back to the first game every so often!
markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Is there a way to play these games on PC or at least on the Switch or something? I know obviously I could pirate them but I was wondering if a proper port had ever been made.
wh0_cares@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Outside of the non-canon crossover game, the entire franchise is on all modern consoles, including Steam and Switch, in the form of 4 different compilation games. Start with the Phoenix Wright trilogy, then after that you can kinda play the other three compilations in any order. The entire franchise is on sale on Steam rn.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I own the ace attorney and investigation trilogy on steam and they’re faithful, working great adaptations.
Plus the ace attorney trilogy is on deep sale right now.
TAG@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I cannot speak about the quality of the port (I played it on the DS), but Capcom ports Ace Attorney to every system they can.
Windows (Steam): …steampowered.com/…/Phoenix_Wright_Ace_Attorney_T…
drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m currently replaying the original trilogy on my New 3DS, lovely games.
big_slap@lemmy.world 1 day ago
love ace attorney, glad it’s still around today
brsrklf@jlai.lu 23 hours ago
They weren’t nearly so patient with Okami around that time. They barely communicated around it, killed the studio, then commissioned a port they…barely communicated around again, and then they complained the game was doomed to be a commercial failure because… I don’t know.
It’s basically like one of the better classic Legend of Zelda game, only with a unique universe and charm and about twice the size of those.
It was criminally overlooked on PS2, but they have zero excuse for not turning it into a major hit for the Wii. One of the best game on a console with an absurd install base and that had almost no competition at that point.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 22 hours ago
Okami is good but frankly overrated. Dialogue is so slow huge portions of the game, particularly the intro, is a slog to get though. That plus a weird setting doesn’t translate well to mainstream adoption (read: sales).
Abnorc@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
I feel like the dialogue and the world capture a vibe that is basically unparalleled, but I agree that it’s too much. The pacing just feels so slow sometimes. Maybe the reboot will strike a better balance.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 22 hours ago
Mods ban this man for hate speech