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Capcom Announces Ace Attorney for WiiWare
By Shaun Hatton - November 18th, 2009
In January 2010, Capcom will begin releasing its Ace Attorney trilogy on WiiWare. The games, which gained a devoted cult following for its Nintendo DS incarnations, will be more affordable this time around at just 1000 Nintendo Points each (roughly $10).
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney will be available in January as a four-episode release, followed by Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All in March and Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations in May.
The first DS title actually had five episodes, so it’s a little strange that Ace Attorney on WiiWare will only contain four of them, saving the fifth one as a downloadable bonus episode that will be released in May 2010 for the price of 100 Wii Points. Before crying foul, however, remember the fact that the first DS game cost me $50 before taxes.
I played Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for weeks in half-hour sessions when it was originally released on the DS. It made for some interesting train rides as I tried to stifle laughter triggered by hilarious moments and dialogue in the game. It was also one of the more recent games that I would talk to Adam about as if it was a television show. We’d be playing through it at the same pace so we’d get extra enjoyment from the game just by talking about what had happened in it that day.
It was thanks to Adam’s overzealous tendencies that I ended up with a copy of the game in the first place. He had ordered two copies of the game back when it wasn’t yet available in Canada, but then forgot to cancel one of his orders. I gladly took the extra copy (oddly enough, this is exactly how I ended up getting Trauma Center: Under the Knife). I later repaid the favour by getting him the import of the sequel, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All, which has an English language option.
While the thought of Phoenix Wright on the tube brings a smile to my face, I think it’s a series best suited for play on the Nintendo DS. If you’re really looking for some hilarious courtroom antics on the Wii, you need look no further than Capcom’s own Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law. Its complexity is watered down compared to the Ace Attorney series, but it’s a hell of a lot funnier.
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